Occupational Therapy - Tests, Assessments, Tools and Measures

An evaluation designed to provide a baseline measurement of perceptual, motor and cognitive interventions for children who are referred for treatment as a result of possible developmental, cognitive, or academic and learning difficulties and for children with brain injuries.

Use the FPST to: Obtain critical information without being present; Provide opportunities for feedback from family members/significant others; Utilize cognitive cues through photographs; Foster collaboration by addressing meaningful functions; Examine trends in performance deficits; Create customized programs; Develop holistic treatment programs with specific functional goals.

The FTDS is a web-based tool for caregivers and/or family members of older drivers and occupational therapy practitioners (OT) to identify at-risk older drivers.

Provides a uniform system of measurement for disability based on the International Classification of Impairment, Disabilities and Handicaps; measures the level of a patient's disability and indicates how much assistance is required for the individual to carry out activities of daily living.

Top 5 BADL Geriatric Assessments for Occupational Therapists. Requires sharing an email address

The Occupational Therapy Geriatric Group at the University at Buffalo created the Home Safety Self Assessment Tool as a part of combined effort with the Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York to disseminate information regarding how to prevent falls.

A valuable tool for the occupational therapist in obtaining preliminary information about a new referral. It should be used in the beginning stages of the transition process from another agency.

The LOTCA is a measure of basic cognitive skills and visual perception in older adults with neurological impairment. The LOTCA provides an in-depth assessment of basic cognitive abilities and can also be used in treatment planning and review of progress over time.

The Melville-Nelson Self-Identified Goals Assessment (SIGA) and the Melville-Nelson Self-Care Assessment (SCA) are new occupational therapy tools for use in subacute rehabilitation and nursing homes.

The MMSE briefly measures orientation to time and place, immediate recall, short-term verbal memory, calculation, language, and construct ability. While the measure was originally used to detect dementia within a psychiatric setting, its use has become widespread.

The OT-APST is a standardized screening measure that enables occupational therapists to test for the presence of impairment in visual perception across each of the major constructs of visual perception and praxis, including the problems most frequently occurring after stroke.

This is an inventory of cognitive (but not perceptual) assessment tools identified by OTs within Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care. These tools are not meant to be used in isolation during the process of cognitive assessment. Although this inventory provides a comprehensive list of standardized tools available to OTs to measure cognition, it is not an exhaustive list.

Use this list to identify home safety, fall hazards and accessibility issues for the homeowner and family members. Home safety, fall prevention and accessibility modification interventions on the reverse side of the page can help prioritize your work.