COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS

SL001b LOTCA Cognitive Battery – Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment

• Developed by: The Occupational Therapy Department, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Israel

• Description:

• Here is a practical tool designed specially for the occupational therapist engaged in neurological rehabilitation. LOTCA is highly useful in evaluating patience (adults and children) with brain damage, including traumatic injuries, tumors and cerebro-vascular accidents. It offers a battery of 20 tests that are brief, uncomplicated, and directly related to rehabilitation planning.

Orientation

Orientation for Place                 Orientation for Time

  Perception

Visual Identification of Objects    Object Constancy

Visual Identification of Shapes    Spatial Perception

Overlapping Figures                  Praxis

  Thinking Orientation

Categorization                                            Pictorial Sequence

Riska Object Classification (structured)           Geometrical Sequence

Riska Object Classification (unstructured)

  Visiomotor Organization

Copy Geometric Forms                                Colored Block Design

Reproduction of Two-Dimentional Model         Reproduction of a Puzzle

Pegboard Construction                                Drawing a Clock

The entire battery can be individually administered in just 30 to 45 minutes - or two or three brief sessions. Procedures for assessing aphasic patients are included.

Most items are scored on a 1-to-4-point scale, and results are recorded on a scoring sheet, which provides a profile of the patient’s performance.

A revision of the test, the LOTCA-G, is designed specifically for geriatric patients. It features larger items, less complex tasks, shorter subtests, a memory subtest, and a modified orientation subtest.

LOTCA gives you a qualitative, process-orientated, and client-centered assessment. It offers a first look at the candidate for rehabilitation and lays the groundwork for intervention.