Learning how to do a quick estimate starts to focus in on the person.
Making a quick estimate is required to select actions or activities for the ACLS-6.
- ACL 1: Awake and usually in bed. If sitting, the person's head and trunk are supported.
- ACL 2: Sitting without head support, standing, or walking; or trying to constantly.
- ACL 3: Using their hand to grasp and release objects, move or place an object. If you offer an object, be careful because they may put it in their mouth. Exclude hand-over-hand feeding and grasp when the object is placed into their hand.
- ACL 4: The person is orientated and has a definite purpose to what they are doing. The person may know or ask what day of the week it is to orientate themselves.
- ACL 5: The person is able to pay attention to concrete information such as visual patterns, surface appearance and 3D spatial fit.
- ACL 6: The person is able to pay attention to abstract information.
- The ACLS starts to narrow the focus in on a mode. Stitching was the only task in prior editions. The sixth edition is working on the need for consistency by adding more. All a single activity can provide is a little bit of confidence that the number of the mode might be close to being correct. Better confidence requires consistency in doing different activities.