Functional Capacity Assessment Reports (Psychosocial & Other disabilities)

 

ABAS-3

The Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System, Third Edition (ABAS-III) is a standardized multidimensional assessment tool used to assess the functional skills necessary for the requirements of daily living of individuals. It is used to:

• Assess adaptive skills.

• Assist in diagnosing and classifying various developmental, learning, and behavioural disabilities and disorders

• Identify strengths and weaknesses.

• Develop treatment plans and training goals.

• Document and monitor progress over time.

• Determine eligibility for services such as disability pension and to evaluate individual capacity to live or work independently.

 

WHODAS 2.0

WHODAS 2.0 provides a common metric of the impact of any health condition in terms of functioning. Being a generic measure, the instrument does not target a specific disease – it can thus be used to compare disability due to different diseases. WHODAS 2.0 also makes it possible to design and monitor the impact of health and health-related interventions. The instrument has proven useful for assessing health and disability levels in the general population and in specific groups (e.g. people with a range of different mental and physical conditions). Furthermore, WHODAS 2.0 makes it easier to design health and health related interventions, and to monitor their impact. WHODAS 2.0 captures the level of functioning in six domains of life:

• Cognition: Understanding and communicating.

• Mobility: Moving and getting around.

• Self-care: Attending to one’s hygiene, dressing, eating and staying alone.

• Getting along: Interacting with other people.

• Life activities: Domestic responsibilities, leisure, work and school.

• Participation: Joining in community activities, participating in society.

 

Vineland-3 Assessment

The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3) is the leading instrument for supporting the diagnosis of intellectual and developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Vineland-3 is used with people aged 0 to 90 years to measure a range of functional domains and subdomains. The results provide valuable information for developing educational and treatment plans and to monitor and measure growth over time.

• Communication: Receptive, expressive and written communication skills.

• Daily living: Personal (hygiene and dressing), domestic, numeric (using numerical concepts in practical ways), community (functioning in the world outside the home) and school community.

• Socialisation: Interpersonal relationships (caring, conversation and friendship), play and leisure, coping skills

• Motor Skills: Gross and fine motor skills.

• Maladaptive behaviour: Undesirable and atypical behaviours that interfere with adaptive functioning, such as internalising (anxiety and depression), externalising (hyperactivity and disruptive behaviour) and critical items (self-injury, aggression and suicidality).