Chapter 24: Sensory Processing/Integration and Occupation

Chapter 24: Sensory Processing/Integration and Occupation

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which statement most closely represents the role of the Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) in sensory integration (SI) intervention?
2. The COTA may not use SI intervention techniques.
3. The COTA may use an SI approach under supervision.
4. The COTA may only perform formal SI evaluations.
5. The COTA may not treat children with SI dysfunction.

ANS: B

2. What is SI?
3. The process of receiving, detecting, and making sense of input from the environment
4. Planning, designing, and executing movements
5. Discriminating between different textures within the environment
6. A fear of height, movement, or textures so that the child is unable to make an adaptive response

ANS: A

3. What is thought to be the cause of SI dysfunction?
4. Blindness or deafness
5. Traumatic brain injury
6. Central nervous system (CNS) processing dysfunction
7. Genetic abnormality

ANS: C

Multiple choice questions 4 through 6 are based on this case study. Stewart is a 9-year-old boy who is having difficulty in school. Stewart shows an aversion to being touched and is uncomfortable with movement. He has poor penmanship, is unable to keep up with his friends on the playground, and shows poor self-esteem. Stewart has low muscle tone, a positive asymmetric tonic neck reflex (ATNR) in standing positions, difficulty tracking objects, and associative reactions. He has poor shoulder co-contraction and endurance. He wants to play soccer at recess with the other kids.

4. The occupational therapy (OT) practitioner who is treating Stewart begins the session by playing swinging games in the net and inner tube swings. Together, they design an obstacle course, and Stewart hits balls with his head and runs around the course. Stewart jumps on a miniature trampoline and tries to make baskets. Stewart ends the session by participating in a finger-painting activity. What type of treatment approach does this describe?
5. Motor control
6. Sensory diet
7. Sensory integration
8. Sensory modulation

ANS: C

5. A student observes the session. She decides to instruct Stewart on the techniques of playing soccer. She provides Stewart with verbal and demonstrative instructions on the skills needed for soccer. They go outside and play a game of soccer. According to OT theory, what is true of this session?
6. Stewart will benefit from this carefully planned session.
7. Practicing a skill is not a principle used by occupational therapists.
8. The student has not fully analyzed the occupations of the child.
9. This is a typical sensory integrative session.

ANS: A