COPM Overview

Question 1

COPM (Canadian Occupational Performance Measure) Overview

Answer 1

Can complete in 20-30 minutes for an experienced clinician with any client

Can include family as the “client”, particularly if client has a cognitive limitation

Clients identify the occupations that they want to do, need to do, or are expected to do. Encourage clients to think about a typical day and describe the occupations that they typically do when interviewing.

Question 2

COPM Steps

Answer 2

Step 1: The first inquiries of the client’s perceived needs, and the second

Step 2: inquiries address performance & satisfaction.

Rating scales: 1 – 10 with 1 = not important/satisfying at all and 10 = extremely important/ satisfying.

Step 3: the client is asked to choose five problems that seem most pressing or important. Then they rate each problem with a self-evaluation of his /her performance in that area and a self-evaluation of his/her satisfaction with the current performance.

Question 3

Client centered/Individualized (PxExO)

Answer 3

Incorporates roles and role expectations of the client (client empowerment to decide goals and path therapy takes; was challenging at first with medical model)

Not norm-referenced because every client is different, be flexible

Helps the OT with a framework for the initial evaluation