Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY)

Overview

The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth, or the PEM-CY, is a new measurement tool designed to help parents, service providers and researchers better understand the participation of children and youth, ages 5 to 17. The PEM-CY is a parent-report measure that asks about participation in the home, school and community, along with environmental factors within each of these settings. The PEM-CY is innovative because it is the first measure of this type that assesses participation and environmental factors at the same time.

To learn more about the PEM-CY, why and how we developed it, and the potential benefits of using the PEM-CY, please click here to view our In Brief on the topic.

Participation In-Brief

How Parents View Their Child’s Participation and Environment: Creating a Foundation for the PEM-CY. IN BRIEF © GARY BEDELL, MARY KHETANI, MARTHA COUSINS, WENDY COSTER, AND MARY LAW,  2013

An Evaluation of the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY). IN BRIEF © WENDY COSTER, MARY LAW, GARY BEDELL, MARY KHETANI, DANA ANABY, AND RACHEL TEPLICKY 2013

Parent Needs and Strategies for Promoting Child Participation: What We Learned from Developing the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY). IN BRIEF © JACQUELINE BRESNAHAN, ABIGAIL HAMILTON, SHAWNA HOLLEBONE, HAJNALKA LAKATOS, LAURA MEMOLE, GARY BEDELL, WENDY COSTER, AND MARY LAW, 2013

Child and youth participation in leisure activities: Does the environment make a difference? KEEPING CURRENT © DANA ANABY, MARY LAW, AND RACHEL TEPLICKY, 2013

Patterns and Predictors of Recreational and Leisure Participation for Children with Physical Disabilities. KEEPING CURRENT. ©LAW, M., KING, G., KING, S., KERTOY, M., HURLEY, P., ROSENBAUM, P., YOUNG, N., HANNA, S., & PETRENCHIK, T., 2006

Articles

Anaby, D., Law, M., Bedell, G., Khetani, M., Avery, L., & Teplicky, R. (2014). The mediating role of the environment in explaining participation of children and youth with and without disabilities across home, school and community. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 95, 908-917. Abstract

Coster, W., Law, M., Bedell, G., Liljenquist, K., Kao, Y.C., Khetani, M., Teplicky, R. (2013). School participation, supports and barriers of students with and without disabilities. Child: Care, Health and Development, 39(4), 535-43. Abstract

Bedell, G., Coster, W., Law, M., Liljenquist, K., Kao, Y.-C., Teplicky, R., Anaby, D., & Khetani, M. (2013). Community participation and environmental supports and barriers of school age children with and without disabilities. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 94(2), 315-323. Abstract

Law, M., Anaby, D., Teplicky, R., Khetani, M., Coster, W., & Bedell, G. (2013). Participation in the home environment among children and youth with and without disabilities. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(2), 58-66. Abstract

Coster, W., Law, M., Bedell, G., Khetani, M.A., Cousins, M., & Teplicky, R. (2012). Development of the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth: Conceptual basis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 34(3), 238-46. Abstract

Coster, W. J., Bedell, G., Law, M., Khetani, M. A., Teplicky, R., Liljenquist, K., Gleason, K., & Kao, Y. (2011). Psychometric evaluation of the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY). Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53(11), 1030-7. Abstract

Bedell, G. M., Khetani, M. A., Cousins, M., Coster, W. J., & Law, M. (2011). Parent perspectives to inform development of measures of children's participation and environment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 765-773. Abstract

Translations

The PEM-CY has been translated into the following languages:

Arabic

Dutch

French

German

Hebrew

Icelandic

Italian

Korean

Portuguese

Serbian

Spanish

Turkish

Traditional Chinese

English adaptation for Singapore

Translations are currently underway for:

Croatian

Persian

Slovene

English adaptation for the United Kingdom

If you are interested in using the PEM-CY in any of these language or are interested in translating the PEM-CY into another language, please contact Rachel Teplicky

Parent Version

The PEM-CY is now available in an electronic version that can be downloaded and completed on a personal computer. This version is for use by individual parents or caregivers. After the parent or caregiver completes the electronic PEM-CY, a Participation Profile will be created for the child. The Participation Profile can be saved and shared with others who are interested in the child's participation, such as service providers and teachers.

In order to print the Participation Profiles, your computer must have a PDF reader installed. You can download a free PDF reader from Adobe here.

Windows System Requirements:

  • Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista with Service Pack 2, Windows 7 or Windows 8 Classic
  • 2.33 GHz or faster processor or Intel Atom 1.6GHz for netbooks
  • 512 MB of RAM (1GB recommended)

To install, please double click the downloaded file. To run the PEM-CY tool for Windows, please double click the PEM-CY icon on your Desktop, or by opening your Start Menu, and locating the PEM-CY tool icon.

Note: You may receive a security warning that this software is from an untrusted publisher. We are working with our service provider to remove this warning. Please follow instructions below to disregard security warnings that may appear when downloading on a Windows computer:

Internet Explorer:

If using IE to download the PEM-CY, and you see a security scan error, please do the following:

  • When your download has completed, and you are seeing the red bar, please click the 'Actions' button
  • In the next screen, click 'More Options', and then click 'Run Anyway'

Google Chrome:

Once your download has completed, and there is a security warning/error, please do the following:

  • Where it says 'Discard', there is a small arrow, please click that to show more options
  • Click 'Keep', and then run the file as usual (proceed to where it has been downloaded, or double click your downloaded file from Google Chrome).

Mac OS System Requirements:

  • Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • Mac OS X v10.6, 10.7 or v10.8
  • 512 MB of RAM (1GB recommended)

To install please drag the PEM-CY icon to the Applications folder, as you would normally do to install a Mac program. To run the PEM-CY tool for Mac OS, please open your Applications folder, and click on the PEM-CY icon.

Note: You may receive a security warning that this software is from an untrusted publisher. We are working with our service provider to remove this warning.

Download PEM-CY for Windows & Mac OS

In order to download the software, you must agree to the following license agreement:

PEM-CY Parent Software Licence:

I have read and understood the above agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement.

Purchase

The PEM-CY is now available for license:

Shop CanChild

The purchased version is available as a PDF and includes a user's guide, scoring recommendations, as well as comparative data for children with and without disabilities. Purchasing a single-licensed copy allows a service provider to make unlimited copies of the PEM-CY. Licenses are also available for organizations.