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ZiMei Upper Limb Performance Assessment

DESCRIPTION: The Upper Limb Performance Assessment is an ecologically valid, criterion-referenced, two-stage assessment of upper limb contributions to task performance (Ranka, & Chapparo, 2011). It can be used with any client who demonstrates difficulties with any aspect of reach, grasp and release regardless of cause. Stage One, Task Performance Mastery (TPM), is used to analyze and assess the degree to which a person can perform the action steps of any needed or desired task in context. Errors are identified using a specific classification system. Steps performed without error are used to calculate a performance mastery percentage score. Stage Two, the Comparative Analysis of Performance –Motor (CAP-M), is used to identify specific movement disorders that contribute to errors identified in Stage One.  Stage Two uses a comparative analysis method of observation. The symptoms identified through the CAP-M are used to select and apply impairment-focused interventions, and to embed these interventions within task oriented therapy programs that aims to improve arm and hand use. The ability of the ULPA to measure subtle, incremental changes in performance of client specific tasks has been demonstrated.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe elements of the ULPA and understand its psychometric properties.
2. Compare and contrast the ULPA with other assessments of the upper limb function (eg. MAS, ARAT, GAS).
3. Assess and score upper limb use from videotaped client examples using Part One.
4. Assess and score excessive and missing actions contributing to problems with arm and hand use from videotaped client examples using Part Two.
5. Use findings from the ULPA to write specific, measurable mastery and strategy application goals, discuss implications for intervention, and calculate and graph outcomes.

AUDIENCE: Qualified Occupational Therapists

Presenter:  Dr Judy Ranka

COURSE POSTPONED UNTIL 2021.  DATES TO BE DETERMINED

Sponsor:
Location:  Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

The Perceive, Recall, Plan & Perform (PRPP) Assessment is part of the PRPP System of Task Analysis– an interactive system of assessment and intervention that is based on task analysis methodology.  The PRPP Assessment is a standardised,  person-centred, criterion-referenced, occupational therapy assessment of occupational performance.  It is used with clients of any age, gender, diagnosis, or cultural background whose performance is compromised by difficulties in meeting the cognitive demands of occupations and contexts. The assessment yields information about performance mastery and cognitive strategy application.  Strategy application is assessed by scoring behaviours that align with dimensions of attention and perception (Perceive), learning, memory and recall (Recall), planning, decision-making and judgment (Plan), and the capacity to act on decisions and follow-through with plans (Perform). The PRPP Assessment is used internationally, and has been translated into several languages. It has established validity in a variety of practice domains including neurology, mental health, learning disabilities, autism, chronic pain, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, and dementia.  Acceptable reliability has been demonstrated following training