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An OT is preparing to evaluate a toddler who has upper extremity orthopedic concerns.
How will the OT MOST likely obtain the majority of initial assessment data?
A. Measurement tools that assess visual-motor skills
B. Dynamometer and pinch meter readings.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
D. Functional independence measures. - C. Observation of child during activities in the
child-care center.
Through observation of the child during child-care center activities, the OT can collect
information about the child's motor performance skills and participation in activities
that require upper extremity/hand skill. Naturalistic observation is a method of
ecological assessment, which is "a primary mechanism for obtaining data relevant to the
child's performance context..... Skilled observation of child performing a functional task
offers..... important information about the child's performance". Answers A, B, ad D are
all appropriate choices after the child is old enough for these assessments.
During an initial evaluation, the OT suspects that a child has somatodyspraxia. In what
area should the OT focus the evaluation?
A. Ability to print or write.
B. Reading competency.
C. Math calculations.
D. New motor task planning. - D. New motor task planning.
"Somatodyspraxia is described as a deficit in learning new motor skills, planning new
motor actions, and generalizing motor plans." Inability to print or write (answer A) is
termed "dysgraphia." The term "dyslexia" (answer B) means dysfunction in reading.
Inability to perform mathematics (answer C) is known as "dyscalculia"
An OT working in a long-term care facility needs to evaluate the long-term memory of
a resident. Which of the following methods is BEST for evaluating memory or
personally experienced events (declarative memory)?
,A. Show the person a series of objects and ask him to recall the objects within 60
seconds.
B. Ask the individual how he spent New Year's/
C. Have the individual state the place, date, and time.
D. Ask the client to remember to bring a specific item to the next therapy session - B
Ask the individual how he spent New Year's
"Declarative memory is one aspect of long term memory and includes conscious
memory for events, knowledge or facts". It is commonly assessed through verbal
interviews and informal testing such as asking a question about an individual's recall of
personal events (answer B). Working memory refers to "the temporary storage of
inforamtion while one is working with it or attending to it" (answer A). "Prospective
memory involves the ability to remember intentions or activities that will be required in
the future" (answer D). Knowing the date, place, and time is indicative of orientation
(answer C).
A child avoids playground equipment that requires her feet to be off the ground. What
does this behavior MOST likely indicate?
A. Difficulty modulating proprioception.
B. Somatodyspraxia
C. Gravitational insecurity
D. Bilateral integration/sequencing deficit. - C. Gravitational insecurity.
Gravitational insecurity is described as "fear response to movement". The child easily
experiences a fear of falling and prefers to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Tactile
defensiveness (answer A) is a term used to describe discomfort with various textures
and with unexpected touch. Somatodyspraxia (answer B) has is "foundation in
somatosensory (e.g. primarily tactile but also proprioceptive) discrimination deficits,
which interfere with the development of body scheme and awareness". Bilateral
integration and sequencing deficits are related to "poor vestibular-propioceptive
discrimination, which interferes with the ability to coordinate, sequence, and execute
motor actions quickly and efficiently".
,When the OT suspects tactile defensiveness as a rationale for a child's challenges, in
what area of participation should the OT focus on FIRST?
A. Play behavior
B. Dressing habits
C. Social skills
D. Leisure interests - B. Dressing habits
Children with tactile defensiveness are "bothered by tactile aspects of daily living
activities.... specific types of clothing.... specific textures materials". The child may be
bothered by certain textures or avoid wearing turtlenecks, socks, or shoes. Conversely,
some children may never take off their shoes to avoid tactile stimulation. Play behavior
(answer A), social skills (answer C), and the choice of hobbies (answer D) could be
affected secondarily, as a result of intolerance to certain textures or human touch.
Knowledge of the child's dressing habits will give the OT key information at the start of
the evaluation process.
An OT is working with an individual with schizophrenia who is in the process of
preparing to move from a state hospital to a group home. During a baking group, the
client becomes agitated and leaves the room when another client uses the electric hand
mixer to mix the cake batter, and again when two clients begin to argue loudly about
which type of icing to use. How would the OT BEST describe the behavior?
