On the Formative Stages of the Adult Screening Questionnaire

Abstract

This article describes the formative stages of a screening tool for developmentally disabled adults, the Adult Screening Questionnaire (ASQ). ASQ offers occupational therapists a uniform approach for screening clients. Employing the ASQ will result with a client profile that leads to improved capability in screening outcomes for service delivery: prioritizing caseloads, identifying domains of need for comprehensive evaluation, facilitating clinical decision making, and reporting population needs. to administrators. These screcning outcomes contribute to determining the client evaluation and program intervention necessary for the service delivery process. Reported are rationale for the developmentluse of the instrument, previous validity studies, modifications, and pilot study testin for reliability. The Clients Profile will enable the clinicians to establish three priority levels according to clients' needs. In addition, each clients' needs are identified on nine domains of occupational therapy programmatic concern. A summay,of fipdings for five outcomes for service delivery is introduced. imltatlons and plans for further modification and study are discussed.