Description:
Overview
Time management skills are necessary for fulfilling the demands of everyday life.
The Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS 2.0) is a self-administered questionnaire.
The ATMS 2.0 assesses everyday life time use strategies, which can support or interfere with the ability to consistently manage time effectively.
Executive functions underlie time management skills.
Benefits
The ATMS 2.0 consists of 27 items with a 4-point response scale and a range of possible scores from 27-108. The higher score represents better performance. The ATMS typically takes 10 minutes to complete. The electronic version provides immediate results.
The ATMS follows the World Health Organization (WHO) process of translation and adaptation of instruments. It has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Swedish, Finnish, South Korean, Arabic, Persian and Portuguese.
Popularity can be attributed to the ease of administration, readability, general population norms, and immediate scoring response if using the electronic version. The publication of the research results that show the sub scales are sensitive to change.
Uses
It has been considered for use in rehabilitation for vocational, physical and psychiatric conditions including substance recovery. It has also been used in general education and research related to learning how to manage time, learning in time of COVID, enhancing independent living skills, reducing academic procrastination both in the classroom and during academic internships.
Brief description: 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.