When It Is Used
COPM is used when the practitioner needs client-centred occupational therapy planning or review based on the client's own occupational performance concerns.
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure COPM Demo
The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure is a client-centred occupational therapy assessment for practitioners completing the COPM together with a client. It helps the practitioner capture client-prioritized occupational performance problems, record performance and satisfaction status, and compare ratings over time.
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Tool guide
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Repeated Measurement
Baseline and reassessment ratings are comparable when they use the same selected targets and rating type.
Important Limits
The product must not replace client priorities with practitioner-generated priorities, invent unsupported prompts or anchors, or make normative or causal claims from the ratings.
Does the client participate in this tool?
Yes. COPM is completed together, with the client providing problem wording, importance information, target endorsement, and performance and satisfaction ratings.
What is different between baseline and reassessment?
Baseline creates the initial target and rating record; reassessment reuses the selected targets so later ratings can be compared.
Does COPM show improvement?
It shows individualized change where comparable baseline and reassessment ratings exist; it does not make unsupported causal or normative claims.
What is saved after the public demo?
The COPM tool itself and reusable practitioner setup are saved; fictional demo client wording, ratings, and change results are not saved as real client data.