Development of the Assistance to Participate Scale (APS) for children's play and leisure activities

AIM: This paper describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Assistance to Participate Scale (APS). The APS measures the assistance that a school-aged child with a disability requires to participate in play and leisure activities from the primary carer's perspective. METHOD: Mixed methodology using an instrument design model was used to complete two studies. First, a qualitative research design was used to generate items and …