A. Low registration
B. Sensory avoiding
C. Sensation seeking
D. A hearing impairment - B. Sensory avoiding
The individual's actions are indicative of sensor avoiding behavior, characterized by a
low threshold to stimuli perceived as noxious, followed by an active response such as
leaving the room. Individuals with sensory avoiding behavior may "become distressed
in situations in which they cannot control the environment" and "do well in low
stimulus situation or settings that others find dull". An individual with low registration
(answer A), sensory seeking behavior (answer C), or a hearing impairment (answer D)
would not have difficult with the auditory stimulation caused by the roar of the mixer or
loud voices.
, During a self-care evaluation of an individual who recently sustained a brain injury, the
OT instructs the individual to comb his hair immediately after he washes his face. The
individual washes his face quickly, but then the therapist must give him several
reminders to comb his hair. The OT is MOST likely to identify this as a deficit in what
area?
A. Working memory
B. Judgment
C. Hearing
D. Abstraction - A. Working memory
"Working memory is the temporary storage of information while one is working with it
or attending to it. It includes the ability to recall information immediately after
exposure. It allows one to focus conscious attention and keeps track of information as
one is performing an activity". This individual's inability to comb is hair without
reminders suggests a deficit in working memory (answer A). Judgment (answer B), the
ability to make realistic and safe decisions based on available environmental
information, would not be needed for this task. Because the person performed the first
request, hearing (answer C) would seem to be intact. Abstraction (answer D) is the
ability to extrapolate information from an idea to generalize to another situation and
would not be needed to follow this direction.
A supermarket employee with obsessive-compulsive disorder takes an hour to stock 24
soup cans on the shelf because once he has placed the cans on the shelf, he removes
them and starts over, stating that "all labels were not lines up exactly in the same
direction." Which of the following methods would MOST effectively evaluate the
individual's work performance?
A. On-site observation of performance skills
B. Formal cognitive assessment
C. Verbal interview focusing on the requirements of the job
D. Task evaluation using a "clean" medium such as a puzzle - A. On-site observation of
performance skills
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An OT is preparing to evaluate a toddler who has upper extremity orthopedic concerns.
How will the OT MOST likely obtain the majority of initial assessment data?
A. Measurement tools that assess visual-motor skills
B. Dynamometer and pinch meter readings.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
D. Functional independence measures. - C. Observation of child during activities in the
child-care center.
Through observation of the child during child-care center activities, the OT can collect
information about the child's motor performance skills and participation in activities
that require upper extremity/hand skill. Naturalistic observation is a method of
ecological assessment, which is "a primary mechanism for obtaining data relevant to the
child's performance context..... Skilled observation of child performing a functional task
offers..... important information about the child's performance". Answers A, B, ad D are
all appropriate choices after the child is old enough for these assessments.
During an initial evaluation, the OT suspects that a child has somatodyspraxia. In what
area should the OT focus the evaluation?
A. Ability to print or write.
B. Reading competency.
C. Math calculations.
D. New motor task planning. - D. New motor task planning.
"Somatodyspraxia is described as a deficit in learning new motor skills, planning new
motor actions, and generalizing motor plans." Inability to print or write (answer A) is
termed "dysgraphia." The term "dyslexia" (answer B) means dysfunction in reading.
Inability to perform mathematics (answer C) is known as "dyscalculia"
An OT working in a long-term care facility needs to evaluate the long-term memory of
a resident. Which of the following methods is BEST for evaluating memory or
personally experienced events (declarative memory)?
,A. Show the person a series of objects and ask him to recall the objects within 60
seconds.
B. Ask the individual how he spent New Year's/
C. Have the individual state the place, date, and time.
D. Ask the client to remember to bring a specific item to the next therapy session - B
Ask the individual how he spent New Year's
"Declarative memory is one aspect of long term memory and includes conscious
memory for events, knowledge or facts". It is commonly assessed through verbal
interviews and informal testing such as asking a question about an individual's recall of
personal events (answer B). Working memory refers to "the temporary storage of
inforamtion while one is working with it or attending to it" (answer A). "Prospective
memory involves the ability to remember intentions or activities that will be required in
the future" (answer D). Knowing the date, place, and time is indicative of orientation
(answer C).
