This routines-based interview is an assessment tool designed for professionals working with families to develop functional intervention plans. By gathering information from the family about home and community routines, professionals can identify the independence, engagement, and social competence of the child, and the concerns and priorities of the family. The goals and outcomes generated from this assessment are (a) functional (i.e., identify immediately useful skills the child needs to use throughout the day), and (b) transdisciplinary (i.e., do not have to be addressed by a professional of a specific discipline).The
The sample questions included in this instrument are intended to guide professionals through the assessment process. Professionals are encouraged to develop their own questions to follow up with each family’s unique experiences. Questions for community care (e.g., child care centre) are included for those families whose children participate in care giving environments outside of their home.
Directions: Ask appropriate questions under each routine, making notes of the family’s responses to the right. After all routines have been discussed, the interviewer reviews the concerns that were mentioned for each routine with the family. The interview asks the family to rate the routine on the following scale. Provide family with a copy of the satisfaction scale for their reference during the interview. Be sure to record a number for each routine.
The family chooses which concerns they would like to have addressed as outcomes or goals. Progress on outcomes or goals may be measured over time by asking the family to rate their satisfaction of routines addressed in interventions again.