Improving Functional Assessment in Occupational Therapy: Recommendations and Philosophy for Change

Anne G. Fisher, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University, 200 Occupational Therapy Building, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523. She was Director of the Center of Research and Measurement, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago when the AOTA/AOTF Symposium on Measurement and Assessment was held

Margaret Short-DeGraff, PhD, OTR/L, is Professor and Department Head, Occupational Therapy Department, College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado