NCTRC EXAM QUESTIONS AND
THEIR REVIEWED ANSWERS
International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health
a bio psychsocial model of human functioning and
disablement that offers a common framework for planning,
managing, and evaluating services, and an international
language for policy development and research
When FACILITATING GROWTH, TR clinical practice...
...helps clients to see the possibilities for a satisfying and
meaningful life
The adaptation process involves:
using cognitive, physical or social strategies that maximize
independent and self directed action
Steps to restore client competence
1. HELP change self perceptions
2. DEVELOP coping strategies to manage stress
3. ADAPT to changes
4. INCORPORATE recreation as a part of life quality
Dimensions of the client system perspective
culture, development, lifestyle
Client system perspective
This perspective maintains that every individual is
composed of numerous dimensions including the
biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions. It
also takes into consideration culture, development and
lifestyle.
,The individual is understood as functioning within a larger
social system of friends and family, religion, economics,
politics, health and human services.
All these dimensions have unlimited potential to interact
and affect health and life quality.
learn, adapt, grow
How to maximize client's potential for health and well
being through recreation
What is the use of TR clinical practice?
to find a means for an outcome with a focus of interest,
challenge and benefit beyond the activity itself.
When used to FACILITATE LEARNING, clinical
practice
focuses on a teaching or learning process that results in
new knowledge, skills and insights
TR involves helping clients adapt
to their present health status and any functional limitations
they are experiencing or may experience
systematic, intentional, change oriented, controlled
Components of TR Practice
What is TR?
the systematic and planned use of recreation and other
activity interventions in an environment of support with the
intent of affecting client's beliefs, attitudes, behaviors and
skills necessary for a higher quality of life
Components of TR intervention
1. Helping relationship
2. Activity
3. Supportive Environment
,How is social environment structured?
to promote support and companionship, thereby
increasing feelings of belonging and a sense of community
competence-effectiveness motivation
human beings have a desire to interact effectively with
their physical and social environments and to view
themselves as competent in their quest for a happy life
Prospective Payment System
Hospitals receive the same fee for each diagnostic-related
group (DRG) they treat
The State Technical Institute's Leisure Assessment
Process
A leisure interest tool that 1) measures the client's
indicated interest in various activities, 2) indicates areas
that the client is interested in learning more about, and 3)
provides a systematic way for the therapist to measure the
balance of the client's leisure lifestyle.
It translates activity skills into leisure competencies
(STILAP)
Receptive Communication Dysfunction
Inability to comprehend the written or spoken word
Muscular Strength
a single maximum effort
What was the major accomplishment of The National
Council for the Advancement of Hospital Recreation in
1956?
The creation of the National Voluntary Registration Plan
for TR personnel
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004,
Part C
, This act provides early intervention services for infants
and toddlers with disabilities and their families as identified
by the individualized family service plan team, in any 1 or
more of the following areas:
(i) physical development;
(ii) cognitive development;
(iii) communication development;
(iv) social or emotional development; or
(v) adaptive development;
Verbal Order
Medical term "VO"
Phenylketonuria
A type of amino acid metabolism disorder, in which the
body cannot process phenylalanine. If an individuals PH
levels get too high, it can damage the brain and cause
intellectual disability.
Problem- Oriented Medical Record
When a physician or case manager creates a master list
of client deficits and develops a plan of action focused on
these deficits.
Neuroleptics
A class of prescription medications for Schizophrenia
Internal locus of control
A person believes that he or she can influence events and
their outcomes
External locus of control
A person blames outside forces for everything.
Autonomic hyperreflexia
It is a rapid and uncontrolled elevation in blood pressure;
common in people with spinal cord injuries
Standards of Practice
THEIR REVIEWED ANSWERS
International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health
a bio psychsocial model of human functioning and
disablement that offers a common framework for planning,
managing, and evaluating services, and an international
language for policy development and research
When FACILITATING GROWTH, TR clinical practice...
...helps clients to see the possibilities for a satisfying and
meaningful life
The adaptation process involves:
using cognitive, physical or social strategies that maximize
independent and self directed action
Steps to restore client competence
1. HELP change self perceptions
2. DEVELOP coping strategies to manage stress
3. ADAPT to changes
4. INCORPORATE recreation as a part of life quality
Dimensions of the client system perspective
culture, development, lifestyle
Client system perspective
This perspective maintains that every individual is
composed of numerous dimensions including the
biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions. It
also takes into consideration culture, development and
lifestyle.
,The individual is understood as functioning within a larger
social system of friends and family, religion, economics,
politics, health and human services.
All these dimensions have unlimited potential to interact
and affect health and life quality.
learn, adapt, grow
How to maximize client's potential for health and well
being through recreation
What is the use of TR clinical practice?
to find a means for an outcome with a focus of interest,
challenge and benefit beyond the activity itself.
When used to FACILITATE LEARNING, clinical
practice
focuses on a teaching or learning process that results in
new knowledge, skills and insights
TR involves helping clients adapt
to their present health status and any functional limitations
they are experiencing or may experience
systematic, intentional, change oriented, controlled
Components of TR Practice
What is TR?
the systematic and planned use of recreation and other
activity interventions in an environment of support with the
intent of affecting client's beliefs, attitudes, behaviors and
skills necessary for a higher quality of life
Components of TR intervention
1. Helping relationship
2. Activity
3. Supportive Environment
,How is social environment structured?
to promote support and companionship, thereby
increasing feelings of belonging and a sense of community
competence-effectiveness motivation
human beings have a desire to interact effectively with
their physical and social environments and to view
themselves as competent in their quest for a happy life
Prospective Payment System
Hospitals receive the same fee for each diagnostic-related
group (DRG) they treat
The State Technical Institute's Leisure Assessment
Process
A leisure interest tool that 1) measures the client's
indicated interest in various activities, 2) indicates areas
that the client is interested in learning more about, and 3)
provides a systematic way for the therapist to measure the
balance of the client's leisure lifestyle.
It translates activity skills into leisure competencies
(STILAP)
Receptive Communication Dysfunction
Inability to comprehend the written or spoken word
Muscular Strength
a single maximum effort
What was the major accomplishment of The National
Council for the Advancement of Hospital Recreation in
1956?
The creation of the National Voluntary Registration Plan
for TR personnel
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004,
Part C
, This act provides early intervention services for infants
and toddlers with disabilities and their families as identified
by the individualized family service plan team, in any 1 or
more of the following areas:
(i) physical development;
(ii) cognitive development;
(iii) communication development;
(iv) social or emotional development; or
(v) adaptive development;
Verbal Order
Medical term "VO"
Phenylketonuria
A type of amino acid metabolism disorder, in which the
body cannot process phenylalanine. If an individuals PH
levels get too high, it can damage the brain and cause
intellectual disability.
Problem- Oriented Medical Record
When a physician or case manager creates a master list
of client deficits and develops a plan of action focused on
these deficits.
Neuroleptics
A class of prescription medications for Schizophrenia
Internal locus of control
A person believes that he or she can influence events and
their outcomes
External locus of control
A person blames outside forces for everything.
Autonomic hyperreflexia
It is a rapid and uncontrolled elevation in blood pressure;
common in people with spinal cord injuries
Standards of Practice
