The Assessment of Time Management ATMS 2.0 Manual

By:   Suzanne M White, Carrie Clawson
Imprint:   Gatekeeper Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 279mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   281g
ISBN:   9781662941450
ISBN 10:   1662941455
Series:   Occupational Therapy: Time Management
Pages:   84
Publication Date:   22 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Suzanne White has dedicated her entire professional career to serving clients with mental illness and developing new strategies for occupational therapy interventions within this population. In addition, she has been a tireless advocate for the rights of individuals with mental illness and for the role of occupational therapy in enhancing independence, productivity and quality of life for these individuals.Suzanne received a post-professional master's degree in occupational therapy at New York University, with a specialization in vocational rehabilitation and supported employment for individuals with mental illness. In subsequent years, she applied this knowledge to developing community-based vocational and day treatment programs.She has educated Occupational Therapy Students, initially as an adjunct at New York University and then as a Clinical Associate Professor at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. While at Downstate, Suzanne has worked with many groups of students and consumers of mental health services to develop and pilot-test a new tool, the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS). She has reported positive findings about this tool's test-retest reliability.In 2010, Suzanne began working with Gunnel Janeslätt in a Swedish collaborative project titled Building Bridges to Manage Time. Their combined research provides assessment and intervention in development of time processing ability, use of cognitive and sensory strategies, remediation, and time aids. This collaboration has yielded multiple research publications including pre-and post-intervention measures of change in skills and knowledge and qualitative outcome results in daily time management. The populations researched included persons with mental or neurodevelopmental disorders including as Autism, Substance use disorders, Parents with ADHD, Youth with Intellectual Disability, and Work. Carrie Clawson has specialized in assistive technology for most of her career, enjoying the intersection of her personal interest in technology and how it enables people with disabilities to participate more fully in their lives. She has worked with Virginia's vocational rehabilitation agency since 2010 as an occupational therapist and assistive technology specialist. Noting that there is a significant need for time management, self-regulation, and executive functioning skills with vocational rehab clients, Carrie entered a post-professional doctoral program to learn more about program development and research. Carrie discovered Suzanne White's work, ""Let's Get Organized"" and adapted LGO to the vocational rehab setting. Excited by feedback from clients, she dedicated her doctoral project to LGO and completed a pilot study of LGO in the vocational rehabilitation setting. She graduated from Mary Baldwin University with an Occupational Therapy Doctorate in August 2022. Carrie is an enthusiastic supporter of LGO and champions the importance of addressing the occupational imbalance and poor occupational participation that occurs with poor time management skills. She continues to collaborate with Suzanne White.