allen cognitive levels

ACL 1

awareness

internal cues only, change level of arousal in external stimuli that produces pain

ACL 2

Gross Body Movements

global cognition severely impaired, awareness of the effects that actions have on objects or other people

ACL 3

Manual Actions

global cognition is severely impaired, persons perform spontaneous manual actions in response to tactile cues, attention span is short and actions are unpredictable,

ACL 4

Familiar Activity

moderately impaired global cognition, person is aware of tangible cues, cause and effect, goal directed actions, correct mistakes, no independent new learning & cannont new motor actions, errors unless clearly visible, 1hr attention span, no expectation for generalization

ACL 5

Learning New Activity

Global cognition is mildly impaired, learn new ways of doing things thro trial & error problem solving, person detects the best effect by exploring disinctive properties of objects & trying diff actions, exercising poor judgent with no symbolic though to plan actions or anticipate potential mistakes, impulsive choices

ACL 6

Planning new activity

no global cognitive impairment, person anticipates errors and plans actions to prevent errors, attention span is defined by desires & priorities, spoken/written instructions, visual images, preceded with a pause to think, verbal instructions can be given, good judgment, self-monitored

ACL 0

COMA