The items demonstrated internal scale validity and the participants demonstrated person response validity. The ACMC was well targeted and sensitive enough to detect expected change in ability.

Further research is needed to evaluate the use of the AMPS in clinical assessment and intervention planning for this group of clients.

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The authors offered home-based occupational therapy integrated into supported or sheltered housing to help individuals with severe psychiatric disability identify their specific needs of engagement in meaningful daily occupations. This study aimed to evaluate the client outcomes in activities of daily living (ADL) ability and health factors following their participation in occupation-centered interventions in home and community settings. Seventeen participants (7 women) between the ages of 27 and 66 years participated in the intervention project based on the Everyday Life Rehabilitation (ELR). The following instruments were administered before and after the intervention and at a 6-month follow-up: Goal Attainment Scaling, Assessment of Motor and Process Skills, Assessment of Social Interaction, Satisfaction with Daily Occupations, ADL-taxonomy with an effort-scale, and the Symptom Check List-90. Pretest, posttest, and follow-up differences in test scores on goal attainment, occupation, and healthrelated factors indicate that important progress was made. These findings support the use of the ELR intervention and suggest that larger randomized clinical trials are needed.

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