Feeding
This stage of swallowing involves manipulating food to form a cohesive bolus before propulsion to the back of the mouth.
What is the oral preparatory phase?
This is the age when most infants can sit unsupported.
What is 6 months?
This movement pattern typically appears first after a stroke.
What is a synergy or reflexive or mass movement patterns?
A classic compensatory strategy for short-term memory loss.
What is visual cue cards?
When a student reports unsafe supervision, this is the OTR’s immediate responsibility.
What is follow the chain of command and report per policy?
When a client with ALS begins coughing while drinking, this is the therapist’s first action.
What is stop feeding, assess for aspiration and notify SLP or MD
A child develops a pincer grasp within this 3 month age range.
What is 9–12 months?
This type of motor learning uses repetition and immediate feedback.
What is blocked practice with extrinsic feedback?
For early dementia, this approach best supports long-term safety.
What are environmental modifications?
A client refuses therapy. The OTR should take this first action.
What is respect the refusal?
The safest food texture for a client with early-stage dementia who has mild dysphagia
What is Soft and Moist foods? (to prevent aspiration)
By this age, a baby/child should be combining 2–3 words in a phrase.
What is 2 years old?
This intervention approach focuses on repetitive, purposeful task completion after stroke.
What is task-specific training?
This is the best OT goal focus for a client with depression who isolates.
What is gradual re-engagement in meaningful activities?
An OT advocates for a client’s right to access necessary adaptive equipment despite insurance denial. This action aligns with this ethical principle.
What is justice?
For a resident in long-term care who fatigues easily at meals, this adjustment best supports nutrition and safety.
What is offering frequent small meals in a calm, distraction free environment?
Hand dominance typically becomes established at this age.
What is 5 years old?
In Brunnstrom’s stages of recovery, spasticity begins to decline during this stage.
What is Stage 4?
This cognitive model adapts the environment to the client’s current functional level.
What is the Cognitive Disabilities Model (Claudia Allen)?
A therapist gives clear, accurate information about a treatment’s benefits and risks before beginning an intervention.
What is veracity?
A client frequently loses food and liquid from the front of the mouth during feeding. The OT identifies weak lip closure as the cause. The next intervention should target this oral motor goal to improve safe swallowing.
What is strengthening the orbicularis oris to improve lip seal and prevent anterior spillage?
In this type of play, typically developing toddlers begin to play near but not directly with other children, often mimicking actions they see.
What is parallel play?
This intervention approach supports motor planning for clients with apraxia by not allowing mistakes.
What is Errorless learning?
An OT teaches a client with mild cognitive impairment to use the “Goal–Plan–Do–Check” strategy to independently complete a morning routine. This approach is an example of this cognitive intervention model.
What is the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach?
During inpatient rehab, a client with Parkinson’s disease declines further mobility training, stating, “I’m too tired today.” The nurse asks the OT to “just get them up anyway.” The OT honors the client’s choice while planning to revisit activity readiness later. This reflects application of this ethical principle.
What is autonomy?