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Roulstone S, John A, Hughes A and Enderby P (2004)
Assessing the construct validity of the therapy
outcome measure for preschool children with delayed
speech and language. Advances in Speech-Language
FEATURE OUTCOME MEASURES
within your service, if you would like to discuss
creating your own scale or if you would simply like
to find out more about implementing an outcome
measure in your service
Pathology, (6): 230–236
Royal College of Occupational Therapy (2013) Position
Statement – Occupational therapists’ use of
standardised outcome measures. Available online at:
www.rcot.co.uk/practice-resources/occupational-
therapy-topics/outcomes-and-keeping-records
[accessed July 2018].
Jamie Liddell, clinical specialist occupational
therapist, East Sussex Children’ Integrated Therapy
and Equipment Service (CITES) and MRes student,
University of Brighton, email: [e-mail],
and Pamela Enderby, OBE, Emeritus Professor of
Community Rehabilitation, University of Sheffield,
email: [e-mail]
Please contact the authors if you are interested in
trying the Sensory Processing Adapted TOM scale
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TOM top tips:
• Maintain links with other services using the
TOM – they will be able to help you avoid
the mistakes that they made.
• Have a centralised team of people who
can take ownership of the data and drive
change.
• Don’t be afraid to develop your own scales
– guidance on developing these is available
from the authors.
• Feed data back regularly to your team to
maintain engagement and momentum.
• Ensure inter-rater reliability is ‘calibrated’
regularly via team meetings.