An assessment/inquiry that would provide information to me, the researcher, on parent satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their high school transition program for their child with developmental disabilities. Does anyone know of one that is reliable and valid?
You might find some good ideas about building an instrument to suit your study after reviewing this article Measuring satisfaction with children's mental health services: Validity and reliability of the satisfaction scales by Ana Maria Brannan,
Susan Elizabeth Sonnichsen, and Craig Anne Heflinge published in 1996 in Evaluation and Program Planning, 19(2), 131-141.
Abstract: This paper describes the measurement of parent and adolescent satisfaction with children's mental health services delivered in a case managed continuum of care model. Internal consistency of the scales was assessed. Correlational analyses were conducted to explore the extent to which the Satisfaction Scales replicated findings by other research in the literature. Based on these analyses, the Satisfaction Scales were demonstrated to be reliable instruments to measure parent and adolescent satisfaction with child and adolescent mental health services. Validity was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis to determine whether the content areas truly represented distinct, although related, dimensions of satisfaction. Preliminary exploration of the validity of the parent version of the Satisfaction Scales for outpatient services supported the existence of four dimensions of satisfaction including: (1) access and convenience, (2) child's treatment process and relationship with the therapist, (3) parent and family services, (4) global satisfaction.
It occurs to me that you might find the material available on Beach Center website to be helpful in your work. http://www.beachcenter.org/families/family_research_toolkit.aspx
I'm thinking that any one of the assessment tools that Beach Center colleagues have developed and field tested might support you in your study.
Good luck! Parental satisfaction and/or client (i.e., student) satisfaction remains an 'under-studied' phenomenon.
Washington DC school system has published a comprehensive document on the transition process: http://specialneedsplanning.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Transition-Assessment-Toolkit.pdf
One of my former doctoral students wrote her dissertation on a related area. I attached a copy in case there is anything (possibly in Chapter 2) that will help.
Thank you kindly to my Research Gate providers. I am going to look up information you provided (Steve Schneider & A. I. Nevin) for me. You both have provided me another lens to look through that will help me in identifying which tool to use for my research.
Suzann Mohacsi
Thank you to Leonard Goeirmanto. I am going to review Research in Developmental Disabilities. Help is greatly appreciated.
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