ABSTRACT
This chapter is a comprehensive reference manual providing information on the Community Integration Measure (CIM), which is a self-rating scale developed for people with acquired brain impairment. The CIM is designed to be administered to the client either in face-to-face interview or by telephone. Client-centred measures are increasingly recognized as providing an essential perspective of community integration, and the CIM is an important contributor to this new generation of instruments. The quantitative score derived from the CIM makes it potentially very useful for both research and programme evaluation, although in this respect information on temporal stability and responsiveness are required. A brief history of the instrument's development is provided, along with a description of item content and administration/scoring procedures. Psychometric properties are reviewed and a critical commentary is provided. Key references are cited and in most cases the actual scale is included, giving the reader easy access to the instrument.
