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The 5 main steps in POWER (PREPARE, ORGANIZE, WORK, EVALUATE, RETHINK) do not work well with the 3 main steps of BDA (BEFORE/DURING/AFTER) strategy in the process of reading.

Early treatment sessions may benefit from fewer distractions to allow a patient to focus and have the necessary attention to the task in order to promote learning.  Interventions would be best performed in a/an:

During your treatment session, you have your patient working on activities such as bed mobility, wheelchair transfers, and wheelchair mobility.  These tasks are known as:

Your patient has been unable to participate in the prescribed exercise program during the last week due to a pulmonary embolus.  He demonstrates significantly decreased strength on re-examination.  What principle of strengthening does this demonstrate?

You are working with a 21 y/o patient who sustained a CVA and are attempting to work on static sitting balance.  You place his L UE on the mat for support and his right LE extends.  He is demonstrating an associated reaction.  What is your best course of action to take at this time?

You are treating a patient who sustained a R CVA 5 months ago.  You are working on dynamic sitting balance including reaching activities.  When you ask your patient to reach forward with both UEs, the patient only reaches with her R UE.  An appropriate intervention to modify your treatment session might include: 

Refinement of the motor program pattern is achieved through continued practice during this stage of motor learning.  Movement develops into a coordinated pattern.

During this stage of motor learning, the major task at hand is to develop an overall understanding of the skill.