Description
ANNOUNCING the PREP YA Supplement!
New resources for using PREP with young adults (PREP YA Supplement) are now available as a supplement in the PREP manual and online learning platform! PREP YA Supplement was co-designed with young adults and offers tailored intervention materials for this age group.
The online module bundle gives you access to the learning module, a pdf version of the manual and the newly released YA supplement.
What is PREP?
PREP – Pathways and Resources for Engagement and Participation – is an evidence-based intervention that focuses on enhancing participation through modifying the environment. Using this skills-based approach, therapists work with the client (and his/her parent or caregiver when appropriate) to identify aspects of the environment and the activity that either support or hinder participation. An additional supplement for young adults which has been co-designed with young adults with disabilities and stakeholders is also available.
Together, a plan to minimize and/or remove barriers within the environment and build on existing supports is developed and implemented so that the client can participate in the activities of his/her choice.
What does the PREP online module include?
The online module includes:
- Background information about PREP
- Detailed description of the PREP assessment and intervention protocol, including videos of occupational therapists using PREP with clients.
- Real-life scenarios to highlight elements of the environment that have been modified to enable participation
- Practical forms to record assessment findings and intervention plans
- References to research evidence and key literature that has contributed to the development of PREP
- The PREP Young Adults Supplement with tailored intervention materials and forms
You can preview the online module at www.prepintervention.ca. When you purchase the online module from the CanChild Shop and you will receive an access code that you enter when registering on the PREP website. This will allow you to access the members-only content!
Watch the PREP video!
Is there evidence for PREP?
Overall, PREP presents a very practical, client/family centred approach to therapy practice. By using this approach, therapists can build capacity within their clients and their caregivers, families, and communities to identify, minimize, or remove barriers to full participation, both during the current therapeutic interaction and beyond.
Want to learn more on the PREP?
- CanChild Participation Knowledge Hub
- The effectiveness of the Pathways and Resources for Engagement and Participation (PREP) intervention: improving participation of adolescents with physical disabilities
- Enhancing Youth Participation Using the PREP Intervention: Parents' Perspectives
- Focusing on the Environment to Improve Youth Participation: Experiences and Perspectives of Occupational Therapists
- Changes in participation of youth with physical disabilities following the PREP intervention: A time-geographic approach
- Supporting the participation of youth with physical disabilities: Parents’ strategies
- Improved body functions of youth with physical disabilities through participation in community activities
- Development and feasibility of the PREP Young Adults Supplement
For more information about using the PREP in clinical practice or to inquire about research on the PREP approach, please contact Dana Anaby.
Preview
Sample pages from the PREP module can be found below:
Authors: Dana Anaby, Mary Law, Rachel Teplicky, and Laura Turner