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Noteworthy Presentation and Publications:

          Coster, W. Embracing ambiguity: Facing the challenges of measurement. Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture, American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA. April 11, 2008.

          Coster, W.J., Deeney, T., Haltiwanger, J., & Haley, S. (1998). School Function Assessment (SFA). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation/Therapy Skill Builders.

          Haley, S.M., Coster, W.J., Ludlow, L., Haltiwanger, J., & Andrellos, P. (1992). Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). Boston, MA: Boston University Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness.

 

Publications (2005 - Present):

 

Dunn, M.L., Coster, W.J., Orsmond, G.I., & Cohn, E.S., (in press). Household task participation of children with and without attentional problems. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics.

Dunn, M.L., Coster, W.J., Cohn, E.S., & Orsmond, G.I. (in press).  Factors associated with participation of children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in household tasks.  Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics.

Chou, Y.-H., Coster, W. J., Trombly Latham, C. A., Li, P.-L., Chung, M.-J., & Shie, J.-H. (2008). Rod bisection task: The roles of voluntary manual exploration and vision in perceptual judgment. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 107, 70-80.

Coster, W. J. (2008). Embracing ambiguity: Facing the challenge of measurement. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62, 743-752.

Bedell, G., & Coster, W.J. (2008). Measuring participation of school-age children with traumatic brain injuries: Considerations and approaches. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23, 220-229.

Prvu Bettger, J.A., Coster, W.J., Latham, N.K., Keysor, J.J. (2008). Analyzing change in recovery patterns in the year after acute hospitalization. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89,1267-1275.

Tao, W., Haley, S.M., Coster, W.J., Ni, P., & Jette, A. (2008). An exploratory analysis of functional staging using an Item Response Theory approach. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89, 1046-1063.

Coster, W.J. (2008). Organizing the evidence to support practice . In S. Coppola, S. Elliott, & P. Toto (Eds.). Strategies to advance gerontology excellence (SAGE): Promoting best practice in occupational therapy (pp. 513-524). Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press.

Coster, W., Haley, S.M., Ni, P.S, Dumas, H.M., & Fragala-Pinkham, M.A. (2008). Assessing self-care and social function using a computer adaptive testing version of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89, 622-629.

Coster, W. & Khetani, M.A. (2008). Measuring participation of children with disabilities: Issues and challenges. Disability & Rehabilitation, 30, 639-648.

Coster, W.J. (2008). Curricular approaches to professional reasoning for evidence-based practice. In B.A. Schell and J.W. Schell (Eds.), Clinical and professional reasoning in occupational therapy (pp. 311-334). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Haley, S.M., Gandek, B., Siebens, H., Black-Schaffer, R.M., Sinclair, S.J., Tao, W. Coster, W.J., Ni, P., & Jette, A.M. (2008). Computerized adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: II. Participation outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89, 275-283.

Daunhauer, L., Coster, W.J., Tickle-Degnen, L., & Cermak, S. (2007). Effects of caregiver-child interactions on play occupations among young children institutioneralized in Eastern Europe. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 429-440.

Coster, W., Haley, S.M., Jette, A., Tao, W., & Siebens, H. (2007). Predictors of basic and instrumental activities of daily living performance in persons receiving rehabilitation services. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 88, 928-935.

Keysor, J.J., Jette, A.M., & Coster, W.J., Bettger, J.P., & Haley, S.M. (2006). Association of environmental factors with levels of home and community participation in an adult rehabilitation cohort. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 87, 1566-1575.

Coster, W.J. (2006). Guest Editorial: The road forward to better measures for practice and research. OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health, 26, 131.

Schenker, R., Coster, W.J., & Parush, S. (2006). Personal assistance, adaptation and participation in students with cerebral palsy mainstreamed in elementary schools. Disability & Rehabilitation, 28, 1061-1069.

Haley, S.M., Ni, P., Coster, W.J., Black-Shaeffer, R., Siebens, H., & Tao, W. (2006. Agreement in functional assessment: Graphical approaches to displaying respondent effects. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 85, 747-755.

