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