USA PEDS MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Breast Milk/Formula - ANSWERS✔-- 0 to 1 year
\.Thin baby food cereals
Fills baby up and gives them more intake
Allows maturation of muscles for jaw and mouth - ANSWERS✔-- 6 months
\.Thin baby food puree (i.e. stage 1) - ANSWERS✔-6 to 7 months
\.Thicker baby food puree (i.e. stage 2) - ANSWERS✔-8 months (veggies and fruit)
\.Soft mashed table foods - ANSWERS✔-9 months (avocado, bananas
\.Hard munchables - - ANSWERS✔-9 months (blueberries and strawberries)
\.Meltable hard solids - ANSWERS✔-- 9.5 months
\.Soft cubes - ANSWERS✔-10 months (cut up pieces of fruit, cheese, meat
,\.Soft mechanical (single texture) - ANSWERS✔-- 11 months (cutting it up but less
consistent in size-not mixing textures)
\.Soft mechanical (mixed texture) - ANSWERS✔-12 months (can start to mix food)
\.Soft table foods - ANSWERS✔-- 13 to 14 months
\.Hard mechanicals - - ANSWERS✔-15 to 18 months (eat a lot of normal food)
\.Top-Down Approach (Performance Based Approaches) - ANSWERS✔-The OT
begins the evaluation process by gaining an understanding of the child's level of
participation in daily occupations and routines with family, other caregiving adults,
and peers
\.Strength-Based Approach - ANSWERS✔-- Begin interventions by considering the
strengths of the child
- Develop a plan to increase participation by building on a child's strengths
\.Ecological Assessment - ANSWERS✔-- Evaluation of the child's natural
environment
- Allows the OT to consider how the environment influences performance and to
design interventions that are easily implemented in the child's natural
environment.
*Uses a top-down approach
, \.Family Centered Treatment - ANSWERS✔-Keeping a family's needs, goals,
routines, and expectations at the forefront of intervention.
\.Family-centered services - ANSWERS✔-family's right to make autonomous
decisions about the child is honored
a. Family and clinician relationship is a partnership
b. Interventions based on family vision and values
\.Family system - ANSWERS✔-individuals who are interdependent and have
reciprocal influences on each other's occupation; works to sustain predictable
patterns in family occupations and to be a part of a larger community
\.Inclusive services: - ANSWERS✔-embrace the vision that children and youth with
disabilities fully participate in the community and take on roles to facilitate full
participation.
\.Just Right Challenge - ANSWERS✔-pushing the child just enough for the child to
be motivated where the activity is not too easy but not too difficult
\.Natural Environments - ANSWERS✔-Where the child spends the majority of their
time; require the OT to be creative, flexible and spontaneous
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Breast Milk/Formula - ANSWERS✔-- 0 to 1 year
\.Thin baby food cereals
Fills baby up and gives them more intake
Allows maturation of muscles for jaw and mouth - ANSWERS✔-- 6 months
\.Thin baby food puree (i.e. stage 1) - ANSWERS✔-6 to 7 months
\.Thicker baby food puree (i.e. stage 2) - ANSWERS✔-8 months (veggies and fruit)
\.Soft mashed table foods - ANSWERS✔-9 months (avocado, bananas
\.Hard munchables - - ANSWERS✔-9 months (blueberries and strawberries)
\.Meltable hard solids - ANSWERS✔-- 9.5 months
\.Soft cubes - ANSWERS✔-10 months (cut up pieces of fruit, cheese, meat
,\.Soft mechanical (single texture) - ANSWERS✔-- 11 months (cutting it up but less
consistent in size-not mixing textures)
\.Soft mechanical (mixed texture) - ANSWERS✔-12 months (can start to mix food)
\.Soft table foods - ANSWERS✔-- 13 to 14 months
\.Hard mechanicals - - ANSWERS✔-15 to 18 months (eat a lot of normal food)
\.Top-Down Approach (Performance Based Approaches) - ANSWERS✔-The OT
begins the evaluation process by gaining an understanding of the child's level of
participation in daily occupations and routines with family, other caregiving adults,
and peers
\.Strength-Based Approach - ANSWERS✔-- Begin interventions by considering the
strengths of the child
- Develop a plan to increase participation by building on a child's strengths
\.Ecological Assessment - ANSWERS✔-- Evaluation of the child's natural
environment
- Allows the OT to consider how the environment influences performance and to
design interventions that are easily implemented in the child's natural
environment.
*Uses a top-down approach
, \.Family Centered Treatment - ANSWERS✔-Keeping a family's needs, goals,
routines, and expectations at the forefront of intervention.
\.Family-centered services - ANSWERS✔-family's right to make autonomous
decisions about the child is honored
a. Family and clinician relationship is a partnership
b. Interventions based on family vision and values
\.Family system - ANSWERS✔-individuals who are interdependent and have
reciprocal influences on each other's occupation; works to sustain predictable
patterns in family occupations and to be a part of a larger community
\.Inclusive services: - ANSWERS✔-embrace the vision that children and youth with
disabilities fully participate in the community and take on roles to facilitate full
participation.
\.Just Right Challenge - ANSWERS✔-pushing the child just enough for the child to
be motivated where the activity is not too easy but not too difficult
\.Natural Environments - ANSWERS✔-Where the child spends the majority of their
time; require the OT to be creative, flexible and spontaneous
