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Creative-Expressive Abilities Assessment
Tool Introduction
The Creative-Expressive Abilities Assessment (CEAA)
instrument is designed for obtaining in-depth information about the
expressive abilities of seniors with dementia. The instrument focuses on a
wide range of abilities that have shown improvements when seniors
participated in creative activity programs. The CEAA instrument is easy to
use and provides a convenient method for quantifying changes in behavior.
The instrument can be used, for example, for comparing the effectiveness of
creative activity programs or to ensure the successful matching of
activities to the unique needs of each client or of a group.
The CEAA instrument consists of 27 items related to
the following abilities: memory, attention, language, psychosocial,
reasoning & problem solving, emotion and culture. While clients are
participating in a creative activity program, their behavior is recorded and
rated by an observer trained on the CEAA.
The CEAA has good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = .89), as well as
good inter-rater reliability (Cronbach’s Kappa = .83) (Gottlieb-Tanaka, Lee
and Graf, 2008, and in preparation).
This package includes 25 copies of the CEAA rating form (each form may be
used for making observations on 4 clients), the CEAA user guide, and 2 DVDs
(not available at this time) .
DVD 1: Developing the CEAA.
(currently out of stock)
This DVD provides an introduction to the Creative-Expressive Abilities
assessment tool (CEAA). It includes interviews with Dr Dalia Gottlieb
Tanaka, Hilary Lee and Dr Peter Graf, in which they describe the reasons
that led to their collaboration in developing this tool. Dalia
Gottlieb-Tanaka discusses her experience collecting the data at a care
centre in Canada, while Hilary describes hers in Australia. Dr Peter Graf
provides information on the data analysis. Clips from the discussions of the
two focus groups in Canada and Australia provide further insights that
helped shape this project and the developers own way of thinking. (Two hours
long.)
DVD 2: Demonstrating the use of the CEAA. (currently
out of stock)
This DVD shows filmed clips taken during the development of the
Creative-Expressive Abilities assessment tool (CEAA). The clips are divided
into the 7 domains of behaviour that are addressed on the observation forms.
It begins with a menu that lists the specific items covered. You can jump to
any topic you choose for a hands–on demonstration in real situations. You
will be able to identify and understand the types of behaviours that
demonstrate creative abilities when you put this easy-to-use tool to work.
(Two hours long.)
Click here to see the Tool Benefits
Quotes in support of the assessment tool (CEAA)
Here are responses from the focus group. Everybody had an opportunity to
respond and all said they would use it:
- I will use it. It is a good way to become familiar with new residents
- It will help staff understand the abilities of the residents
- Good tool for residents’ care conference
- Will help in placing a resident in a suitable program
- It is user friendly
- It validates our work in communication with other professionals in the
facility
- I will use it and keep it in the charts of the residents
- Once we get familiar with the tool it will be easier to use it
- The tool will show care aides what we do and why
- It will help me pinpoint the details in my work
- Help remind what the client did
- Gives hard evidence. This is the most crucial element of the tool
- It is an objective tool
- Help families in becoming effectively interactive in a meaningful way
- We need to prove the value of the tool to the administration
Testimonial:
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"This tool has great
potential for enabling staff to measure the positive results of
meaningful activity; this is a very valuable to covering areas of
assessment previously untapped (to my knowledge). Once you are
familiar with it, it is very simple & quick to fill in - the set up of
the form allows re-evaluation on the same page at a future date which
assists with comparing results ( eg.. before meaningful activity,
during and/or after.) "
Jeni Winslow, Spark of Life co-ordinator, Maurice
Zeffert Memorial Centre, Australia
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"Creative-Expressive Abilities Assessment"
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