A child avoids playground equipment that requires her feet to be off the ground. What
does this behavior MOST likely indicate?
A. Difficulty modulating proprioception.
B. Somatodyspraxia
C. Gravitational insecurity
D. Bilateral integration/sequencing deficit. - C. Gravitational insecurity.
Gravitational insecurity is described as "fear response to movement". The child easily
experiences a fear of falling and prefers to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Tactile
defensiveness (answer A) is a term used to describe discomfort with various textures
and with unexpected touch. Somatodyspraxia (answer B) has is "foundation in
somatosensory (e.g. primarily tactile but also proprioceptive) discrimination deficits,
which interfere with the development of body scheme and awareness". Bilateral
integration and sequencing deficits are related to "poor vestibular-propioceptive
discrimination, which interferes with the ability to coordinate, sequence, and execute
motor actions quickly and efficiently".
,When the OT suspects tactile defensiveness as a rationale for a child's challenges, in
what area of participation should the OT focus on FIRST?
A. Play behavior
B. Dressing habits
C. Social skills
D. Leisure interests - B. Dressing habits
Children with tactile defensiveness are "bothered by tactile aspects of daily living
activities.... specific types of clothing.... specific textures materials". The child may be
bothered by certain textures or avoid wearing turtlenecks, socks, or shoes. Conversely,
some children may never take off their shoes to avoid tactile stimulation. Play behavior
(answer A), social skills (answer C), and the choice of hobbies (answer D) could be
affected secondarily, as a result of intolerance to certain textures or human touch.
Knowledge of the child's dressing habits will give the OT key information at the start of
the evaluation process.
An OT is working with an individual with schizophrenia who is in the process of
preparing to move from a state hospital to a group home. During a baking group, the
client becomes agitated and leaves the room when another client uses the electric hand
mixer to mix the cake batter, and again when two clients begin to argue loudly about
which type of icing to use. How would the OT BEST describe the behavior?
A. Low registration
B. Sensory avoiding
C. Sensation seeking
D. A hearing impairment - B. Sensory avoiding
The individual's actions are indicative of sensor avoiding behavior, characterized by a
low threshold to stimuli perceived as noxious, followed by an active response such as
leaving the room. Individuals with sensory avoiding behavior may "become distressed
in situations in which they cannot control the environment" and "do well in low
stimulus situation or settings that others find dull". An individual with low registration
(answer A), sensory seeking behavior (answer C), or a hearing impairment (answer D)
would not have difficult with the auditory stimulation caused by the roar of the mixer or
loud voices.
, During a self-care evaluation of an individual who recently sustained a brain injury, the
OT instructs the individual to comb his hair immediately after he washes his face. The
individual washes his face quickly, but then the therapist must give him several
reminders to comb his hair. The OT is MOST likely to identify this as a deficit in what
area?
A. Working memory
B. Judgment
C. Hearing
D. Abstraction - A. Working memory
"Working memory is the temporary storage of information while one is working with it
or attending to it. It includes the ability to recall information immediately after
exposure. It allows one to focus conscious attention and keeps track of information as
one is performing an activity". This individual's inability to comb is hair without
reminders suggests a deficit in working memory (answer A). Judgment (answer B), the
ability to make realistic and safe decisions based on available environmental
information, would not be needed for this task. Because the person performed the first
request, hearing (answer C) would seem to be intact. Abstraction (answer D) is the
ability to extrapolate information from an idea to generalize to another situation and
would not be needed to follow this direction.
A supermarket employee with obsessive-compulsive disorder takes an hour to stock 24
soup cans on the shelf because once he has placed the cans on the shelf, he removes
them and starts over, stating that "all labels were not lines up exactly in the same
direction." Which of the following methods would MOST effectively evaluate the
individual's work performance?
A. On-site observation of performance skills
B. Formal cognitive assessment
C. Verbal interview focusing on the requirements of the job
D. Task evaluation using a "clean" medium such as a puzzle - A. On-site observation of
performance skills
