Identify techniques used to assist clients in ADL and IADL tasks.

Identification should include

  • task analysis and adaption of task requirements or methods
  • material choice
  • prompting or cuing
  • one-handed dressing
  • positioning
  • environmental modifications
  • work simplification
  • energy conservation.

Process/Skill Questions:

  • What is an adaptation to help a client dress with the use of only one arm?
  • What adaptive techniques would assist a child with ADHD to complete their chores?
  • How could one modify the environment to help a client with a cast to take a bath?