Understand that the assessment has 11 main sections. The sections are money management/consumer awareness, food management, personal appearance and hygiene, health, housekeeping, housing, transportation, educational planning, job seeking skills, job maintenance skills, emergency and safety skills, knowledge of community resources, interpersonal skills, legal skills, and pregnancy prevention/parenting and child care.
Know that a proper assessment requires both direct observation and an interview.
Score by marking in the designated boxes. For each parameter, the assessor can mark one of the following boxes: “Independent," “Assistance Needed,” Functionally Incapable” or “Not Applicable."
Provide additional detail. Place a letter in the box to indicate the type and degree of assistance necessary to help the individual perform the task. The options are verbal prompt (V), gestural prompt (G), physical assistance (P), refusal (R) or functionally incapable (FI).
Determine the score. Count the number of items that you marked “Independent” in each section. Then take the number of items in the section and subtract any marked “Not Applicable.” Finally, divide the number marked “Independent” by the second number to get a score for the section.