ABSTRACT
Sensori-motor impairment can be the consequence of disease, insult or injury. Effects on functional daily living can be disabling in varying ways, some transient and others more permanent. Therapists frequently have to judge these effects in planning therapeutic programmes and have therefore developed assessment strategies. Many consist of structured observations based on the findings of early neurologists and psychologists, the purpose being to identify the degree of dysfunction on daily living, to plan therapy and to measure change. Planning remediation involves consideration of the aetiology of dysfunction and consequent possibilities for recovery versus teaching adaptive strategies. More recently, specific standardized assessments have emerged, a number of them devised by therapists.
