{
  "abstract": "Goals Neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) are best conceptualised within the ICF’s biopsychosocial framework. CanChild’s F-words (Functioning, Fitness, Fun, Family, Friends and Future) encourage strengths-based, family-centred care, yet structured tools for direct child participation are scarce. This study evaluated This Is Me (TIM), an adapted child-interviewing tool, for feasibility, acceptability, and its role in enhancing self-awareness and collaborative goal-setting in young children with disabilities.Methods A prospective, cross-sectional, mixed-methods study was conducted among children aged 6–11 years with NDD attending Sethu, a community-based Child Development Centre in Goa, India from January to May 2025. TIM was used to elicit children’s strengths, supports and barriers, followed by selection of goals and formulating action plans with families which they could implement with support. Child and parent feedback was obtained after two months.Results Thirty-four children with autism, ADHD, specific learning disability, intellectual disability, or epilepsy participated. Children identified a range of strengths, interests and supports across the established F-words framework. The additional area (Fences) to explore barriers elicited interpersonal difficulties with siblings and peers, academic challenges, and fears. Child-selected goals focused on relationships, preferred activities, and academic support. At follow-up, most families implemented the action plans, and both children and parents reported positive experiences.Conclusions The TIM is a feasible, acceptable child-friendly tool that lends itself to interventions that strengthen child participation in neurodevelopmental care. It supports self-awareness, goal setting, and shared decision-making with families, offering a real-world model to integrate the perspectives of young children with disabilities in community based clinical services.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sethu Centre for Child Development & Family Guidance, Goa, India"
      ],
      "name": "Nandita De Souza"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sethu Centre for Child Development & Family Guidance, Goa, India"
      ],
      "name": "Rucha Mehta"
    }
  ],
  "title": "207 This Is Me! an interview tool for disabled children for self awareness and collaborative decision making in family centred care",
  "uid": "2ffe0b9a-96e7-5ae0-b8c4-9380c80b5810"
}