Pediatrics 1
The S is COAST goals stands for...
What is SPECIFIC CONDITION?
Name the location where visual discrimination of shape, size, or texture of objects occurs.
What is the Primary Visual Cortex
Name 1 occupational performance area that is needed for the role of being a student.
The performance areas needed for being a student are the behaviors, task demands, and definition of the role established by society/ the school. Behaviors include: reading books, writing essays, performing math equations, and listening to directions. Task demands include: tools, space, social, and timing of sequencing of activities
Which two cranial nerves are not required for speaking
a. Vestibulocochlear
b. vagus
c. facial
d. trigeminal
e. hypoglossal
f.glossopharyngeal
What is a. Vestibulocochlear and f. Glossopharyngeal
Which nervous system region(s) contribute to ambulation?
A. Spinal cord
B. Brainstem
C. Cerebrum
D. A and B
E. All of the above
What is E. All of the above
Explain the difference between hemiplegia, tetraplegia, and paraplegia.
Hemiplegia: paralysis on 1 side of the body
Tetraplegia: paralysis of all 4 limbs
Paraplegia: paralysis of legs/lower body
A person experiencing difficulties in navigation, construction, and dressing as a result of a lack of understanding of spatial relationships may be diagnosed with
What is Spatial Neglect
Name 1 component of occupational therapy in an acute care setting?
The occupational therapist will engage with other members of the healthcare team to ensure that all goals are being met to reach functional ability, and information is being shared to ensure that goals are equally accomplished (transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches).
___ Compares sound with memories then categorizes it into language music or noise
a.Primary auditory cortex
b.Auditory association
c.Wernicke’s area
d. Broca’s area
List 3 impacts of having a child with autism on a family.
1. considerable healthcare and behavioral needs of the child
2. parents report high stress levels finding and coordinating care.
3. highly structured routine can restrict family lifestyle and create social isolation.
4. grandparents often take on important roles
5. sibling relationships are complex
Is an OT's approach in a hospital setting typically more top-down or bottom-up? Justify your answer.
What is Bottom-up? because the patient is typically in more critical condition in a hospital and the focus is typically more focused on stabilizing them and gaining more basic skills. The focus on whole occupations comes once they are stable.
The involuntary, uncontrollable movement of the upper limb is most commonly caused by isolated activation of the primary motor cortex, and is described as
What is Alien Hand Syndrome
Define the CO-OP Model.
What is a client-centered, performance-based, problem-solving approach that enables skill acquisition through a process of strategy use and guided discovery
Receptors within this structure detect movement of the head by sensing endolymph motion to stabilize vision
a. Otolithic organs
b. vestibular nerve
c. semicircular canals
d. labyrinths
What is c. Semicircular Canals
You are seeing a client in an outpatient setting who rated his pain at 5/10 on Monday, 2/10 on Wednesday, and 7/10 on Friday. This individual’s pain symptoms would best be described as:
What is C. Fluctuating
Name two health issues commonly experienced by children with Down syndrome.
What is mood/behavioral changes associated with depression, sleep disturbances/apnea, hearing loss, hypotonia, endurance/fatigue associated with congential heart disease, excessive body fat, hypothryoidsm, celiac disease, diabetes
Name 3 of the signs and symptoms of a stroke.
What is Hemiparesis, ataxia, hemianopia, visual-perceptual deficits, aphasia, dysarthria, sensory deficits, memory deficits, and problems with bladder control
What specific criteria is looked for when diagnosing an intellectual disability?
Limited cognitive capacity (IQ below 70), limited adaptive behaviors for participating in activities of daily living.
Adjusts activity in lower motor neurons that innervate postural muscles responding to head position relative to gravity
a. Semicircular canals
b. otolithic organs
c. vestibular nerve
d. labyrinths
What is b. otholithic organs
Explain the difference between backwards and forwards chaining.
Forward chaining involves teaching the sequence beginning with the first step. Typically, the learner does not move onto the second step until the first step is mastered. In backward chaining, the sequence is taught beginning with the last step.
List 3 unique characteristics of a children's hospital. (HINT: there are 6)
1. They serve a particular region (wider than an average hospital)
2.Different Mission Statements
3. Family and Child-Centered Care
4.Different Regulatory and Accrediting Agencies
5. They conduct 2 types of research, reducing risks of care and developing best practice.
6. Reimbursment from private insurance, medicaid, donors, and state programs
Name the 4 neural structures involved in motor system pathology.
What are Lower Motor Neurons, Upper Motor Neurons, Cerebellum, and Basal Ganglia
What are the benefits of providing occupational therapy services in the child’s natural environment?
Providing occupational therapy services in the child’s natural environment will allow the development of performance skills to be transferable to where they are most frequently located; considering the contextual factors of their environments. This may include: who is in those settings, what the environment looks like, what technology is available or needed, and task demands.
Which is not a brainstem dysfunction
a. Dysphagia
b. dysarthria
c. diplopia
d. dysmetria
e. dysplasia
What is e. dysplasia
A 74-year-old male was brought to the emergency department due to signs and symptoms consistent with a stroke. Which of the following imaging techniques would most likely have been performed to confirm this diagnosis?
What is D. CT