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Thursday, October 17, 20132:00 pm – 4:00 pm Instructional Courses 1-13 & 32IC 8 - THE ICF IN RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICELocation: 202 AAuthors: Stephanie C. DeLuca, PhD; Charlene Butler, EdD; Benjamin J. Shore, MD; Linda E. Krach, MD; Kat Kolaski, MDLevel: BasicPurpose: Participants will gain understanding of and improve skills in using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, andHealth (ICF) framework and the ICF version for Children and Youth (ICF-CY).Target Audience: AACPDM MembersCourse Summary: The ICF is a conceptual framework utilizing specific terminology to describe health across the lifespan. It has beenadopted by over 90 countries and endorsed by 191 WHO members. The ICF includes 3 major domains: body function and structure;activities; and participation. Domains are supplemented by consideration of environmental and personal contextual factors, and aredefined within multiple categories using universal qualifying codes to promote precise descriptions. The ICF-CY is designed to capturespecific functional characteristics affecting the developing child. The AACPDM’s Treatment Outcomes Committee’s (TOC) methodologyfor systematic reviews requires authors report outcomes using the ICF model. As communications become more global, it is increasinglyimportant for clinicians and researchers to use a common language when describing outcomes as they critically appraise and disseminateinformation. The ICF framework provides such a common language; however, use of the ICF framework can be challenging. Representativesof the TOC will present information to better enable AACPDM members to understand, access, and apply the ICF framework. Presenters willreview the conceptual strengths of the ICF, outline the ICF model and its components, give practical illustrations of the coding system, andconsider its limitations. They will explore and highlight the relationship between the ICF-CY and available childhood health and disabilitymeasures as used by clinicians and researchers. Audience members will have an opportunity to discuss ways to promote the ICF measureswhen reporting outcomes in future publications and presentations.Learning Objectives:1) To understand the ICF and ICF-CY components.2) To recognize strengths and limitations of the ICF model.3) To understand how currently available childhood disability and health measures are aligned with the ICF-CY.4) To promote discussions about the ICF for a wide array of clinical and research purposes.THURsday, October 17IC 9 - THE YEAR’S TOP TEN ARTICLES ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESLocation: 101 B-DAuthors: Gordon Worley, MD; Richard C. Adams, MDLevel: IntermediatePurpose: To present summaries of the ten most important articles on developmental disabilities published in the past year (2012 to 2013),and to encourage discussion about them by participants.Target Audience: Physicians and nurses who treat children with developmental disabilities and want to keep abreast of the latestevidence-based, scientific findings that have the greatest impact on care. Although therapists are welcome and some articles may berelevant to their practices, most papers will have a medical focus.Course Summary: The top ten clinically relevant articles published in English between Autumn 2012 and Summer 2013 will be presentedto the audience. Articles will be chosen from the presenters’ personal experience as well as from searches in Medicine and CINAHL (CurrentInformation in Nursing and Allied Health Literature). Categories from which the articles will be chosen include the following: attention deficithyperactivity disorder, autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, mental retardation, spina bifida, and spinal cord injury. They will be selectedusing the following criteria: (1) impact on clinical care, (2) scientific merit of the study [validity], and (3) generalizability to practice. Thepresenters will summarize the ten articles in reverse order (saving number one for last). Their impact on clinical practice, place in the contextof current care, and their implications for future research will be discussed. The audience will be encouraged to respond to each article as it ispresented. A copy of the references and abstracts will be given to the attendees.Learning Objectives:1) Summarize the major conclusions of each of the ten articles presented.2) Identify areas in which additional research is needed.3) Evaluate the utility of each of the articles for their own clinical practice.4) Be inspired by the presentations to seek articles on their own.AACPDM 67 th Annual Meeting • Research & Practice 31