DELL CLIENT ASSESSMENT 2026 COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Why assess for RT? Answer: Because it confirms the diagnosis,
helps you get ideas for beginning interventions and measure the
progress of clients
◉ Purpose and differences of Standardized and Non-Standardized
instruments: Answer: Standardized assessment instruments
Reliability and validity, measures attitudes or behavior function.
Usually ask who, what, when and where questions
Non-standardized assessment instruments
Agency specific, guided interview format. Summarize and make a
statement regarding functional ability and treatment
recommendations. Contribute to treatment plan. Nominal,
altitudinal, and functional data, summery of finding, proposed
treatment directions. Not been tested for reliability or validity,
developed to meet info gathering needs, quality depends on training
and judgment of the assessor.
◉ Considerations for before assessing Answer: The client's age, race,
language, sex, cognitive, and physical ability.
, ◉ Choosing an instrument Answer: There are factors that influence
this:
Agency Characteristics: nonprofit, profit? What is its purpose, its
programs and services, discipline, lengths of stay, recourses,
money=more assessment tools.
External Accreditation or legal influences: IDEA (Individuals w/
disabilities education act), JCAHO (Joint Commission for the
accreditation of health care organization),CARF(Commission in the
accreditation of the rehab facilities), CMS (Centers for medicare and
Medicaid)
Characteristics of the Client: Reason for admission, disposition plan
(where are they getting discharged), diagnosis/disability, age,
gender, religious affiliation.
Program Considerations: Models of practice standards of practice,
programs offered, intent and content (what is the intent if the
program), outcomes expected, staff qualifications
◉ Scales Answer: Where, how much? Continuum of answers-pick
where it falls of, defines minimum or maximum, strongly
disagree/strongly agree.
◉ Signs Answer: warnings, highest reliability/validity of any
assessments (ex. vital signs), biometrics
◉ Norm-referenced Answer: Samples the clients attitudes or
functional ability and compares the clients scores against the scores
STUDY GUIDE AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Why assess for RT? Answer: Because it confirms the diagnosis,
helps you get ideas for beginning interventions and measure the
progress of clients
◉ Purpose and differences of Standardized and Non-Standardized
instruments: Answer: Standardized assessment instruments
Reliability and validity, measures attitudes or behavior function.
Usually ask who, what, when and where questions
Non-standardized assessment instruments
Agency specific, guided interview format. Summarize and make a
statement regarding functional ability and treatment
recommendations. Contribute to treatment plan. Nominal,
altitudinal, and functional data, summery of finding, proposed
treatment directions. Not been tested for reliability or validity,
developed to meet info gathering needs, quality depends on training
and judgment of the assessor.
◉ Considerations for before assessing Answer: The client's age, race,
language, sex, cognitive, and physical ability.
, ◉ Choosing an instrument Answer: There are factors that influence
this:
Agency Characteristics: nonprofit, profit? What is its purpose, its
programs and services, discipline, lengths of stay, recourses,
money=more assessment tools.
External Accreditation or legal influences: IDEA (Individuals w/
disabilities education act), JCAHO (Joint Commission for the
accreditation of health care organization),CARF(Commission in the
accreditation of the rehab facilities), CMS (Centers for medicare and
Medicaid)
Characteristics of the Client: Reason for admission, disposition plan
(where are they getting discharged), diagnosis/disability, age,
gender, religious affiliation.
Program Considerations: Models of practice standards of practice,
programs offered, intent and content (what is the intent if the
program), outcomes expected, staff qualifications
◉ Scales Answer: Where, how much? Continuum of answers-pick
where it falls of, defines minimum or maximum, strongly
disagree/strongly agree.
◉ Signs Answer: warnings, highest reliability/validity of any
assessments (ex. vital signs), biometrics
◉ Norm-referenced Answer: Samples the clients attitudes or
functional ability and compares the clients scores against the scores
