MyTherapyWizard vs. Checklist and Workbook Evaluations

MyTherapyWizard vs. Checklist and Workbook Evaluation Methods

MyTherapyWizard vs. Checklist and Workbook Evaluation Methods - MyTherapyWizard help article card

Checklist templates and workbook-style evaluations, such as in the image below, were designed for paper. MyTherapyWizard was designed for the way therapy documentation is judged today: by payers, IEP teams, administrators and families who expect measurable, consistent results.

1. Templates are subjective; MyTherapyWizard is scored

Every guided evaluation item is scored with defined formulas and rolled into subdomain, domain and composite scores, with performance bands that are hard-coded rather than written by AI.

2. Templates vary by therapist; MyTherapyWizard is standardized

Directions, visuals, demonstration videos and basal and ceiling rules mean every therapist administers the evaluation the same way, which matters most in group practices and school teams.

3. Templates require manual narratives; Report Wizard writes the draft

Report Wizard turns your data into a full evaluation, screening or progress report in about a minute, tuned for medical, school, parent, teacher or therapist audiences.

4. Templates cannot track progress; MyTherapyWizard does

Goal Performance Index (GPI) and Session Performance Index (SPI) data from session notes, plus re-evaluations scored the same way as the baseline, show change over time.

5. Templates lack ICF alignment; MyTherapyWizard is built on it

Domains, goals and reports follow the ICF and ICF-CY, so documentation reflects participation and function, not only impairment.

6. Templates add mental load; MyTherapyWizard reduces it

Built-in directions, help resources, age-based template suggestions and My Worklist reminders keep therapists focused on the client rather than the paperwork.

7. HIPAA- and FERPA-compliant AI that uses your real data

AI helps only with wording and uses the scores and observations you entered, inside a HIPAA- and FERPA-compliant platform. Scores never come from AI.

For therapy teams

Practices and districts get consistent evaluations across therapists and sites, plan of care review before activation, supervision tools and practice-level data.

The bottom line

Checklist templates document that an evaluation happened. MyTherapyWizard documents what it found, in a way that is measurable, defensible and fast.

Built on structured, scored results

MyTherapyWizard is an EMR with clinical protocols built in:

  • Guided Evaluations are scored with structured scoring: the same criteria, rules and performance bands for every client.
  • The plan of care is generated from that evaluation, with goals linked to the baseline.
  • Once the plan of care is active, its goals populate into your session notes. Each goal gets a Goal Performance Index (GPI) that combines accuracy with the support needed, so 70% independent and 70% with maximum assistance score differently. Each session gets a Session Performance Index (SPI), the average of its GPIs.
  • Reports draw from these scored results plus the comments and narratives you wrote. AI only helps with wording. It never changes a score, and you approve every line.

Learn more: Understanding Performance Bands ยท Myth vs. Fact: structured scoring and AI

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