OT Skills Reading Assignment Questions

In regards to Performance Skill Categories, which of the following is an example of a cognitive skill?

• Gripping and pinching

• Locating keys by touch

• Controlling emotions

• Sequencing tasks

Practice settings or environments that Occupational Therapy may occur in when providing services for physical dysfunction.

• Hospital Setting

• Home Therapy

• Kitchen

• Workplace

The treatment continuum in physical dysfunction includes adjunctive methods, ________ , ___________ and occupational performance/roles.

(a)  

The occupational therapist can determine if a patient could benefit from OT evaluation and intervention by:

• A physician’s referral only.

• Observing other disciplines treating patients.

• Screening the patient for OT services.

• Asking other therapists if the patient requires OT services.

The OT only performs evaluation at the beginning of the rehab process.

• True

• False

During an interview, the OTA notices that the client grimaces, steadies his hand, and walks with a shuffling gait. This part of the assessment would be considered _______ whereas performing a test with specific protocol and procedures is considered __________ tests.

(a)  

During a cooking activity, the OTA observes that an individual cannot reach into a bag of potato chips without crushing the    

           contents. The OTA should document problems related to 

• athetoid

• incoordination

• dysynergia

• ataxia

When recording joint ROM, it is important to:

• Record the measurement related to the normal ranges using the 180-degree method.

• Compare ROM with others who are the same age.

• Record the starting position except when it is not 0.

• Use the unaffected extremity to determine what is normal for each person.

When providing resistance during muscle testing, the occupational therapist should:

• Provide the same amount of resistance to all persons.

• Stabilize the distal part being tested.

• Compare the affected side with the unaffected side.

• Apply resistance gradually at the same direction to the pull of the muscle.

An OTA is working with an individual with a brain injury in a rehabilitation setting. During a homemaking activity, the individual put  

                     the blankets on before the sheets and laid the pillowcases on the pillows. This may indicate a deficit in (a)   apraxia.