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An OT practitioner has been working at an inner-city acute care hospital. While talking to a colleague at lunch he says, “ I just don’t know what is going on in this world. Every day we have more people with gunshot wounds being admitted. I don’t know what to believe in anymore. I do not feel safe here or at home. It’s like I cannot connect with anyone.” What is this practitioner MOST LIKELY experiencing?

An OT practitioner confides to a colleague that he has been feeling very depressed and irritable at work and has been turning to some maladaptive coping strategies during the evenings to help combat the high stress levels in the work setting. The colleague has also noticed that the practitioner appears to be exhausted at work and has been rather rude with several of the clients, causing them to request a different practitioner. What would be the BEST suggestion to help improve the OT practitioner’s mental health?

11.  Primitive reflexes are present at birth and usually integrate by:

During a treatment session in an outpatient clinic, an OT practitioner is working to ensure that all of her clients understand their intervention plans and home programs through the use of the teach-back method. Why does this method contribute to client health literacy and improved therapy?

27.  The five components of movement used in treatment planning include all of the following EXCEPT:

34.  Marco Polo is 5 years old and demonstrates Hypotonia and is Hypo-responsiveness to vestibular input. He has no contraindications. Possible treatment activities may include:

28.  Botox injections has been proven to be effective in the treatment of:

23.  You have started working with an 8-month-old baby with hypotonia who demonstrates severe head lag in pulled to sit. Poor head and truck control in supported sitting, rounded truck with no weight bearing on hands in sitting, and limited head extension while prone with no weight bearing on forearms. Treatment may include:

2.  The ATNR (asymmetrical tonic neck reflex) is elicited when the head turns to one side causing:

3.  Children with Cerebral Palsy may demonstrate related disorders such as Seizures, Speech Deficits, and Vision Impairment. Another related disorder found in children with Cerebral Palsy may include: