Occupation-Based Practice Needs Occupation-Based Assessments: The Loss of the AMPS Family Assessments and How We Move Forward from Here

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Dr. Leon Kirschner, OTD, MPH, ATP, CBIS

Abstract

The Occupational Therapy Domain and Process identifies participation in life activities as a key aspect of occupational therapy’s domain. It also identifies assessment as a key process in our practice. Still, few commonly used assessments use real, meaningful activities in real context to identify what factors are affecting performance. The AMPS family of assessments were among the only assessments used for these purposes. Because of a series of factors, these assessments recently became unavailable for new users and are no longer supported by a central organization. This paper explores the strengths and needs for these types of assessments, the factors that affected the continued survival of these assessments, and ways that we can return them, or similar assessments, to use in OT practice.

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The author declares that they have no competing financial, professional, or personal interest that might have influenced the performance or presentation of the work described in this manuscript.

Erratum

Corrected two writing errors that did not change the meaning of the content.

Recommended Citation

Kirschner, L. (2025). Occupation-Based Practice Needs Occupation-Based Assessments: The Loss of the AMPS Family Assessments and How We Move Forward from Here. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(3), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.2387