Haley, S.M., Siebens, H., Coster, W.J., Tao, W., Black-Shaffer, R.M., Gandek, B., Sinclair, S.J., & Ni, P. (2006). Computerized adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: I. Activity outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 87, 1033-1042.

Latham, N., Jette, D.U., Coster, W., Richarts, L., Smout, R.J., James, R.A., Gassaway, J. & Horn, S.D. (2006). Occupational therapy activities and intervention techniques for clients with stroke in six rehabilitation hospitals. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60, 369-378.

Coster, W.J., Haley, S.M., & Jette, A.J. (2006). Measuring patient-reported outcomes after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 38, 237-242.

Coster, W.J. (2006). Evaluating the use of assessments in practice and research. In G. Kielhofner, (Ed.), Research in occupational therapy: Methods of inquiry for enhancing practice (pp. 201-212). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.

Jette, A.M., Keysor, J., Coster, W., Ni, P., & Haley, S. (2005). Beyond function: Predicting participation outcomes in a rehabilitation cohort. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 86, 2087-2094. (Recipient of the 2006 Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine for a paper that "presents potential significance and empirical and theoretical contributions to rehabilitation medicine").

Siebens, H., Andres, P., Ni, P., Coster, W.J., & Haley, S.M. (2005). Measuring physical function in patients with complex medical and post-surgical conditions. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 84, 741-748.

Coster, W. (2005). The Foundation: International Conference on Evidence-based Practice: A collaborative effort of the American Occupational Therapy Association, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59, 356-358.

Haley, S.M., Raczek, A.E., Coster, W.J., Dumas, H.M., & Fragala-Pinkham, M.A. (2005). Assessing mobility in children using a computer adaptive testing version of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 86, 932-939.

Kadlec, M.B., Coster, W., Tickle-Degnen, L., & Beeghly, M. (2005). Qualities of caregiver-child interaction during daily activities of children born very low birth weight with and without white matter disorder. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59, 57-66.

Lin, S.H., Cermak, S., Coster, W.J., & Miller, L. (2005). The relation between length of institutionalization and sensory integration in children adopted from Eastern Europe. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59, 139-147.

Schenker, R., Coster, W., & Parush, S. (2005). Participation and activity performance of students with cerebral palsy within the school environment. Disability & Rehabilitation, 27, 539-552.

Schenker, R., Coster, W.J., & Parush, S. (2005). Neuroimpairments, activity performance, and participation in children with cerebral palsy mainstreamed in elementary schools. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 47, 808-814.

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Research Presentations:

 

Coster, W.J. Future directions: Replenishing CAT with pre-test items. State of the Science Symposium in Post-Acute Care Rehabilitation. Washington, DC: February 12-13, 2007.

Coster, W.J., Law, M., & Tate, D., & Whiteneck, G. Panel on habit, research and social participation. Habit and Rehabilitation: Promoting Participation. Pacific Grove, CA. January 31-February 4, 2007.

Coster, W.J. Measuring rehabilitation outcomes with the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC). American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. May 20, 2004.

Coster, W. Expanding the scope of rehabilitation outcomes assessment: results from a longitudinal field study. Research and Training Center for Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, Boston University. Rehabilitation Outcomes Webcast: February 26, 2004.

Coster, W.J. Incorporating the ICF perspective in the development of rehabilitation outcome measures: Applied Cognition. North American Collaborating Center Conference on the ICF, St. Louis, MO. June 16, 2003.

Coster, W. I. Item pool development: Results of common sampling for Applied Cognition items. II. Item pool development: Results of common sampling for Personal Care and Instrumental items. Papers presented at International Conference on Objective Measurement, Chicago, IL. October 19, 2001.

Haltiwanger, J., & Coster, W.J. Social skill limitations of children with physical disabilities included in elementary school regular education classrooms. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN. April 20, 2001.

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