Why is caregiver education an important consideration for any pediatric OTA? Select
the BEST answer Correct answer- Families/Caregivers must understand what they can
do and why they should do it to ensure home carryover and client gains
What is an infant's first method of mobility? Correct a...
OTA 200 Final Exam
Why is caregiver education an important consideration for any pediatric OTA? Select
the BEST answer Correct answer- Families/Caregivers must understand what they can
do and why they should do it to ensure home carryover and client gains
What is an infant's first method of mobility? Correct answer- Rolling
On which of the performance contexts can the pediatric occupational therapy
practitioner have the greatest impact? Correct answer- Environmental Context
What long term goals would a COTA who works in an outpatient pediatric clinic work on
with an 8 year old child with cerebral palsy? Correct answer- Dressing, buttoning one
inch buttons, and related modifications and adaptations
What long term goals would a COTA work on in a school setting with an ambulatory six
year old child who has a one year developmental delay throughout all developmental
areas gross motor, personal social, sensory motor, activities of daily living and fine
motor skills. Correct answer- Attention span for circle time activities, toilet hygiene for
wiping, taking off and putting on a light weight jacket, and handwriting for school tasks
What goals would a COTA working in an acute hospital setting work on with a 16 year
old who has asthma and is being chronically readmitted? Correct answer- Use of
psycho educational model to instruct client in triggers for asthma, strategies for
incorporating the use of an inhaler when needed; ensuring that an inhaler is available at
all times; and energy conservation techniques related to dressing such as sitting down
to put pants, socks, and shoes on in a straight back chair that has back support
What goals would a COTA work on in a home bound setting with a child with a three
year old who has Down's Syndrome and has not met their developmental milestones?
This child is being treated at home for they are medically fragile. Correct answer-
Protective extension to the front and self-feeding starting with finger foods and
decreased tongue thrust.
A new student age 10 with HIV has been added to a COTA's fine motor group in a
school setting. The group involves cutting with scissors and the use of a plastic knife for
cold meal preparation? The COTA knows that they need to do the following? Correct
answer- Proceed to implement treatment per standard policies, procedures, and
precautions
The COTA's role in the evaluation phase is: Correct answer- To give assessments tools
within their competency level
, The OTR's role in the evaluation phase is: Correct answer- To determine the areas to
be assessed, choose the evaluation tool to be used, and to interpret the test results
To provide for trunk stability in a patient with cerebral palsy what would you use?
Correct answer- A wheelchair with lateral side supports and a lap tray.
What do you do with a child with spasticity? Correct answer- Rhythmic movements
combined with gentle shaking
One of the concerns seen most frequently in cerebral palsy is: Correct answer- - Absent
or impaired righting and equilibrium responses.
- Wide ranges of movement patterns
Occupational therapy practitioners use positioning and handling techniques for children
with cerebral palsy to: Correct answer- - Maintain postural alignment
- Facilitate improved movement patterns
- Facilitate performance of ADL's
Useful techniques to help special children tolerate hair care do not include which one of
the following: Correct answer- Using quick, fast, & light touch movements
A child with severely limited strength, coordination and problem solving would probably
not benefit from which one of the following dressing methods? Correct answer- A button
hook for buttons
To promote safe mobility the COTA does not use which one of the following methods
with a child? Correct answer- Using momentum such as running to help the child go up
and down steps
Which activity would typically present the mostchallenge to a 5 year old child who has
moderate spastic diplegia? Correct answer- Clinging with their lower extremities to
playground equipment
Which activity would typically present the most challenge to a 5 year old child who has
moderate upper extremity spastic hemiplegia and mild lower extremity hemiplegia?
Correct answer- Rolling a ball across a tabletop to another child & balancing up and
down on a teeter tauter
One of the most commonly used assessment tool for obtaining an in-depth knowledge
of a child's sensory responses is the: Correct answer- Child Sensory Profile
The Theory of Sensory Integration believes that Correct answer- The concept of
neuroplasticity is an essential component of SI.
While there are many sensory systems in the human body, SI intervention targets
Correct answer- Tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive
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