Allen Cognitive Network

Authors: C.K. Allen, S.L. Austin, S. K. David, C. A. Earhart, D. B. McCraith, & L. Riska-Williams

Publisher: ACLS and LACLS Committee, Camarillo, CA, USA, Copyright ©2007

Description: This 5th version of the Allen Cognitive Level Screen with a newly revised and updated 66 page manual is a dynamic, activity-based screening tool first developed in 1978 for use with the Allen cognitive disabilities model.It is complrised of three visual -motor tasks (leather lacing stitches) with increasingly complex activity demands.  Completion of the three tasks requires that the person attend to, understand, and use sensory and motor cues from the material objects (leather, lace and needles), administrator's verbal and demonstrated instructions and cues, and feedback from motor actions while making the stitches.  The scores obtained are interpreted using the Allen Cognitive Scale of levels and modes of performance.  The screen is available in two forms: a standard ACLS-5 and a larger form LACLS-5 for persons with vision or hand function problems.

Sources: The manual and each form of the leather-lacing tool are available separately or together in a kit with a vinyl carrying pouch from S&S Worldwide, www.ssww.com; Therapro, www.theraproducts.com; and Dementia Care Specialists, www.dementiacarespecialists.com.

For more detailed information:

• Visit the publishers website at www.allencognitivelevelscreen.org for updates, new resources, videos, educational offerings, etc.

• Download the one-page PDF handout below that includes the information above plus brief description of purpose, construct being measured, intended use and populations, who may administer/score/interpret scores, what's new in version 5, and references. This PDF handout has been approved for copying and distributing by the ACLS and LACLS Committee, copyright 2009.

PDF Handout - ACLS-5 and LACLS-5