Short information about AMPS

The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) is an innovative observational assessment that offers occupational therapists an unique approach to the problem of how to conceptualize and assess occupational performance. When the occupational therapist uses the AMPS, he or she is able to simultaneously evaluate a person’s overall ability to perform domestic or intrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and the quality of a person’s motor and process skills.

• Motor skills are observable actions one uses to move oneself or the task objects during all task performances (e.g., Walks, Reaches, Lifts, Transports).
• Process skills are observable operations one uses to sensibly organize and adapt the actions of task performance as the process unfolds over time (e.g., Chooses, Uses, Sequences, Accommodates).

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to larare@amps.se