Category 1
Individuals with eating disorders face several challenges that impact occupational participation, including maladaptive eating skills. Which of the following interventions is not considered evidence based practice for occupational therapists to address in regards to maladaptive eating skills?
A. Occupational therapy practitioners can motivate and enable adults and older adolescents with eating disorders to shop for, cook, and eat self-prepared meals that enable safe (or safer) weight maintenance.
B. Occupational therapy practitioners can model, support and provide graded exposure to meal planning, shopping, cooking, and eating pre-planned meals.
C. Occupational therapy practitioners can provide support and graded exposure to promote the preparation and eating of food previously avoided.
D. Occupational therapy practitioners can modify the individuals environment so that they only have access to foods they previously avoided to increase likelihood of them eating those foods
D. Occupational therapy practitioners can modify the individuals environment so that they only have access to foods they previously avoided to increase likelihood of them eating those foods
Which assessment tool is used as part of DBT skills training? (Choose the BEST answer)
A. Diary Cards require that the individual write and express basic reflections with guided prompts
B. A 27-item paper questionnaire regarding awareness of the ability to regulate emotions
C. Paper questionnaire requires participants to read 36 statements and rate on a 5-point scale
D. A 5-item paper questionnaire regarding the individual’s emotions
A. Diary Cards require that the individual write and express basic reflections with guided prompts
Individuals with mental illness often face many barriers to success in pursuing higher education. Which of the following is not a frequent barrier seen in individuals with mental illness striving to achieve a higher education?
A. Side effects of medication
B. Not eating breakfast in the morning
C. Internal barriers (i.e. lost motivation, fear and anxiety, and low self-esteem)
D. Stigma
B. Not eating breakfast in the morning
One of the commonly targeted intervention approaches for individuals with personality disorders is coping skills for emotion regulation. Which of the following approaches targets emotion regulation through skills training targeting mindfulness meditation, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance?
A. anger management approach
B. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) approach
C. peer support programs
D. Family psychoeducation
B. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) approach
The Modal Model of Emotions described by Gross describes emotions as a recursive process between the person and situations. Which are the four basic phases of this model?
A. Situation, Attention, Appraisal, and Fear
B. Situation, Attention, Appraisal, and Response
C. Situation, Attention, Tasks, and Response
D. Situation, Attention, Safety, and Response
B. Situation, Attention, Appraisal, and Response
Medicare requires certification and recertification of the need for treatment by a physician or nonphysician practitioner (NPP) (Sames, 2015). Which of the following is not considered a nonphysician practitioner qualified to certify or recertify treatment?
A. Nurse Practitioner
B. Chiropractor
C. Clinical Nurse Specialist
D. Physician Assistant
B. Chiropractor
Which of the following is an example of a structured assessment of client’s beliefs?
A. Socratic Questioning
B. Identifying ABCs
C. TIC-TOC Technique
D. Pain Self- Efficacy Questionnaire
D. Pain Self- Efficacy Questionnaire
An occupational therapist engages in a conversation with a client about his/her daily occupational engagements. Which one of the following is not considered a social rhythm?
A. Going to the gym every morning
B. Going to bed at 9 pm every night
C. Talking to a friend of family member every night before bed
D. Biting nails when feeling nervous
D. Biting nails when feeling nervous
The intervention plan, or plan of care, is where the OT “articulates expected outcomes and how they will be achieved…based on the results of the evaluation and the wants and needs of the client” (Sames, 2015). The plan of care, according to Medicare, needs to include all of the following except:
A. Type, amount, duration and frequency of OT services
B. The client’s diagnosis
C. The client’s long term treatment goals
D. The assessments used during evaluation
D. The assessments used during evaluation