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ESI Overview

Measure the quality of a person’s social interaction. The ESI will transform your occupational therapy practice by keeping you focused on occupation.
  • Use with anyone over the age of 2½ years, regardless of diagnosis
  • Test a person while he or she is engaged in natural and self-chosen social interactions with typical social partners
  • Standardized on an international sample of almost 15,000 people

ADMINISTERING THE ESI

The ESI Assessment takes less than one hour to administer and score, resulting in a reliable and valid measure of a person’s quality of social interaction.
  • Observe a person engage in at least two real social interactions with typical social partners and with purposes determined by the client
  • Score the quality of 27 social skills that the person enacted during the social interaction
  • Use the OTAP software to generate an ESI Results Report that includes an ESI measure that represents the person’s quality of social interaction
  • Plan interventions, develop goals, write documentation, and provide evidence of change in a person’s quality of social interaction
Using the ESI
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“The Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) helps me understand the client and what to do.”
“When I can see [my clients’] strengths and problems, I can help them with their problem areas so that they can better get along with others.”
“By using the Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI), I get the information I need to help my clients.”
"The ESI has assisted me to provide better targeted interventions."
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