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Message from Claudia Allen |
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Tuesday, 01 January 2008 17:56 |
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Our goal is to preserve the quality of life for those with cognitive change, often a disability that is the consequence of chronic health problems. We offer pragmatic help to those who cope with changes in cognition, to succeed with the most basic tasks of life. Our help extends to those who rise to the demands of daily care. We work both in the medical and community models of care. Regardless of our professional discipline, models of science, or politics, we are a service profession. Foremost, we are about the people we serve.
Claudia Kay Allen, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:35 )
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Organizational Background |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 07 January 2008 00:53 |
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Welcome to the Allen Cognitive Network
Our mission is to promote and advocate for the value and understanding of Allen's Cognitive Disability Model through education and networking opportunities that empower health care professionals to promote best abilities to function for individuals with cognitive disabilities.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:41 )
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Brief History of the Allen Cognitive Battery |
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Monday, 07 January 2008 01:51 |
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The Allen Cognitive Battery consists of several tools for evaluating attention, problem solving, and learning in persons with brain conditions resulting in some cognitive restrictions. The idea of developing a scale to measure global functional abilities of persons with psychiatric disorders was originated over thirty years ago by Claudia Kay Allen, MA, OTR, FAOTA and her colleagues at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Philadelphia. A leather-lacing test, now known as the Allen Cognitive Level Screen (ACLS), was developed at this time to provide a quick measure of learning/cognitive abilities.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 June 2008 04:21 )
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