CAOT NOTCE EXAM - PRACTICE STANDARDS
Hierarchy of substitute decision-makers - Answers- 1. Guardian of the person
appointed by the courts, if the person has the authority to give or refuse consent to
treatment
2) attorney for personal care conferred by a written form when the client was capable
3) representative appointed by the consent and capacity board
4) spouse or partner
5) child or parent (custodial parent if the child is a minor)
6) parent of the incapable person who has only a right of access
7) brother or sister
8) any other relative
9) public guardian or trustee
When completing a standardized test to a non-english speaking client, what is the
course of action? - Answers- Use a formal/trained interpreter to ensure validity of
content communicated and to minimize any personal bias or misinterpretation
During treatment sessions what is the most appropriate course of action to facilitate
communication with non-english speaking clients? - Answers- using exisiting resources
e.g. family members, is often the most practical during treatment sessions. With the
client's consent. It also allows for imparting education and training to both the client and
caregiver at the same time.
OPPM - Answers- Occupational Performance Process Model
CPPF - Answers- Canadian Practice Process Framework
Which organization regulates the profession of OT - Answers- COTO
Which organizations advance the profession's interest? - Answers- CAOT, OSOT
In which organization must you be registered to call yourself an OT? - Answers- COTO
which organization protects the public interest? - Answers- COTO
which organization is voluntary? - Answers- CAOT, OSOT
Occupational Therapy Act, 1991 - Answers- - establishes college of occupational
therapists of ontario
- protects professional titles
- defines scope of practice
- enforces minimum standards of practice
Regulated health professionals act 1991 - Answers- - establishes health professions'
"regulatoary colleges" which exist to protect the public interest
, - protects "controlled acts" - OTs only receive delegation of a controlled act from a
practitioner who has the legal authority under the regulated health professions act to
perform the controlled act
- establishes generic regulations and colleges' strucutre
MOHO process - Answers- 1) generate questions * based on major MOHO concepts
2) gather information on and with client
3) create a theory-based understanding of client- explaining client's situation,
addressing problems/challenges, and identifying strengths of client
4) generate therapy goals and strategies - what kinds of OE will enable the client to
change and how will goals be achieved
5) implement and monitor therpay
6) collect information to assess outcomes
KAWA model process - Answers- 1) begin to draw the river if appropriate for the client
2) clarify the meaning of the clients rocks, driftwood, river walls and bottom
3) prioritize issues and identifying areas for potential intervention
4) assess specific areas for OT intervention with client
5) intervention
6) evaluate by measuring changes according to the client's own criterion
How many stages are in the Occupational performance process model (OPPM)? What
are they? - Answers- 1) Name - validate - prioritize occupational performance issues
2) select theoretical approaches
3) identify occupational performance components and environmental conditions
4) identify strengths and resources
5) negotiate targeted outcomes and develop action plans
6) implement plans through occupation
7) evaluate occupational performance outcomes. 2 routes: a) resolved > resolution, exit
process; b) unresolved > go back to stage 2 and re-enter the process cycle
Stage 1: Name, validate & prioritize occupational performance issues - Answers- -
identify OPIs, validate OPIs
- prioritization of OPIs
- "If the issue does not relate to risk or safety, the best course is to discuss it with the
client, and then accept the priorities of the client as the other issues may be raised
later."
occupational performance issue - Answers- a problem in the "ability to choose,
organize, and satisfactorily perform meaningful occupations"
OPPM - stage 2: select theoretical approaches - Answers- use theoretical approach to
understand OPIs and how to change occupational performance
Hierarchy of substitute decision-makers - Answers- 1. Guardian of the person
appointed by the courts, if the person has the authority to give or refuse consent to
treatment
2) attorney for personal care conferred by a written form when the client was capable
3) representative appointed by the consent and capacity board
4) spouse or partner
5) child or parent (custodial parent if the child is a minor)
6) parent of the incapable person who has only a right of access
7) brother or sister
8) any other relative
9) public guardian or trustee
When completing a standardized test to a non-english speaking client, what is the
course of action? - Answers- Use a formal/trained interpreter to ensure validity of
content communicated and to minimize any personal bias or misinterpretation
During treatment sessions what is the most appropriate course of action to facilitate
communication with non-english speaking clients? - Answers- using exisiting resources
e.g. family members, is often the most practical during treatment sessions. With the
client's consent. It also allows for imparting education and training to both the client and
caregiver at the same time.
OPPM - Answers- Occupational Performance Process Model
CPPF - Answers- Canadian Practice Process Framework
Which organization regulates the profession of OT - Answers- COTO
Which organizations advance the profession's interest? - Answers- CAOT, OSOT
In which organization must you be registered to call yourself an OT? - Answers- COTO
which organization protects the public interest? - Answers- COTO
which organization is voluntary? - Answers- CAOT, OSOT
Occupational Therapy Act, 1991 - Answers- - establishes college of occupational
therapists of ontario
- protects professional titles
- defines scope of practice
- enforces minimum standards of practice
Regulated health professionals act 1991 - Answers- - establishes health professions'
"regulatoary colleges" which exist to protect the public interest
, - protects "controlled acts" - OTs only receive delegation of a controlled act from a
practitioner who has the legal authority under the regulated health professions act to
perform the controlled act
- establishes generic regulations and colleges' strucutre
MOHO process - Answers- 1) generate questions * based on major MOHO concepts
2) gather information on and with client
3) create a theory-based understanding of client- explaining client's situation,
addressing problems/challenges, and identifying strengths of client
4) generate therapy goals and strategies - what kinds of OE will enable the client to
change and how will goals be achieved
5) implement and monitor therpay
6) collect information to assess outcomes
KAWA model process - Answers- 1) begin to draw the river if appropriate for the client
2) clarify the meaning of the clients rocks, driftwood, river walls and bottom
3) prioritize issues and identifying areas for potential intervention
4) assess specific areas for OT intervention with client
5) intervention
6) evaluate by measuring changes according to the client's own criterion
How many stages are in the Occupational performance process model (OPPM)? What
are they? - Answers- 1) Name - validate - prioritize occupational performance issues
2) select theoretical approaches
3) identify occupational performance components and environmental conditions
4) identify strengths and resources
5) negotiate targeted outcomes and develop action plans
6) implement plans through occupation
7) evaluate occupational performance outcomes. 2 routes: a) resolved > resolution, exit
process; b) unresolved > go back to stage 2 and re-enter the process cycle
Stage 1: Name, validate & prioritize occupational performance issues - Answers- -
identify OPIs, validate OPIs
- prioritization of OPIs
- "If the issue does not relate to risk or safety, the best course is to discuss it with the
client, and then accept the priorities of the client as the other issues may be raised
later."
occupational performance issue - Answers- a problem in the "ability to choose,
organize, and satisfactorily perform meaningful occupations"
OPPM - stage 2: select theoretical approaches - Answers- use theoretical approach to
understand OPIs and how to change occupational performance
