The development of PLAA: A pictorial leisure activity assessment for adults with cogitive disabilities

[摘要] The pictorial leisure activity assessment (PLAA) was developed to assess the leisurecompetencies and preferences of people with cognitive disabilities. The PLAA is basedon a well-established assessment widely utilized in therapeutic recreation, the StateTechnical Institute Leisure Activities Project (STILAP). An initial comparison testing ofthe STILAP with the PLAA was conducted to verify the feasibility of a pictorial versionof the STILAP. The results of that study are posted below. The participants of the studywere two adults with developmental disabilities living in a nursing home setting. Theparticipants were initially assessed by three separate raters; one of the raters assessedwhile two other raters watched and documented responses of participants. The first testing of participants utilized the written version of the STILAP. Then participants wereassessed with the pictorial version, PLAA. Upon completion, raters reported thefollowing results: the PLAA took less time than the administration of STILAP, the PLAAwas easier to administer, it provided them with more valid results based on participantsaffective responses (this has yet to be formally determined), subjects appeared moreinterested in pictures, less bored and provided answers that were more varied, the PLAAprovided more opportunity for rapport building with the participants, and the entirePLAA was too long for clients. Based on these observations, the PLAA is a usefulassessment due to its ease of administration, rapport building opportunities, and engagingproperties. Thus, this feasibility study concluded that this assessment warrants furthertesting to determine its validity and reliability.

[发布机构] University of Wisconsin

[效力级别] Recreational therapy

[关键词] People with mental disabilities - Recreation;Recreational therapy