INSIGHT INTO DAILY ACTIVITIES OF CHILD WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES 117 5 Parent perspective on the use of TM to gain insight into meaningful activities Jerome’s mother expressed the experience that her son was able to express a lot due to the use of TM: Mother: Sometimes Jerome can’t find the right words. But in the end, he expressed a lot of activities he liked. Jerome was also able to express in which activities he was not as good as he wanted to be. When it is visual, by the use of pictograms, Jerome is much more capable of telling what he likes. She also stated that performing the interview at their home was probably another reason why Jerome was able to express as much as he did. The mother stated that what Jerome expressed was reliable; he really likes a lot of activities and Jerome expressed the true reasons why some activities are meaningful for him. Also, TM enabled Jerome to give his personal perspective, instead of the mother telling the perspective of the child. Therefore, she suggested that TM could be used in the hospital for finding out which activities are important to a child. Table 1 Activities the boy liked to perform, organized according to the three occupational performance areas of Reed and Sanderson (1999) Personal maintenance Productivity Leisure Drinking Feeding the cat Cuddling the cat Going to the toilet Cleaning up toys Gardening Sleeping Helping with doing the groceries Mowing the lawn Getting dressed Counting at school Cycling on tricycle Closing Velcro of shoes Calculating at school Go-karting Brushing teeth Keeping an agenda Making jokes Washing Swimming at school Singing Showering Coloring at school Listening to music Taking medicine Painting/crafting at school Calling to dad Making a snack Watching television Spreading the bread Playing a game on the tablet Clearing the table Bowling Going to the hairdresser Horse riding Going somewhere with wheelchair Eating pancakes with grandparents Playing on the school playground
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