Occupational Therapy - Tests, Assessments, Tools and Measures

Shows how to administer the Activity Card Sort test, an interview-based tool used to measure an individual’s participation in instrumental, leisure and social activities.

Provides a standardized evaluation of a person's quality of performance of everyday, self-chosen tasks.

Used to identify children with development delay.

Describes the Beery VMI, tips to keep in mind for test administration, administration and scoring and raw score interpretation.

Uniform system of measurement for disability based on the International Classification of Impairment, Disabilities and Handicaps. The level of a patient’s disability indicates the burden of caring for them and items are scored on the basis of how much assistance is required for the individual to carry out activities of daily living.

An evaluation of functional motor skills in activities of daily living for ages 7-17.

Assesses fine motor skills, weighted and non-weighted hand function activities during performance of activities of daily living.

Measures capacity for simple but rapid eye-hand-finger movement. This is particularly applicable in shop and office occupations requiring quick movement in handling simple tools and production materials without differentiating size and shape.

Test is timed, quick & inexpensive • Involves the picking up, holding, manipulation & identification of small objects. Relies on peripheral receptors & cognitive function.

Assesses the motor ability of children between 0 and 5 years of age. Includes gross motor and fine motor assessments.

Administration of various sensory OT assessment tests.

Information and demonstration on how to administer the TOGSS.

This video demonstrates the assessment protocol for evaluating cursive writing skills. Range, stability of the structure of the hand, proximal control of the upper extremity, speed and consistency of reproduction, and typical writing problems are discussed. Each item in the assessment protocol is demonstrated with contrasting analysis of efficient and problem performance.