Week 5 OTD 523 Knowledge Check

The private practitioners pay for their newly hired occupational therapists’ registration for an advanced course on pediatric assessment. Which is the MOST important outcome of attending this course for the occupational therapists?

• Fulfillment of continuing education requirements for independent credentialing agencies

• Keeping up-to-date on current trends in occupational therapy.

• Improvement of their professional skills and competence for enhanced service delivery

During the interview with the parents of a 3-year-old child with mild cerebral palsy, the OT learns that the child is regularly fed by his grandmother and does not have any independent feeding skills. Before setting self-feeding goals, what should the OT explore and further assess?

• Cultural context and family interaction patterns.

• Degree of abnormal muscle tone in the child’s upper extremities

• Need for adapted equipment.

Which of the following can impact the occupational therapy practitioners' assessment identification and selection?

• Facility procedures (including their requirements for assessments, time for evaluations including assessment completion)

• Reimbursement requirements

• Availability of tools

• Therapist's skills and attributes (competency and comfort level with an assessment and determining if OTP is qualified to use the tool)

• All of the above

Clients have the right to refuse an OT evaluation or specific assessment (self-determination).

• True

• False

It is also important to consider the following during assessment identification, selection, and administration....

• HIPPA - ensuring privacy

• Is the physical space appropriate

• Do you have the necessary items/equipment for the assessments including observation

• All of the above

We should only administer standardized assessments during the evaluation process.

• True

• False

Describe the steps of how we identify and select assessments and assessment methods (standardized vs. nonstandardized [i.e., observation for example]).

Why do we administer assessments as part of the evaluation process?

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