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Table 6 Parental evaluation of positive and negative feedback of the AMC-19

From: Psychometric properties and parental reported utility of the 19-item ‘About My Child’ (AMC-19) measure

Question 2: “Please feel free to comment on the content of the survey”

Positive Feedback

 most relevant areas explored and parents able to give detail and suggestions to improve of change

 some parents found it useful for reflecting on their situation

 parents favor anything that makes services better and makes their lives a little less challenging

 beginning point to starting to understand what families with children with disabilities go through on a daily basis

 useful in that it’s more ‘parent-perspective’ than a checklist of yes and no can-do items

 allows for expressing concern that even if child can-do or may not be good at (especially in the community) so improvements can be made

Negative Feedback

 parents already aware

 parents question how this will help with planning services

 questionnaire vague does not get specific areas