Recap: last time we talked about the power of performance analysis, today let’s talk about performance skills What are Performance skills? Performance skills are goal-directed actions that a person enacts when performing a task. It sounds so simple. But us occupational therapists seem to want to add more to this simple definition. Yet focusing on …
Recap: last time we talked about two different ways to observe ADL task performance, by implementing a performance analysis or a task analysis. Today we are looking at the power of implementing a performance analysis. We occupational therapists administer a performance analysis when we need to assess a person’s performance of tasks that he or …
Recap: last week we talked about the most common ADL assessment: informal observation of ADL tasks. This type of observation can be divided into two types: performance analysis and task analysis. Some of us observe ADL task performance in order to analyze the level of physical effort, efficiency, safety, or independence the person demonstrates as …
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I am always curious to learn what ADL assessment occupational therapists (OTs) use the most. I teach Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) certification courses in the US and abroad and when I do, I always ask what ADL assessments OTs are using the most often. Venture a guess? The top, most popular ADL assessment …