Occupational Therapy Evaluation for Adults

Chapter 1: Occupational Therapy Evaluation / Relation Between Evaluation, Theory, and Frame of Reference / Evaluation and Clinical Reasoning / Demands of the Health Care Marketplace / Information Needed from Screening and Evaluation / Suggestions for Use of Rest of Book Chapter 2: A Guide to Evaluation Steps: / Review the client's medical record and/or other pre-evaluation information / Collect your evaluation materials / Check with nursing to see if the client can be seen / Stop before entering client's space, take a deep breath, clear your mind, focus on taking in everything you will see and hear during your evaluation / Knock before entering client's room, home, space / Read any signs posted in client's environment about medical precautions or care procedures / Introduce yourself, ask the client how he or she would like to be addressed and make sure the client is physically comfortable / Interview the client and/or his/her caregivers / Observe functional performance & record observations / Evaluate component skills contributing to functional performance problems and record evaluation results / Note type and amount of cuing client needs for activity performance / Synthesize and summarize the data; make discharge projections, project and record rehabilitation objectives and interventions planned to reach discharge projections Chapter 3: Suggested Evaluation Sequences for Different Time Limits / 20-30 Minute Screenings / 30-40 Minute Evaluations / 40-60 Minute Evaluations / Doing an Evaluation Over Several Intervention Sessions Appendices / Appendix A: Interview Assessments of Client Priorities / Appendix B: Basic and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living Assessments / Appendix C: Somatic Sensory Evaluation / Appendix D: Cognitive/Perceptual Assessments / Appendix E: Motor Evaluation Procedures / Appendix F: Psychosocial Skills Assessment / Appendix G: Discharge Situation Assessments / Appendix H: Uniform Terminology / Appendix I: International Classification of Impairments, Activities, and Participation