Final Flashcards
Why do children with visual impairments often have delayed language?
They focus more on hearing and touch abilities than on language.
It is more difficult for them to be included in conversations because of their poor eye contact.
It is more difficult for them to grasp associations between people and objects.
It is more difficult for them to explore objects and attach names to them.
It is more difficult for them to grasp associations between people and objects.
Which statement reflects the interaction of vision on basic infant behaviors such as smiling, vocalizing, and cuddling?
- Infants who have visual impairments do not respond to caregiver’s responses as easily as do sighted children.
- Infants with visual impairments engage in fewer facial expressions than sighted infants, but they cuddle similarly.
- These behaviors depend on vision; infants with vision impairments do not smile, cuddle, or vocalize as often.
- Vision is not required for these behaviors or for them to perceive the responses.
Vision is not required for these behaviors or for them to perceive the responses.
Which of the following professionals are specifically trained to instruct people with blindness/visual impairment in compensatory skills and training including independent living, vocation, and education including reading Braille?
Certified vision rehabilitation therapists
Orientation and mobility specialists
Orientation and mobility specialists
Occupational therapists
Behavioral optometrists
Certified vision rehabilitation therapistsOrientation and mobility specialists
What percentage of children with developmental disabilities also have significant ocular disorder or visual impairment?
75%
25%
100%
50%
50%
Cody is a 19-month-old child with significant visual impairment participating in an early intervention playgroup. Which of the following developmental play activities would be most beneficial and accessible for Cody in a playgroup?
Participating in a puppet theater
Learning to play an instrument
Listening to a story read by a teacher
Playing in a sand/water table
Playing in a sand/water table
Which postural and motor characteristics are often found in children with visual impairments?
Small base of support when standing
Overuse of trunk rotation with movements
Head movements (swaying)
High muscle tone and rigidity
Head movements (swaying) ?
What is considered normal visual acuity?
50/50
20/100
30/30
20/20
20/20
Which of the following behaviors is not typically observed in an adolescent with visual impairments?
Which of the following behaviors is not typically observed in an adolescent with visual impairments?
Blinking, rubbing, or rolling the eyes
Standing in the personal space of others
Making too much eye contact with the person who is speaking
Rocking the body
Making too much eye contact with the person who is speaking
Which of the following early developmental activities is NOT related to vision?
Interacting and communicating with caregivers
Learning about the properties of objects
Suck, swallow, and breathe
Exploring the environment and negotiating space
Suck, swallow, and breathe
What did Mindell and DeMarco (1997) find helped blind children sleep better through the night?
- Rocking infant to sleep
- Background noise in bedroom
- Warm milk before bedtime
- Less parental attention and talking
Less parental attention and talking
Why might an infant born at 25 weeks’ gestation be at high risk of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)?
The eyelids are no longer fused, and a mature visual response emerges.
The visual evoked response is similar to that of a full-term infant.
The visual cortex is fully mature, but the retina may be damaged at birth.
The retina and visual cortex undergo further maturation during the last trimester of pregnancy.
The retina and visual cortex undergo further maturation during the last trimester of pregnancy.
Which statement is true regarding children who have visual impairments?
- They are advanced at performing gross motor skills.
- Degree of vision loss does not change findings.
- They demonstrate delayed achievement of crawling and walking.
- They experience movement in the same way as other children.
They demonstrate delayed achievement of crawling and walking.
Which of the following professionals can assess and treat oculomotor of eye alignment difficulties?
- Orientation and mobility specialists
- Occupational therapists
- Certified vision rehabilitation therapists
- Behavioral optometrists
Behavioral optometrists
What is the name of the technique in which the child with visual impairment takes a person’s arm and walks a half step behind?
- Mobility training
- Trailing
- Sighted guide technique
- Protective techniques
Sighted guide technique
Which strategy is least effective and therefore not recommended by therapists to help children with visual impairments play with others?
- Facilitation through physical, tactile, and verbal cues to keep up with changes in play
- Use of auditory means to understand the play situation
- Adult one-on-one intervention during all play scenarios
- Typical peer partnerships to facilitate play participation
-Adult one-on-one intervention during all play scenarios
In 1997, IDEA was reauthorized and amended. Which of the following are now legal mandates?
- Annual student goals are now prescribed by the law.
- Schools are responsible for implementing all needed transition-related services.
- Students with disabilities must participate in district and statewide school accountability efforts.
- Students receiving special education participate in a combined education program with other disabled students.
Students with disabilities must participate in district and statewide school accountability efforts.
Until what age are students eligible for transition services?
- 22 years
- 14 years
- 18 years
- 16 years
22 years
IDEA requires educationally relevant evaluations to be conducted by members of the IEP team. What would the occupational therapist bring to the evaluation process for a 16-year-old student who is eligible for special education and who is a quadriplegic as a result of a spinal cord injury at the age of 9?
- Needed curriculum modifications
- A list of interventions that have worked for the student in the past
- The student’s current level of participation in available education activities
- Strength and endurance evaluation
The student’s current level of participation in available education activities
Special education and services have been made available through the public education system to children and youth who have disabilities since passage of Public Law 94-142 the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (EHA), currently known as IDEA. How is occupational therapy described in the EHA and its subsequent amendments?
- Direct service
- Transition service
- Related service
- Supportive service
Related service
James sustained a severe head injury when he was 13. At 18 he is participating in a transition program at his high school. He has applied for a courtesy clerk position at a major grocery store. He has completed an application and an interview. The prospective employer is uncertain about having an employee with a disability. The occupational therapist on the team who knows James and the demands of the job decides to discuss the nature of brain injury and supported employment with the owner. What kind of occupational therapy intervention is this?
- Direct service
- Education
- Consultation
- Monitoring
Education
Cassie is an 18-year-old student with cerebral palsy who participates in a transition program. Before services, the education team completes an evaluation. Team members observe Cassie’s performance during activities in selected environments. Based on careful observation, the activity demands and Cassie’s ability to perform in each environment are noted. What kind of evaluation would you call this?
- Discrepancy analysis
- Transition evaluation
- Outcome assessment
- Assistive technology assessment
Discrepancy analysis
Ian is a 17-year-old with cerebral palsy who uses a manual wheelchair that is pushed by others. He is sociable, and he likes to talk, although it costs him some effort. As the occupational therapist, you carry out an ecological assessment in the domestic domain. You consider it important to note on the assessment form that Ian and his mother communicate quite effectively during meal preparation through the mother’s use of “yes” and “no” type of questions, to which Ian responds. How would you document this observation using an ecological assessment form?
- As an activity
- As an interest
- As performance
- As a deficit
As performance
What does the term related services not include?
- Counseling
- Transportation
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Recreation
Vocational rehabilitation
Which statement is true regarding youth with disabilities (according to National Longitudinal Transition Study 2) and postsecondary education?
They may not consider themselves disabled by the time they enter postsecondary settings.
There are many benefits associated with interagency linkages during the transition process for students with disabilities. Which of the following is true of interagency linkages?
- Interagency linkages have not yet become a part of the law.
- Schools direct and control transition services and receive cooperation from other agencies.
- Interagency linkages can include shared financial responsibility for a student’s transition services.
- It is mandatory to state the interagency responsibilities and commitments in the IEP.
Interagency linkages can include shared financial responsibility for a student’s transition services.
Occupational therapists help to uphold the intent of IDEA. Which of the following represents optimal practice that is consistent with IDEA’s intent?
1) Occupational therapy evaluation identifies a student’s transition-related deficits.
2) Occupational therapists collaborate with special education teachers only.
3) Occupational therapists support special education students as they work to meet all general curriculum standards.
4) Occupational therapists enable students with and without disabilities to be educated together.
4)Occupational therapists enable students with and without disabilities to be educated together.
In what way did the 1997 amendments affect school-based occupational therapy services?
- General education teachers are now the teachers of all children.
- Special educators are no longer needed.
- Students with disabilities participate in the special education curriculum only.
- Special education students spend all of their school time attending general classes.
General education teachers are now the teachers of all children.
Difficulties with eating, sleeping, playing, repetitive or difficult behaviors, and paying attention may all be caused in part because of which of the following?
- Imitation deficits
- Lack of motivation for mastery
- Cognitive delays
- Sensory processing challenges
Sensory processing challenges
Occupational therapists always use standardized assessments with children with ASD.
True
False
False
Primary occupational performance deficits include:
- Difficulties with play
- Delayed development of ADLs
- All of the above
- Limited social participation
All of the above
One of the most commonly used interventions for children with ASD, widely accepted as being evidenced based, is applied behavioral analysis.
True
False
True
Principles of family centered care consist of:
- Goal-based intervention
- Expert communication
- Interdisciplinary teaming
- Collaboration and family choice
- Collaboration and family choice
Why is it important to share information with the family about why you are asking certain things as you evaluate the child?
- It helps them to understand the role of occupational therapy.
- It communicates your level of expertise to the family.
- It allows them to understand your point of view.
- It establishes your goals with the family up front.
- It helps them to understand the role of occupational therapy.
Which of the following is a key new feature of the diagnosis of ASD according to the DSM V?
- Delayed motor development
- Repetitive behaviors
- Social isolation
- Unusual responses to sensation
Unusual responses to sensation
Social stories are written to generate __ about an event through __, rather than specifically alter behavior.
- Conversation, questioning
- Compliance, rules
- Understanding, description
- Fear, depiction
Understanding, description
Which of the following adaptations may allow a child with ASD to perform better during evaluation with standardized assessment?
- Requiring eye contact with the examiner
- Allowing the parent to help the child with items
- Alternating order of preferred and non-preferred items
- Moving quickly through the assessment without breaks
-Alternating order of preferred and non-preferred items
Which of the following supports might an occupational therapist suggest for a young child struggling with transitions from the classroom to the lunchroom at school?
- A reward with preferred food upon entering the lunchroom successfully
- A favorite toy to carry to the lunchroom
- A visual or picture schedule on the desk and reminders of upcoming transition time
- A peer buddy to encourage and walk with the child to lunch
- All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following is a common issue experienced by families of children with ASD?
- Financial limitations
- Difficulty obtaining early diagnosis
- All of the above
- Difficulty accessing needed services
- Social isolation
All of the above
Primary occupational performance deficits include:
- All of the above
- Difficulties with play
- Delayed development of ADLs
- Limited social participation
-All of the above
An important issue to make sure to specifically ask families about when evaluating a child with autism includes:
- The child’s language ability
- Safety and escapism
- The child’s IQ
- Nutrition and dietary needs
-Safety and escapism
For a child with sensory defensiveness and limited diet, which of the following foods might be best tolerated because of its sensory properties?
- Raisins
- Soup with noodles
- Mashed potatoes
- Yogurt with little pieces of different kinds of fruit in it
Raisins
Positive reinforcement:
- Is the removal of something unpleasant
- Makes the behavior more likely to occur
- Is minimally effective in changing behavior
- Occurs in some settings or situations and not others
-Makes the behavior more likely to occur
The CO-OP approach stresses:
- Imitation and non-verbal communication
- Mastering specific skills that have been chosen by the child
- Limited use of problem-solving skills
- Use of limited feedback during performance
Mastering specific skills that have been chosen by the child
Which statement best reflects why children with cerebral palsy may have speech and language problems?
- Lesions affecting frontal lobe
- Lesions affecting primary motor and temporal lobe
- Hemiplegia affecting one side of the body
- Low intelligence owing to cerebral palsy
-Lesions affecting primary motor and temporal lobe
Which type of medical intervention (medication) is used to reduce spasticity through an injection directly into the muscle?
- Ativan
- Botox
- Phenol
- Baclofen
Botox
Which postural reflex realigns the head with the body?
- Equilibrium
- Righting
- Protective extension
- Primitive reflexes
-Righting
What is not considered an essential feature of constraint induced movement therapy for children with cerebral palsy?
- Unaffected extremity is constrained
- Three children per group
- Shaping of more complex motor acts
- Intensive, repetitive practice
-Three children per group
Which of the following is a common compensatory strategy used by children with cerebral palsy while reaching and grasping?
- Wrist extension with forearm supination
- Use of isolated finger and hand movement (fingers move while forearm remains still)
- Shoulder external rotation with shoulder adduction, elbow flexion, and forearm supination
- Excessive trunk movements including trunk extension and lateral flexion
-Excessive trunk movements including trunk extension and lateral flexion
What type of movement would you expect to see upon observation of a 4-year-old girl with athetoid type cerebral palsy (CP)?
- Movement only to midranges
- Large sudden fluctuations, “jerky” movements with poor midrange control
- Very hypertonic, high risk for contractures
- Intention tremors, trouble with stabilizing proximal joints, significant balance issues
-Large sudden fluctuations, “jerky” movements with poor midrange control
Which statement is true regarding the incidence of cerebral palsy?
- 1 in 2000 births
- 1 in 500 births
- 2 in 100 births
- Rare and infrequent
1 in 500 births
Which approach has the most evidence to support its use in occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy?
- Motor control
- Biomechanical
- Neurosensorimotor reflex integ
- Neurodevelopmental treatment
Motor control
How do serial static splints lengthen tissues and correct deformity?
- Application of gentle forces sustained for extended periods of time
- Facilitates muscle contractions for improved movement
- Improves postural tone to allow for increased ROM
- Shortens antagonistic muscle groups
-Application of gentle forces sustained for extended periods of time
What is a common scale used to determine the level of functional hand use in a child diagnosed with cerebral palsy?
- The Gross Motor Function Classification Scale (GMFCS)
- The Canadian Occupational Therapy Performance Measure
- The Peabody Developmental Motor Scale-2
- Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)
-Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)
What is not a cause of cerebral palsy in children?
- Low birth weight
- Prenatal maternal infection
- Multiple pregnancies
- Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status