AMPS UK and Ireland

Welcome to the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) website.

AMPS UK and Ireland website brings information to occupational therapists about AMPS courses and related material.

A discussion group (opens in a new window) is also available where you can ask or answer questions related to using the AMPS in your practice or in research. Learn more

We also have a group where you can post messages, learn more.

The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)

The AMPS is an innovative observational assessment that is used to measure the quality of a person’s activities of daily living (ADL). The quality of the person’s ADL performance is assessed by rating the effort, efficiency, safety, and independence of 16 ADL motor and 20 ADL process skill items, while the person is doing chosen, familiar, and life-relevant ADL tasks. There are more than 100 standardized ADL tasks. The AMPS is an ideal tool for occupational therapists who are looking for a valid and reliable assessment of the quality of a person's ADL performance.

The School AMPS

The School Version of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (School AMPS) was developed in response to the need for a valid, reliable, and clinically-useful evaluation tool for measuring student's quality of schoolwork task performance in typical classroom settings. Learn more.

Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI)

The ESI is a new and dynamic observational instrument for occupational therapists who want to evaluate a person’s quality of social interaction. Learn more.

Discussion Forum

We now have a discussion forum here on the AMPS UK & Ireland website, anyone can register, but to ensure that only AMPS-trained therapists can post questions and responses each new registration is reviewed and manually approved. This is where to ask your AMPS questions and answer questions posted by others. The site is public in the sense that anyone can view it but only registered members can post questions and replies.

Access the forum now (opens in a new window)

Private Google Group

We also have a private google group where you can post questions, this is separate from the discussion group. Every therapist who has attended an AMPS training course can request an invitation to join our google group. There is no other way to join this group and the group questions and responses are accessible only by members which means that this is a more private facility. Once you have joined this group you can set your preferences so that you receive emails with digests of group activity. If you would like to check out the group facility before joining there is more information here. For an invitation please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and say which AMPS course you attended. Because this is a private group you need a gmail account to participate fully, if you don't already have one just ask and we'll send you an invitation to gmail too.

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