Pediatric Mental Health

Question 1

sensory integration

Answer 1

• adaptve responses occur in optimal arousal states and are prerequisites to sensory integration
• the just right challenge to promote growth and development
• facilitation of sensory mod, discrimination, and integration results in improved postural control, praxis, and bilateral integration, and participation.

Question 2

Occupational Adaptation Model

Answer 2

3 basis elements: the person the occupational environment, and the interaction of person and occupational environment.

Question 3

ecology of human performance model

Answer 3

• the person is composed of sensorimotor, cognitive, and psychosocial skills.
• the demands of a task determine which specific behaviors the person will need to participate successfully.
• a dynamic relationship exists between children and their contexts

Question 4

RTI (response to intervention)

Tier 1

Answer 4

interventions include assisting in school wide prevention efforts, collaborating with school personnel to create positive environments, and observing all children’s behaviors

Question 5

RTI (response to intervention)

Tier 2

Answer 5

interventions include developing and running programs for at risk students and consulting with teachers to modify learning demands for at risk students

Question 6

RTI (response to intervention)

Tier 3

Answer 6

interventions include providing individual or group intervention for students with mental health concerns and collaborating with school-based mental health providers

Question 7

ideation

Answer 7

ability to conceptualize and identify a motor goal with an idea of how to achieve a goal

Question 8

motor organization

Answer 8

ability to plan and organize a series of intentional motor actions in response to environmental demands

Question 9

feed forward praxis

Answer 9

process of sending a motor plan to the brain, comparing previous performance, and detecting potential errors in the plan before or after execution.

Question 10

execution

Answer 10

performance of motor responses with precision

Question 11

feedback processes

Answer 11

recognition of and response to a motor act and its consequences.

Question 12

Dysthymia

Answer 12

less severe depressive symptoms for at least 2 years with periods of no more than 2 months at a time symptom free.

Question 13

Cyclothmia

Answer 13

episodes of hypomania and depressed mood over at least a 2 year period