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Supports Intensity Scale
The Supports Intensity Scale is an assessment tool that evaluates practical support requirements of a person with an intellectual disability. Available in print and electronic formats, SIS consists of an 8-page Interview and profile form that tests support needs in 87 areas, and a 128-page User's Manual. SIS is comprehensive and engages the consumer in a positive interview process.
Click here to download a presentation on SIS. Click here to read the most frequently asked questions about SIS.
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Contact the Library for details on obtaining a copy for use.
Click here to download a presentation on SIS. Click here to read the most frequently asked questions about SIS.
Read product reviews here.
Contact the Library for details on obtaining a copy for use.
PAS -ADD
The PAS-ADD system for assessing psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disability (mental retardation)
The PAS-ADD schedules were designed to improve the detection and assessment of these disorders in people with intellectual disability. The schedules provide a structured framework within which clinicians, other health professionals and family members can collect standardized information about symptoms. There are three schedules, each targeted at a different level of knowledge on the part of the user. Overall, the PAS-ADD is designed to provide a flow of information from carers, though support staff, to the psychiatrists, psychologists and other clinicians responsible for making diagnostic assessments.
Pathways to Independence
Dorothy M Jeffree and Sally Cheseldine
Checklists of self-help personal and social skills
The Pathways to Independence
The nature and range of the skills assessed make the checklists appropriate for use in a wide variety of contexts: in programmes for disadvantaged school-age children; in training programmes for teenagers and adults with learning and physical disabilities; in rehabilitation programmes following hospitalisation.
A visual profile provides a chart of strengths and weaknesses, with space for up to eight full assessments, forming a clear record of progress and highlighting areas where training or support may be required.
DIS-DAT – Disability Distress Assessment Tool
DIS-DAT can be used to identify distress cues in people who because of cognitive impairment or physical illness have severely limited communication.
It is Designed to also document a person’s usual content cues, thus enabling distress cues to be identified more clearly.
The Behavior Assessment Guide
Thomas J. Willis, Gary W. LaVigna and Anne M. Donnellan
The Behavior Assessment Guide provides the user with a comprehensive set of data gathering and records abstraction forms to facilitate the assessment and functional analysis of a client's behavior problems and the generation of nonaversive behavioral intervention plans. Permission has been granted by the authors to reproduce the forms for professional use.
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The OK Health Check
A simple to use, comprehensive system which collects the day-to-day observations of carers about the health of service users. It identifies health needs, staff training needs and many of the unhelpful practices in the care setting which might compromise health. It is an invaluable tool which provides a meaningful framework for health assessment and for training carers to fulfil their responsibilities in respect of health care.
