Introduction to the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration® (EASI)

Zoe Mailloux; L Diane Parham; Susanne Smith Roley; Laura Ruzzano; Roseann C Schaaf

doi:10.5014/ajot.2018.028241

Introduction to the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration^® (EASI)

Am J Occup Ther. 2018 Jan/Feb;72(1):7201195030p1-7201195030p7. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2018.028241.

Authors

Zoe Mailloux¹, L Diane Parham², Susanne Smith Roley³, Laura Ruzzano⁴, Roseann C Schaaf⁵

Affiliations

¹ Zoe Mailloux, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; zoemailloux@gmail.com.
² L. Diane Parham, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
³ Susanne Smith Roley, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is President, Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration, Aliso Viejo, CA.
⁴ Laura Ruzzano, MSc, OTR/L, was Student, Mrs. T. S. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, at the time of the study.
⁵ Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.

PMID: 29280717
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2018.028241

Abstract

Comprehensive, reliable, and valid assessment is essential for individually tailored, appropriate, and effective intervention planning and implementation. Research, education, and practice using an Ayres Sensory Integration^® (ASI) approach have a long history of prioritizing comprehensive assessment. To meet the need for a set of tests that will fully evaluate the constructs of ASI with psychometrically strong, internationally appropriate, and easily accessible measurement tools, the development of the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration^® (EASI) has been initiated. This article introduces the EASI, describes the overarching plan for its development, and reports the results of promising preliminary analyses of discriminative validity data.

Publication types

Validation Study

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Occupational Therapy / methods*
Psychometrics*
Psychomotor Performance*
Reproducibility of Results