Assisting Hand Assessment

Course Outline

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.

Course Instructor

Brian Hoare Brian is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist at CPTherapy, Melbourne and holds an Adjunct Associate Professor position within the School of Occupational Therapy, LaTrobe University.

This course is conducted by CPTeaching.
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