Assisting Hand Assessment – Singapore, September 2025 (English)

Description

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) is a Rasch-based instrument that measures and describes the effectiveness with which a child who has unilateral disability makes use of their affected hand (assisting hand) during bimanual activities. The AHA is a standardised criterion-referenced test that is valid, reliable and sensitive to change. The test is intended for children with unilateral cerebral palsy and brachial plexus injuries aged between 18 months and 18 years.

The face-to-face course covers reliable administration of the AHA assessment, version 5.0 and is organised in two phases. First, a 2.5-day training course includes information about the test construct, testing procedure and scoring practice on a range of children from videos. A manual with detailed scoring criteria and a computer-based scoring form is provided. The second part of the certification process occurs after the workshop. To achieve certification, the participant is to complete 4 calibration cases and achieve satisfactory results. Some of these are from standardised videos (4), and some self-produced AHA play sessions (2). Each course participant will receive individual, detailed feedback. This whole procedure must be completed within three months and leads to rater certification.

Please note that if you do not successfully meet the certification requirements or complete this process within the three-month time frame, you will not achieve AHA 18-18 rater certification. You will need to register and pay to undertake another course if you wish to pursue AHA 18-18 rater certification in the future.

To be able to perform the self-produced AHA assessment, you will need access to an AHA test kit and at least 2 children with unilateral upper limb impairment. The AHA test kit for children between 18 months and 18 years with specific toys, and/or the board game for teenagers can be ordered by course participants only from www.cpteaching.com

COURSE DATES

8-10th September 2025. 

NB. 8:30 am to 4:300 pm on 8 & 9 September and half day on 10th September.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the setup, conduct and video record an Assisting Hand Assessment session.
2. Produce reliable scores according to the criteria in the manual (AHA Version 5.0)
3. Verbalize the concept and construct of the test and its psychometric properties.
4. Interpret and communicate the outcome of the test.

INSTRUCTORS

Adjunct A/Prof Brian Hoare (OT, CPTeaching, Melbourne)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Physical and Occupational Therapists

COURSE PREREQUISITES

Nil

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Registration includes a course manual, access to electronic copies of course references, and lunch and morning tea/afternoon tea on the teaching days.

GENERAL COURSE ENQUIRIES

For more information about course content or if you have any questions about booking a place on this course, please contact admin@cpteaching.com

COURSE REGISTRATION

Please note, CPTeaching has a strict policy of not holding places for courses. All registrations must be processed via the CPTeaching website.

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