Work Environment Impact Scale (WEIS) Version 2.0, 1998
Authors: Renee A. Moore-Corner, Gary Kielhofner, and Linda Olson
The WEIS allows a client and therapist to identify environmental characteristics that facilitate successful employment experiences. Factors that inhibit worker performance and satisfaction and which may require accommodation are also addressed in order to maximize the "fit" of the worker and their skills to the job environment.
The WEIS is a semi-structured interview and rating scale designed to assist the therapist to gather information on how individuals with physical or psychosocial disabilities experience and perceive their work environments. Typical candidates for this assessment are persons who are experiencing difficulty on the job, and persons whose work is interrupted by an injury or episode of illness. The 17 items reflect the social and physical environment, supports, temporal demands, objects used, and daily job functions.
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