[Athen] AT assessment tool with outcome measures

[Linda Petty]

Responding to the post, below...

I was once very active in the area of AT and Outcomes, and while there are some specific to AT tools, I didn't find them very sensitive to various aspects of the individual with the disability, or the variance in tasks between different age groups, or environments. (PIAF, QUEST, etc.)

So I use the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) on a day to day basis; it is a validated, reliable tool for identifying individual, client centered needs, obtaining a numeric value on the student's performance and satisfaction with their current skill levels and technologies, or lack thereof, and then can be re-administered to obtain outcomes, changed in the performance and satisfaction, after the student has received AT and training, and becomes proficient in it. This data can be compiled, to give administrators data on changes following the implementation of the technology, or used in case study type scenarios. I have used it in both papers and in annual reports back to government funding agencies. 

For more general information on the COPM: https://www.caot.ca/copm/description.html  It's available in multiple languages, etc. 

This essentially is my needs review tool; from this discussion, I go into equipment trials, software demonstrations, etc. , then wrap up with recommendations for further AT trials, training, funding, etc. It is important to build time into the schedule to go back and collect the outcomes data, and compile it, usually the next semester or at the end of the semester, depending on how rapidly funding, AT and training are provided. 

If you would like to email me off list, I can send you pdfs of an article or two or conference proceedings, and somewhere I have a PowerPoint that I did at Closing the Gap on some of the practical issues and general info on using the COPM in AT.

Regards
Linda

Linda Petty, O.T. Reg. (Ont.)
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> Does anyone out there have an assessment tool for AT that you would be 

> willing to share, or links to resources that may be helpful with the 

> creation of such a tool? In the short term what I need is an actual 

> tool for assessing the effectiveness/usefulness of AT that is being 

> used; but, for the long term, tools such as intake and programmatic 

> assessments would be helpful as well.

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> Craig Levins

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> Director of Student Disability Services

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> Adjunct Professor of Psychology

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> 209 Alumni Hall

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> SUNY Oneonta

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> Oneonta, New York 13820

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> *phone:* (607) 436-2137

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> *fax:* (607) 436-3167

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> http://www.oneonta.edu/development/sds/

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