Other OT-Related Information OT neurological and cognitive assessments

[InfoNerd101]

What do occupational therapy neurological and cognitive assessments entail and what do they diagnose/ determine?

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[laika_noob]

there is a pretty limited set of batteries that an occupational therapist might work with. personally, in my inpatient rehab facility (dealing with everything from orthopedics to stroke and TBI) I've only seen the MoCA (www.mocatest.org) and the Line Bisection Test administered by our therapists. the MoCA, much like the MMSE, is a "quick and dirty" global cognitive assessment that breaks down into a handful of cognitive domains and paints you a basic picture of how they are performing in each. The line bisection test is also "quick and dirty" and it is just an indicator of unilateral spatial neglect.

OT's aren't typically employed to assess cognition outright, especially when they typically work in fairly close quarters with neuropsychologists in inpatient settings like mine. I'm not sure how much more an OT would be able to do and adequately report on without a degree in clinical neuropsychology.

 

[alg5443]

If you could get your hands on Asher's Occupational Therapy Assessment Tools, it's a great book that breaks up evaluations by categories such as cognitive assessments. There are multiple in there! Great resource.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

OT's aren't typically employed to assess cognition outright, especially when they typically work in fairly close quarters with neuropsychologists in inpatient settings like mine. I'm not sure how much more an OT would be able to do and adequately report on without a degree in clinical neuropsychology.

This has been my experience (as a nueropsychologist working in an in-pt setting w. OT/PT/SLP).

 

[ncOT9]

We might not assess cognition directly (except for administering a screening like the MoCA if necessary), but we administer functional assessments that determine a person's level of executive functioning and whether or not they can take care of themselves at home and complete ADLs and IADLs. EFPT and KELS are good examples of that kind of assessment.