Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM)

The YC-PEM, aimed to be used for children from zero to five years, explores the frequency of participation in activities, the level of involvement of participation, the parent's satisfaction with the children's current participation and the environmental supports and barriers considered to be important. Parents will report their child's participation across home, community and childcare activities. For each type of activity, parents will report on (1) frequency of attendance (i.e., how often the child attends an activity) (8-point scale, from never (0) to once or more times every day (7); (2) level of involvement (i.e., the child's level of engagement in the activity) (5-point scale, from not very involved (1) to very involved (5)); and (3) their desire for their child's participation to change (i.e., their dissatisfaction) [yes, no]. Then, caregivers will evaluate the impact of environmental features and resources on participation (3-point scale, from usually helps/usually yes (3) to usually makes harder/usually no (1)). The YC-PEM will be administered at baseline and at the end of the 12th week of the intervention [34].
