Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability
Background: The Revised Irrabeena Core Skills Assessment (RICSA) is used in formal accommodation services and evaluates the functional skills of adults with an intellectual disability. The assessment is used to inform training for skills development. This study focused on establishing evidence for i...
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| author | Milasinovic, Vesna Buchanan, Angus |
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| description | Background: The Revised Irrabeena Core Skills Assessment (RICSA) is used in formal accommodation services and evaluates the functional skills of adults with an intellectual disability. The assessment is used to inform training for skills development. This study focused on establishing evidence for interrater reliability of the RICSA. Method: The RICSA was completed by 101 staff members on 30 adults living in group homes. Interviews were conducted with 9 staff members in order to identify potential issues that may affect the reliability of the assessment. Interrater reliability was analysed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and thematic analysis was conducted from the interview data. Results: The ICC values ranged from .63 to .73 across the 5 main domains of the RICSA. Conclusions: The agreement found may be regarded as unsatisfactory given that the use of the RICSA is to inform skills training for people with an intellectual disability. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-194292017-09-13T13:45:15Z Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability Milasinovic, Vesna Buchanan, Angus functional skills reliability community living assessment tool Accommodation services intellectual disability Background: The Revised Irrabeena Core Skills Assessment (RICSA) is used in formal accommodation services and evaluates the functional skills of adults with an intellectual disability. The assessment is used to inform training for skills development. This study focused on establishing evidence for interrater reliability of the RICSA. Method: The RICSA was completed by 101 staff members on 30 adults living in group homes. Interviews were conducted with 9 staff members in order to identify potential issues that may affect the reliability of the assessment. Interrater reliability was analysed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and thematic analysis was conducted from the interview data. Results: The ICC values ranged from .63 to .73 across the 5 main domains of the RICSA. Conclusions: The agreement found may be regarded as unsatisfactory given that the use of the RICSA is to inform skills training for people with an intellectual disability. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19429 10.3109/13668250.2013.805737 Informa Healthcare fulltext |
| spellingShingle | functional skills reliability community living assessment tool Accommodation services intellectual disability Milasinovic, Vesna Buchanan, Angus Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| title | Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| title_full | Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| title_fullStr | Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| title_short | Reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: Implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| title_sort | reliability of an assessment used in formal accommodation services: implications for adults with an intellectual disability |
| topic | functional skills reliability community living assessment tool Accommodation services intellectual disability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19429 |