G.A.S.: Goal Attainment Scaling as a Meaningful Outcome Measure for Therapy Services 

  • Presenter: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  • Level: Advanced.
  • Contact Hours: 6.0 contact hours
  • AOTA Areas: Assessment and Intervention
  • Audience: Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants, speech and language therapists
  • Completion Requirements: To earn contact hours for this course participants must view this course in its entirety, and successfully complete the accompanying at-home assignments and course quiz
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Course overview

Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a client-centered process that enables clinicians to establish and monitor individualized therapy goals that are meaningful and relevant to each client. When applied correctly, this methodology allows for the quantification of goal achievement, generating an overall score that can be used to compare across individuals or groups.

This comprehensive six-hour online course provides an in-depth exploration of  G.A.S. as a practical and evidence-informed outcome measure for therapy services, with a particular focus on sensory integration-based occupational therapy. Theoretical and practical information, presented through five hours of engaging video lecture, plus one hour of hands-on practice applying G.A.S. methodology combine to support active learning and skill development. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Explain G.A.S. theory and methodology, and its application to outcome measurement in sensory integration.

Describe the psychometric properties of G.A.S. and its strengths and weaknesses related to its application as an outcome in sensory integration intervention.

Demonstrate the ability to write appropriate, reliable, and functional G.A.S. outcome goals.

Implement G.A.S. methodology as a functional outcome for sensory integration based treatment.

Agenda

  • Introduction and History of Goal Attainment Scaling (1 hr 20 mins)
  • Foundations of Writing GAS Goals(1 hr 40 mins)
  • GAS Goal Writing and Technical Quality Reviews
  • Practice: Technical Quality Review/ Goal Writing
  • Gathering Information and Conducting GAS Interviews(2 hrs 5 mins)
  • Practice: Gathering information from interviews and final quiz
Teresa A. May-Benson,
ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Teresa is an expert occupational therapist renowned for her clinical research, mentoring and education related to related to sensory integration theory and intervention, praxis, and social competency. She is currently the owner/CEO of TMB Education, LLC and serves as President and practicing occupational therapist at OTR, Inc, a private occupational therapy practice specializing in sensory integration and social competency for children and adults across the lifespan, located near Philadelphia, PA. Dr. May-Benson has a diverse background as a clinical practitioner, having worked in private and public-school settings as well as private practice. She has authored numerous book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis. Teresa is an education and research faculty member at the SPIRAL Foundation. In her role of educator, she currently serves as adjunct faculty at Widener University and is past faculty at Tufts University and the University of Indianapolis. She has received the Virginia Scardinia Award of Excellence from AOTA for her work in ideational praxis and is the 2023 recipient of the AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award.

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