Your client has a diagnosis of ALS and requires a power tilt…

Your client has a diagnosis of ALS and requires a power tilt & recline wheelchair and a custom molded seating system.  Following your evaluation, you decide that you lack the knowledge to prescribe this system. You should consult with an OT with which RESNA specialty designation? 

A patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury at C7, prese…

A patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury at C7, presents with 2-/5 strength in bilateral shoulder flexion/abduction and 3+/5 strength throughout bilateral UE distal to the shoulder. The patient’s goal is to improve independence in self-feeding (currently a max assist). To facilitate improvement in eating/feeding the OT should use which of the following adaptations? 

Choose ONE of the following symptoms: anxiety, depression, m…

Choose ONE of the following symptoms: anxiety, depression, mania, or hallucinations. Explain how you, as an OT, would use/change the following response variables to meet the client’s needs. List one example for each response variable: Therapeutic use of self  Features of the environment  Characteristics of activities 

You are an OT on an inpatient psychiatric unit. You are atte…

You are an OT on an inpatient psychiatric unit. You are attempting to complete a basic ADL assessment with your new patient. The patient continually expresses fear/concern regarding potential (and highly unlikely) catastrophes. Making statements such as, “I’m probably I’m going to have a heart attack and die doing this.”  How should you handle this behavior?