Framework-Performance Skills/ PROCESS SKILLS

Question 0

Process skills

Answer 0

Occupational performance skills observed as a person:
-selects, interacts with, and uses task tools and materials
-carries out individual actions and steps
-modifies performance when problems are encounters
Name all 20

Question 1

Performance skills

Answer 1

Observable, goal directed actions the therapist implements with patient 
Everyday life tasks and in environment 
1) motor skills
2) process skills
3) social interaction skills

Question 2

Paces

Answer 2

Maintains a consistent and effective rate or tempo of performance throughout entire task

Question 3

Attends

Answer 3

Does not look away from what he or she is doing, interrupting the ongoing task progression

Question 4

Heeds

Answer 4

Carries out and completes the task originally agreed on or specified by another

Question 5

Chooses

Answer 5

Selected necessary and appropriate type and number of tools and materials for the task, including the tools and materials that the person was directed to use or specified he or she would use

Question 6

Uses

Answer 6

Applies tools and materials as they are intended
(Uses a pencil sharpener to sharpen a pencil but not to sharpen a crayon)
-and in a hygienic fashion (use a hairbrush for hair)
(Spoon for soup not a fork)

Question 7

Handles

Answer 7

Supports or stabilizes tools and materials in an appropriate manner, protecting them from being damaged, slipping, moving, and falling
(Ex handwriting grip)

Question 8

Inquires

Answer 8

1) seeks needed verbal or written information by asking questions or reading directions or labels
2) does not ask for information when he or she was fully oriented to the task and environment and had immediate prior awareness of the answer

Question 9

Initiates

Answer 9

Starts or begins the next action or step without hesitation

Question 10

Continues

Answer 10

Perform single actions or steps without interruptions such that once an action or task is initiated, the person continues without pauses or delays until the action or step is completed

Question 11

Sequences

Answer 11

Performs steps in an effective or logical order and with an absence

1) randomness or lack of logic in the ordering
2) inappropriate repetition of steps

Question 12

Terminates

Answer 12

Brings to completion single actions or single steps without inappropriate persistence or premature cessation

Question 13

Searches/locates

Answer 13

Looks for and locates tools and materials in a logical manner, both within and beyond the immediate environment

Question 14

Gathers

Answer 14

Collects related tools and materials into the same work space and regathers tools or materials that have spilled, fallen, or been misplaced
(Ex: meal preparation)

Question 15

Organizes

Answer 15

Logically positions or spatially arranges tools and materials in man orderly fashion within a single work space and between multiple appropriate work spaces such that the work space is not too spread out or too crowded
(Kitchen- spoons, forks separate)
Clothes- pants, t shirts, dresses)

Question 16

Restores

Answer 16

Puts away tools and materials in appropriate places and ensures that the immediate work space is restored to its original condition

Question 17

Navigates

Answer 17

Moves the arm, body, or wheelchair without bumping into obstacles when moving in the task environment or interacting with task objects

Question 18

Notices/responds

Answer 18

Responds appropriately to:

• nonverbal task-related cues (heat, movement)
• the spatial arrangement and alignment of task objects to one another
• cupboard doors and drawers that have been left open during task performance

Question 19

Adjusts

Answer 19

Effectively:
-goes to new work spaces
-moves tools and materials out of the current work space
-adjusts knobs, dials, or water taps to overcome problems with ongoing task performance
(Ex-adjust water to appropriate temperature)

Question 20

Accommodates

Answer 20

Prevents ineffective task performance

Adapting to any deficits patients has

Question 21

Benefits

Answer 21

Prevents problems with task performance from recurring or persisting (patient knows/learns benefits of what you are teaching)