The Assisting Hand Assessment Workshop at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

AHA – The Assisting Hand Assessment Workshop at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital  

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May 28 -30, 2018 — 2 1/2 DAY AHA WORKSHOP
May 30th (PM) — UPPER EXTREMITY BEST PRACTICE NETWORKING SESSION
May 31st — AHA REFRESHER COURSE

Featuring:

Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm, Reg OT, PhD, Associate Professor
Lena is a senior Occupational Therapist and a researcher at the Neuropediatric Unit, Department of Woman’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Lisa V Wagner, DHS, OTR/L

Lisa is a senior occupational therapist at the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

Course Description:  The Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) is a well-established and frequently used evaluative tool to measure how effectively children with unilateral hand dysfunction actually use their involved hand collaboratively with their well-functioning hand to perform bimanual tasks . AHA is a standardized test intended for children with unilateral Cerebral Palsy or Brachial Plexus Palsy between the ages of 18 months and 18 years.  The certification course teaches the new AHA version 5.0 . A 2½-day training course will include information about the test construct, testing procedure and scoring practice on a range of children from videos. A manual and a computer based scoring form is provided. To achieve certification, the participant is to complete six additional cases will be studied on your own time following the course from videos provided on a web based e-learning platform, and some self-produced AHA play sessions and your results will be calibrated with the author.  The AHA test kit can be ordered from Handfast Inc, at the course or later during the certification procedure.

The Refresher course is for already certified raters and will review what is new in the 5.0 version (new items and deleted items, new activities for teenagers). Psychometric properties of the AHA and how to use them to interpret results and guide treatments will be a focus. Rater’s will calibrate their scoring skills. Prepared questions is highly encouraged.

Course Objectives:  Upon completion of the AHA workshop, participants will be able to:

·       Demonstrate the set up, conduct and video record an Assisting Hand Assessment session and produce reliable scores according to the criteria in the manual. Verbalize the concept and construct of the test and its psychometric properties. Interpret and communicate the outcome of the test.

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