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School Function Assessment (SFA)
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Purpose
Assess and monitor a student's performance of functional tasks and activities. Also useful as an outcome measure and in research
Children with disabilities from 5 to 12 years.
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Cerebral Palsy | Musculoskeletal | Neurodisability (Other) | Neuromuscular
Age Group
Children (3-12 years)
ICF domain
Activity & Participation
Area of assessment
Fine Motor | Gross Motor
Key description
Description
316 items covering participation, task performance and activity performance on a scale of 1 (extremely limited) to 6 (fully participating)
Reliability /
Validity
Test/retest reliability: 0.92-0.98
Inter-rater reliability 0.68-0.73
School Function Assessment (SFA)
Not much information available about its use, so difficult to comment on validity in UK population.
Strengths /
Weaknesses
Very useful for identifying goals and obtaining a thorough baseline of a child’s performance and participation in school. Can be time consuming to administer – 1-2 hours and often requires interviewing more than one person, e.g. class teacher, PE teacher, one to one assistant.
Cost
£261.12 VAT inc. for manual/ instructions and 25 forms Extra forms £112 for 25
Equipment required
Manual/ form and pencil
Training required
N/A
Considerations & references
https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/school-function-assessment
Time to complete
5 mins-2 hrs
Comments
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