Adult Assessments - Mental Health / Motor / Cognition
MEDLS
Milwaukee Evaluation of Daily Living Skills
- 18 yrs + who have chronic mental illness and who have resided, for at least 6 months in a psychiatric hospital, halfway house, group home, or skilled nursing facility (is now used with other populations). Assessment of actual or simulated performance of basic living skills needed to function in their expected environment.
AMPS:
Stand for? Ages? What does it assess?Standardized?Anything unique?
- Assessment of Motor Process Skills, age 2 yr+, ADL/IADL difficult, you have to specially trained in order to administer, it is a standardized observational assessment
FIRST STEP Screening Tool
2 yrs 9 mos (preschoolers)
Determines a need for comprehensive evaluation, 5 areas = cognition, communication, physical, social and emotional, adaptive. *Table top activities as well as gross motor activities.
Standardized
DTVP - 2
Developmental Test of Visual Perception
Age: 4-10 yrs
Focus: visual perception, student has to point to select shapes and forms
Purpose: assesses figure ground, visual closures, and form constancy
Standardized, norm referenced
Level 5 & 6
(5) Exploratory Actions: Characterized by overt trial-and-error problem-solving. New learning occurs. This may be the usual level of functioning for 20% of the population.
(6) Planned Actions: Characterized by the absence of disability. The person can think of hypothetical situations and do mental trial-and-error problem solving.
KELS
Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills
Originally for adolescents and adults in acute psychiatric hospitals, now expanded to older adults and those with a diversity of diagnosis, determines an individual's knowledge and/or performance of 17 basic living skills needed to live independently.
Klein- Bell ADL Scale
Age / population, what does it assess, what is unique about this assessment, what type of test?
6 months + with physical, psychosocial, cognitive, and or developmental diagnosis, assesses ADL's as well as a behavioral component,
*I'm not sure if this is standardized....It's not in the book, I'll have to come back to it
Miller Assessment for Preschooler
2 yr 9 mos - 5 yr 8 mos
Focus: sensory, motor, and cognitive abilities
Purpose: evaluate mile to mod. developmental delays
Standardized
MVPT-3
Motor Free Perceptual Test
Ages: 4yrs-70yrs
Focus: spatial relationship, visual discrimination, figure ground, visual closure, visual memory
Standardized, norm-referenced
Level 4
Goal Directed Actions: characterized by the ability to carry simple tasks through to completion. The individual relies heavily on visual cues. They may be able to perform established routines but cannot cope with unexpected events.
Purdue Peg Board
Bonus: Why is it preferred over the Nine Hole Peg Test.
Test of fingertip dexterity and assembly job simulation.
Scoring: thirty second test is the number of pins placed in the board in 30 seconds. Assembly is the number parts assembled during one minute.
You can use this with someone who has MS, can you think of any other diagnosis?
It is preferred over the Nine Hole Peg Test because it is unilateral and bilateral, and more reliable.
-Observes BADL's and functional mobility before and after chronic illness. Adults and elders with a disability or illness.
- Maximum score is 100 and reflects an individuals ability to do all 10 tasks independently. Standardized....????
Barthel Index
M-FUN
Miller Function & Participation
Age: 2 yrs 6 mo - 7 yrs 11 mo
Focus: visual motor, FM, GM, participation
Includes hopping, jumping, skipping. *It measures functional tasks needed to participate in classroom.
TVPS
Test of Visual Perceptual Skills
Age: 4yrs - 18 yrs
Focus: Spatial relations, form constancy, figure ground, etc
Level 3
Manual Actions: characterized by beginning to use hands to manipulate objects. The individual may be able to perform a limited number of tasks with long-term repetitive training.
Jebson-Taylor Hand Function Test
Seven subtests: writing, simulated page turning, picking up common objects, simulated feeding, stacking, picking up large light objects.
What population can this be used with?
Functional Independence Measure System
Wee Functional Independence Measure System
FIM & Wee FIM
FIM = Adults, WeeFIM = Children from ages 6 mos. - 7 yrs old, assess the severity of disability by observing what the individual actually does and the amount of assistance needed in order for the individual to complete the task.
BOT-2
Bruininks-Ostertsky Test of Motor Proficency
Ages: 4-7
Focus: Speed, duration and accuracy of performance strength, fine manual control, manual/body coordination
Standardized, norm referenced
TVMS
Test of Visual Motor Skills
Ages: 3-13 y/o
Focus: specific for motor skills/eye-hand coordination
*Standardized / Norm referenced
Level 2
Postural Actions: characterized by movement that is associated with comfort. There is some awareness of large objects in the environment, and the individual may assist the caregivers with simple tasks.
MOCA
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
- A screening instrument for mild cognitive dysfunction
- Assesses attention and concentration, executive functions, memory, language, visuoconstructional skill, conceptual thinking, and orientation
- Total possible points is 30, as score of 26 or above is considered normal.
RTI
Routine Task Inventory
- Adults and elders with cognitive impairments, ADL/IADL, measures an individuals cognitive impairment according to Allen Cognitive Levels
Beery-Buktenica Development Test of Visual Motor Integration
Beery-VMI
Age: 2 - 100
Focus: visual motor integration, visual perception, motor coordination
Purpose: Integration of motor and visual skills
Standardize, non-verbal, culture free
SPM-P/SPM
Sensory Processing Measure Pre-School / Sensory Processing Measure
Age: Pre-school (2-5yrs), Elementary (5-12yrs)
Home, Classroom, and School environment Form
Focus: Sensory processing, social participation, and praxis
Automatic Actions: characterized by automatic motor responses and changes in the autonomic nervous system. Conscious response to the external environment is minimal.