Assessing needs for interdisciplinary team training in children's rehabilitation: a pilot study.

Although ideally children's rehabilitation is a matter of teamwork, in actual practice its quality may differ widely between teams. This study describes the first step in a procedure for the improvement of interdisciplinary team functioning. In this step, assessment of team members' specific needs for additional training is conducted. Detailed information about training needs of a nonoptimally functioning rehabilitation team is given. Key concepts concerning team development, such as role extension, role exchange, and role release, are discussed.