'Motor magic' : evaluation of a community capacity-building approach to supporting the development of preschool children (part 2) Priest, Naomi and Waters, Elizabeth 2007, 'Motor magic' : evaluation of a community capacity-building approach to supporting the development of preschool children (part 2), Australian occupational therapy journal, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 140-148, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00546.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title 'Motor magic' : evaluation of a community capacity-building approach to supporting the development of preschool children (part 2) Author(s) Priest, Naomi Waters, Elizabeth Journal name Australian occupational therapy journal Volume number 54 Issue number 2 Start page 140 End page 148 Publisher Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Carlton, Vic. Publication date 2007-06 ISSN 0045-0766 1440-1630 Keyword(s) community-based practice partnerships preschool children realist evaluation Summary Background and Aims: This paper is the second in a series of two that presents and discusses an exploratory evaluation study of the 'Motor Magic' program conducted in Adelaide, South Australia. Methods: A realist evaluation approach was used, and two focus groups (one with parents and one with kindergarten staff) were held to identify program outcomes and to develop and refine key hypotheses about how these outcomes occurred. Results and Conclusions: Results for kindergarten staff involved in the program are presented and discussed in this paper, including improved early identification and early intervention for children with, or at risk of, fine motor developmental difficulties; increased confidence in the effectiveness of their practice with these children; improved practice of kindergarten staff with both targeted and all children; improved empathy with, and support for, parents; and increased interagency links and ongoing advocacy for further resources. These results suggest that the program provides an effective model for building the capacity of kindergarten staff to support children with, or at risk of, developmental difficulties. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00546.x Field of Research 111704 Community Child Health Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article HERDC collection year 2006 Copyright notice ©2006, Blackwell Publishing Asia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003954 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 05 Dec 2008, 13:31:22 EST Mon, 22 Jun 2009, 13:22:40 EST Fri, 03 Feb 2012, 07:27:58 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:04:23 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:08:30 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:16:06 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:17:10 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:18:07 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 08:20:39 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 09:02:59 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 14:18:42 EST Thu, 05 Jun 2014, 11:48:10 EST Thu, 05 Jun 2014, 11:48:40 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 07:19:29 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:23:45 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 644 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:07:57 EST