The person's attention is on putting down each piece as opposed to making a picture of the flower pot. Pieces are usually placed along one border. The shapes are often placed in an upright position.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 3.6.

Select the behaviour that most closely matches your observations:

Introduce the activity by saying:

Ending the Activity

The activity ends when the person has finished the design or shows signs of fatigue.

Observe the number of times they glance at the sample.

Sit the person at a table or place a tray on their lap that they can work from.

Place the blank card on their working space.

Get the person to choose which object they want behind the flower pot.

Place the pieces next to the blank card with the colored side face up.

Hold up the sample with the chosen object in a position where you can see when their pupils focus on the sample.

Pay attention to the number of times they glance at the sample.

Print a sample and the pieces.

The pieces will need to be pre-cut by the therapist.

Laminating the sample and pieces will make the activity cleanable and reusable.

Magnetic stickers may also be used with a metallic board for people affected by tremors.

Choose an object to go behind the pot and then use the matching sample.

Feel free to print the pieces on cardboard or use felt pieces if they have reduced hand function.

You will require a blank card or other flat surface for them to work from.

The flower pot activity is used to differentiate between ACL 3.6 to 4.4.

Storing an image in short-term memory is indicated by studying the sample and never or rarely referring to it later (requires more observations). While coloring, their movements are fluid and continuous.

Organizing a method of coloring requires the recognition of adjacent triangles that are the same color. Coloring across triangle lines in red and yellow is observed.

Use Design C from the copying activity to confirm or rule out ACL 5.0.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 5.0.

The mental effort to form an image of the sample and compare it their picture is usually sustained long enough to complete this design.

The consistent seconds between looking at the sample indicates that the image was not stored in long-term memory. In addition, no improvement in the speed that the person applies to coloring in the triangles is expected during the coloring session.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 4.8.

Forming an image of the sample to compare to their pictures seems to take more mental effort that most people cannot sustain long enough to complete this coloring. Diminishing mental energy seems to explain shorter interval times between looking at the sample, not looking at the sample anymore, or the onset of making mistakes.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 4.6.

The ability to prevent mistakes is applied by the person by looking at the sample often. A mental representation of the sample (image) is formed and used to compare with their uncolored design.

Select the behavior that most closely matches your observations: