Mental Fx Examination

Question 1

What are some questions to determine the process of learning?

Answer 1

How does a child perceive, process, and remember information ?
How does a child collect, sort, store, and retrieve information?

Question 2

What are some questions to determine the impact of sensory motor functions of learning and how they GET information (INPUT)?

Answer 2

Is child about to see the information? Is visual acuity within normal limits? What about visual discrimination
Is the child able to hear information, is hearing acuity within normal limits, what about auditory discrimination

Question 3

What are some questions to determine the impact of sensory motor functions on learning OUTPUT?

Answer 3

Is child able to respond in writing
Are fine motor abilities within i normal limits
Is the child able to respond orally
Are language production abilities within normal limits

Question 4

What is the relationship between language and cognition?

Answer 4

• Child must understand words and sentences to perceive and process information. (Receptive language)
• Child must use words to show he/she can retrieve information from memory. (expressive language)

Question 5

What are executive functions?

Answer 5

Mental functions associated with the ability to engage in behaviors that are…
1. Purposeful
2. Organized
3. Self-Regulated
4. Goal-directed

Question 6

What are the informal examination of mental function in children?

Answer 6

Observation of development
Behavior
Play
Ability to follow directions
Speech/language
Memory
Humor
Communication function classification system

Question 7

What is the communication function classification system scoring

Answer 7

Level 1 = sends and receives with familiar and unfamiliar partners effectively and efficiently
Level 2 = sends and receives with familiar and unfamiliar partners but may need extra time
Level 3 = sends and receives with familiar partners effectively but not with unfamiliar partners
Level 4 = inconsistently sends and or receives even with familiar partners
Level 5 = seldom effectively sends and receives every with familiar partners.

Question 8

What are some formal examinations of mental function in children?

Answer 8

1. Bailey scales of infant development
2. Battelle developmental inventory screening test
3. Hawaii early learning profile
4. Ages and Stages questionnaire
5. Parent’s evaluation of developmental status