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Skill Competencies

My Professional Portfolio

Assessment Skills







# Activity Card Sort

# Adaptive Behavior Scales (ABS)

# Adult Vocational Assessment

# Bayley Scale of Infant Development

# Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

# Becker Work Adjustment Profile

# Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency

# Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)

# Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Evaluation (COTE)

# Denver Developmental Screening Tool

# Family Inventory of Resources for Management (FIRM)

# Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

# The Goaling Process

# Hand Function Sort

# Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)

# Klein-Bell ADL Assessment

# Miller Assessment of Preschoolers (MAP)

# Milliken Activity Sort

# Moos Work Environment Scale

# Occupational Performance History Interview (OPHI-II)

# Oral Directions Test

# Parenting Stress Index

# Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS)

# Pediatric Activity Card Sort (PACS)

# Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

# SAFER

# School Function Assessment (SFA)

# Self Directed Search

# SF-36

# Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)

# SWAG 1

# Tennessee Self Concept Scale

# Work Capacity Evaluation



I also have knowledge of Manual Muscle Testing, Range of Motion, Fitness Testing, Posture Analysis, Task/Activity Analysis



Assistive Technology Skills



* AT Interview

* Mat Evaluation

* Pressure Mapping

* AT Outcome Measures:

Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with AT (QUEST)

Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale (PIADS)

Matching Persons and Technology (MPT)

Participation in Major Life Activities for Mobility Limited People

(PARTS/M)



Environmental Assessments



Home assessments:

The Enabler

Canadian Home Mortgage Maintaining Seniors' Independence

The Casper

Community assessments:

ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) Checklist



Neuroscience Assessments/Skills:



Activity/Task Analysis

Sensory tests:

Light touch

Pressure

Thermal sensation

Superficial pain sensation

Olfactory sensation

Gustatory sensation

Stereognosis

Kinesthesia

Position sense

Vision tests:

Near acuity

Ocular alignment

Visual fixation

Visual fields

Saccadic eye movements

Direction of gaze

Ocular pursuits

Organized scanning

Depth perception

Functioning tests:

Short Blessed Memory Test

Mini-Mental State Examination

Zoo Map Test of the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive

Syndrome

Ruff 2 and 7 Selective Attention Test



Coordination tests:

Finger to nose

Finger-nose-finger

Pronation and Supination (Rapid alternating movements)

Finger opposition

Finger to finger

Dexterity tests:

Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Test

Crawford Small Parts Dexterity Test

Jebson-Taylor Hand Function Test

Action Research Arm (ARA) Test

Muscle tone tests:

Ashworth Scale

Mild-Moderate-Severe Spasticity Scale

Cognitive, Memory, Attention, and Executive





Computer Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Publisher



Research Skills

Completed an evidence based practice course in May 2005. In my undergraduate career, I performed in research based classes where I developed research skills. Presently I am working towards completing my Master's Project which is focusing on the effects of diet and participation in children who are on the autism spectrum.



Program Planning

The summers of 2000-2004 I have worked at various summer camps where I planned program activities for my group and also the entire camp.
Summer 2005 I completed a Program Planning course at Washington University Program of Occupational Therapy.











Erin Darnell