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Click here for a version of the ICFCY.
Description
- The International Classification of Functioning for Children and Youth (ICF-CY) is a method of coding children’s body structures, activities, participation, and the individual’s environment. It was designed as a remedy for the static, disablist, and deficit-oriented approach of the International Classification of Diseases, which, along with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, are the most common methods of classifying people with disabilities.
- The ICF for adults was developed by the World Health Organization. Originally, the classification was called the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps.
- Unlike the ICD and the DSM, the ICF allows for a person to have many codes, related to the many dimensions of body structure, activities, participation, and environment. These codes constitute a profile.
- Because a person’s functioning changes with development and intervention, the codes are expected to change over time. Therefore, they can be used as a dynamic classification of progress.
Research
- A few studies have been conducted with the ICF-CY, and they have highlighted significant challenges in what exactly is being coded for each skill.
- We spent about 3 years exploring the adoption of the ICF in a developmental and behavioral pediatrics diagnostic clinic, with little success.
Consultation, Training, and Technical Assistance Opportunities
We currently do not have enough data on the ICFCY to provide CTTA on this topic alone. We can incorporate information about it into a more general CTTA on functional assessment.
Future Directions
- We will
- determine a useful way of qualifying the ICFCY items, which is where the field is currently bogged down;
- select the most useful codes for children 0-5;
- develop questionnaires for parents and professionals;
- field test and revise the questionnaires; and
- compare our ICFCY questionnaires to the MEISR.
View a version of the ICFCY.
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