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Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA)

The WCPA is a Functional Cognitive Performance Test.  It is designed to be useful across a variety of populations (ages 12-90) that exhibit difficulties in Executive Functioning (EF) or higher-level cognitive deficits. Assesses Performance (eg. accuracy, efficiency, time), Strategy use, and Self-awareness of performance

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  •  Easily portable

  • Objective scores

  • Normative data  

  • Alternate forms for retesting

  • Directly relevant to treatment planning

    particularly for Metacognitive Strategy Interventions such as the Multicontext Approach


Research & Publications on the WCPA

Examples of Other Publications / Studies that Include the WCPA

Al-Heizan, M. O., Marks, T. S., Giles, G. M., & Edwards, D. F. (2022). Further validation of the menu task: functional cognition screening for older adults. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 42(4), 286-294.

Fisher, O., Berger, I., Grossman, E. S., Tal-Saban, M., & Maeir, A. (2022). Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA): Validating a Measure of Functional Cognition for Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(6).

Fisher, O., Berger, I., Grossman, E. S., & Maeir, A. (2022). Online and intellectual awareness of executive functioning in daily life among adolescents with and without ADHDJournal of Attention Disorders26(6), 870-880.  10870547211031982.

Holmqvist, K. L., Holmefur, M., & Arvidsson, P. (2020). Test–retest reliability of the Swedish version of the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity–a performance-based test of executive functioning. Disability and rehabilitation, 42(18), 2647-2652.

Gong, C., Wang, R., & Wang, N. (2024). Validity of the Chinese version of the weekly calendar planning activity (WCPA) on assessing executive function in adults with stroke. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1-20.

Jaywant, A., Steinberg, C., Lee, A., & Toglia, J. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of the multicontext approach for individuals with acquired brain injury in acute inpatient rehabilitation: A single case series. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 32(2), 211-230.

Kaizerman-Dinerman, A., Roe, D., Demeter, N., & Josman, N. (2023). Do symptoms moderate the association between participation and executive functions outcomes among people with schizophrenia?. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 1-10.

Kaizerman-Dinerman, A., Roe, D., & Josman, N. (2018). An efficacy study of a metacognitive group intervention for people with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 270, 1150-1156.

Lahav, O., & Katz, N. (2015). Weekly calendar planning activity for university students: Comparison of individuals with and without ADHD by gender. Journal of Attention Disorders, 19, 1-11.

Lahav, O., & Katz, N. (2020). Independent older adult’s IADL and executive function according to cognitive performance. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 40(3), 183-189.

Lussier, A., Doherty, M., & Toglia, J. (2019). Weekly calendar planning activity. In T. J. Wolf, D. F. Edwards & G. M. Giles (Eds.), Functional cognition and occupational therapy: A practical approach to treating individuals with cognitive loss (1st ed., pp. 75-89). Bethesda, MD: American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.

Marks, T. S., Giles, G. M., Al-Heizan, M. O., & Edwards, D. F. (2021). Screening to Assessment Pathways in Evaluating Functional Cognition in Older Adults. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 15394492211021851.

Marks, T. S., Giles, G. M., & Edwards, D. F. (2024). Online awareness is associated with superior performance on assessments of functional cognition. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16, 1384812.

Memmer, S., & Pollard, M. (2020). Comparison of Executive Function Skills of Health Professional Undergraduate and Graduate Students. International Journal of Health Sciences, 8(1), 7-16.

Salazar-Frías, D., Funes, M. J., Merchán-Baeza, J. A., Ricchetti, G., Torralba-Muñoz, J. M., & Rodríguez-Bailón, M. (2023). Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the 10-item Weekly Calendar Planning Activity in Spanish-speaking ABI patients: a multicenter study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1018055.

Schejter‐Margalit, T., Binyamin, N. B., Thaler, A., Maidan, I., Cedarbaum, J. M., Orr‐Urtreger, A., ... & Kizony, R. (2024). Validity of the Short Weekly Calendar Planning Activity in patients with Parkinson disease and nonmanifesting LRRK2 and GBA carriers. European Journal of Neurology, e16327.

Tamm, L., Hamik, E., Yeung, T. S., Zoromski, A. K., Mara, C. A., & Duncan, A. (2023). Achieving Independence and Mastery in School: A School-Based Executive Function Group Intervention for Autistic Middle Schoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-12.

Toglia, J., & Berg, C. (2013). Performance-based measure of executive function: Comparison of community and at-risk youth American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(5), 515-523.

Weiner, N. W., Toglia, J., & Berg, C. (2012). Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA): A performance-based assessment of executive function piloted with at-risk adolescents. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(6), 699-708.

Wingren, M., Lidström-Holmqvist, K., Roshanai, A. H., Arvidsson, P., Janeslätt, G., White, S., & Holmefur, M. (2022). One-year follow-up after the time management group intervention Let’s Get Organized. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 29(4), 305-314.

Zlotnik, S., Tal – Saban, M., fisher and Doherty, M. (2021) Adaptation and Cross-cultural Comparison of The Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) – Middle/High School version. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, (p. E6-E24.) [In English].

Zlotnik, S., & Toglia, J. (2018). Measuring Adolescent Self-Awareness and Accuracy Using a Performance Based Assessment and Parental report. Frontiers in Public Health6(15), 1-9. (includes norms for adolescents)

Zlotnik, S., Schiff, A., Ravid, S., Shahar, E., & Toglia J. (2020).   A new approach for assessing executive functions in everyday life, among adolescents with Genetic Generalized Epilepsies (GGE's). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 30:2, 333-345, DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2018.1468272.

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Toglia, J. & White, S. The Weekly Calendar Planning Activity. (2020). In B. J. Hemphill and C. K. Urish (Eds.) Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health: An Integrative Approach (4th Ed.). (pp. 239-259). Slack Inc: Thorofare, NJ.

 

 

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