Background Partnering for Change (P4C) is a school-based occupational therapy service
intended to build the capacity of educators to support children with motor difficulties. Aims …

The main aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive scale to assess preschool
teachers' self-efficacy to facilitate motor development activities. Scale validation was …

The effects of an intervention designed to enhance students' roles as control agents for
strategic functioning were investigated. The goal was to increase the ability of students …

Currently, 1 in 68 children in the US is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD;
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2015) and this growing population of learners has …

Acquiring specific training in disability seems to be a key aspect for achieving school
inclusion. Teachers who receive such prior training would be more prepared to address …

Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are common motor activities, which consist of an
organised series of observable movement patterns such as running, jumping, throwing and …

Many changes have been made in education policy throughout the last two decades,
particularly in the area of special education. With new legislature in place including No Child …

Our last chapter reviewed critical teacher behaviors that are observable. In contrast, this
chapter explores less understood but equally important teacher behaviors that are internal …

Introduction School-age children with motor coordination challenges typically require formal
referral for occupational therapy services and often experience lengthy wait times for one-to …

Although there have been numerous instruments for assessing teacher efficacy in teaching
general education students, there is a need to develop and validate an instrument that …