Networking: a successful linkage for community occupational therapists.

The networking process involves the linkage of people, agencies, and community resources. This paper describes an application of networking and community involvement. The four authors, all occupational therapists, used their knowledge and skills to provide and extend health promotion services for disabled persons within their community. During this process, they extended the role of occupational therapy into nontraditional settings.

Developmental Growth in "ACTION".

This paper describes a pilot program in a work acrivity center. Called the "ACTION Group," the project involved six c ients whose selection was based on low productivity rates on work assignments. The purpose of the "ACTION Group" was to allow clients who were experiencing failure to be motivated by tasks structured to their performance needs. The hypothesis is that productivity improves when clients are presented with purposeful and appealing activities at their developmental level.

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Adult Skills Evaluation Survey (ASES) for Persons with Mental Retardation.

This paper explains the reasons for developing an assessment tool that would answer the increasingly apparent need for an evaluation instrument to measure developmental levels of performance in programs training adults with mental impairment but little physical disability. The four sections of the assessment are described in terms of content and concepts. The results indicate findings from four years of testing and retesting, providing data useful for appropriate placement in therapy services, for writing measurable goals, for recording progress and for programming tailored to the needs of both individual trainees and groups. The unique contributions of occupational therapists in this field are discussed.