Interview
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Observations
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Observations
A type of interview that follows a predetermined and consistent order of questions.
What is a structured interview?
A tool administered under standard procedures and scored against specific guidelines.
What is a standardized test?
A norm-referenced test used to evaluate fine and gross motor skills in children.
What is the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS)?
A screening tool used to detect mild cognitive impairment, with a score of 26 or higher considered normal.
What is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)?
The consistency of a test in yielding similar results over time.
What is test-retest reliability?
This unstructured, open-ended conversation allows the client to share freely and the therapist to ask follow-ups.
What is an open-ended interview?
This type of test compares a client’s performance to a defined list of skills rather than a peer sample.
What is a criterion-referenced test?
This pediatric tool measures sensory processing in home, classroom, and school environments.
What is the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)?
A tactile sensory test that uses filaments to assess thresholds of protective sensation.
What is the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test?
The ability of a test to produce consistent results when administered by two independent raters.
What is inter-rater reliability?
The act of watching a client perform an occupation-based activity.
What is observation?
This type of test compares a client’s performance to the average performance of a peer sample.
What is a norm-referenced test?
A performance-based test used to assess handwriting legibility and speed.
What is the Evaluation Tool of Children’s Handwriting (ETCH)?
A test that detects irritation of the median nerve by flexing the wrists together for one minute.
What is Phalen’s Test?
This pain scale uses a 0–10 range where 0 means no pain and 10 means the worst pain.
What is the visual analogue pain scale?
This tool is completed during the evaluation and refined throughout intervention to understand a client’s typical performance and priorities.
What is an occupational profile?
An evaluation method where a client rates their own performance and progress is compared over time.
What is an ipsative assessment?
A non-standardized, family-centered, criterion-referenced screening used to assess growth and development
What is the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP)?
This screening involves identifying common objects by touch with vision occluded.
What is stereognosis?
A correlation statistic ensuring items on a test deliver consistent scores.
What is internal consistency?
A process that uses spontaneous conversation and open-ended questions to gather client information.
What is an unstructured interview?
A type of assessment that measures occupational performance through observation of functional tasks.
What is a performance-based test?
A pediatric outcome measure for children with musculoskeletal disorders, scored on a 0–100 scale.
What is the Pediatric Outcome Data Collection Instrument (PODCI)?
A performance-based assessment evaluating executive function through tasks like managing medications and paying bills.
What is the Executive Function Performance Test (EFPT)?
A standardized self-report questionnaire assessing upper limb function and symptoms.
What is the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH)?