Levels of Optimum Performance (LOOP): Structured Interviews for the MOTAS

The first part of the MOTAS Assessment, the Levels of Optimum Performance interviews are information-gathering tools for clinicians to use with: Parents/caregivers of individuals with autism and related disorders (LOOP) Clients (when appropriate) (LOOP-C, Client) Other professionals involved in the individual’s care (LOOP-P, Professional) Each booklet contains all 3 interviews, ensuring that everyone involved in the client’s care has a voice regarding the treatment plan and is kept “in the loop” with regard to treatment, expectations, and progress. Each booklet also contains 3 additional Staying in the LOOP interviews, which assess changes in each domain over time.  Benefits of the LOOP System: Gathers input from parties most impacted by treatment plans (clients, parents/caregivers, others close to the client). Allows for decisions related to treatment plans to build from and expand beyond a professional's decisions, which are based on diagnosis, assessment results, and characteristics of the client's behavior. Leads to the development of more relevant IEPs, behavior reduction plans, and treatment plans, which then leads to achieving more meaningful goals. *The LOOP Structured Interviews are meant to be used in partnership with the Meaningful Outcomes Treatment & Assessment Scales (MOTAS). **The LOOP interviews are criterion-referenced measures, meaning that the questions and related scales are based on predetermined objective standards (in contrast to norm-referenced assessments, which compare an individual’s performance to that of others in a normative group). Shop the MOTAS Guide, the MOTAS Scoring Booklet, and the MOTAS/LOOP Bundle.