Rubrics and Checklists for School Based Occupational and Physical Therapists

Do you find it difficult to quantify functional skills for children? Is it a struggle to collect objective data for pediatric occupational and physical therapy goals? This Rubrics and Checklists for Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapy bundle helps therapists to streamline assessments and data collection making it faster, easier, and more reliable than subjective data.

Rubrics are an excellent tool for school-based therapists to utilize throughout the school year for ongoing assessment of a student’s skills. A rubric is a scoring guide to judge performance on a specific task. A skill is broken down into different components and a numerical value is given to each component. The performance is then scored by totaling the sum of the numerical values. The checklists in the bundle are perfect for screenings and goal setting.

This Rubrics and Checklists for Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapy bundle includes the following 9 titles.

School-Based Occupational Therapy Checklist: This is an electronic document for pediatric occupational therapists in the school setting. Use this checklist to determine if a student is functional in the educational setting from an OT perspective. The checklist is divided into several categories: fingers and hands, pencil grasp and handwriting, classroom skills, life skills, visual perceptual skills, sensory processing skills, coordination skills, neuromuscular status and environmental modifications. Get a clear picture of a child’s functional level in an educational setting all on just 2 pages! Available in Word and PDF.

School-Based Physical Therapy Checklist: This is an electronic document for pediatric physical therapists in the school setting. Use this checklist to determine if a student is functional in the educational setting from a PT perspective. The checklist is divided into several categories: participation in the classroom, functional mobility in the classroom, wheelchair mobility in the classroom, functional mobility in the school, life skills, playground/physical education skills, neuromuscular status and environmental modifications. Available in Word and PDF.

Handwriting Rubrics: This is an electronic book of 26 rubrics to assess handwriting. A rubric is a scoring guide to judge performance on a specific task. Have you ever wanted to quantify handwriting skills such as letter formation, speed or copying? Handwriting Rubrics can be used as assessment tools to quantify an individual’s written productivity. By using the rubric, each individual can be scored based on the same criteria. Available in Word and PDF.

Life Skills Checklists: This digital document helps track progress towards routine life skills needed to succeed in the school, home, and community. The checklists have been created in Microsoft Excel. When you record a score for each life skill, it automatically enters into the graph for a visual representation of progress. If you are using the document in PDF format you will have to hand write in the score and the graphing information. This is a great resource for tracking quarterly progress and establishing goals.

Mobility Rubrics: Have you ever wanted to quantify school mobility tasks such as negotiating the classroom, walking in line and negotiating the school bus?. Mobility Rubrics can be used as assessment tools to quantify an individual’s ability to complete a task. By using the rubric, each individual can be scored based on the same criteria. Mobility Rubrics include assessments for: Negotiating the School, Stair Negotiation, Negotiating the Classroom, Transfers, Wheelchair Use, Walking in Line, Cafeteria, School Bus, Playground and Physical Education. Available in Word in PDF format.

Dressing Skills Rubrics: Includes assessments for unzipping, zipping, unbuttoning, buttoning, undressing (shirts, pants), dressing (shirts, pants, coat), socks, shoes, shoe tying, and accessories. The rubrics will be delivered electronically in PDF format and in a word processing format so that you can edit the document if necessary.

Personal Hygiene Rubrics include assessments for toileting (boys, girls and bowel movements), toileting for wheelchair users, hand washing, soap dispensing, washing face, taking a bath, taking a shower, brushing hair, using a tissue, brushing teeth, personal appearance and overall personal hygiene. The rubrics will be delivered electronically in PDF format and in a word processing format so that you can edit the document if necessary.

Meal Time Rubrics include assessments for: finger feeding, using a spoon, using a fork, using a knife to cut, using a knife to spread, drinking from a cup, drinking with a straw, drinking from a water fountain, pouring liquids, cafeteria, meal preparation, cleaning up from meal, manners and independent feeding.

Keyboarding Rubrics digital download includes 28 rubrics to assess keyboarding skills in PDF and Word format. Also includes 3 references pages on workstation area, keyboarding and the common core and fluency chart of handwriting versus keyboarding K-8.