Chapter 4 Educational System

Front 1

What is the only area of practice in which OT services are mandated by law?

Back 1

Pediatrics

Front 2

voluntary mediation and an impartial hearing, to resolve differences with the school that cannot be resolved informally when the right to a free, appropriate public education is hindered.

Back 2

Due process

Front 3

Least Restrictive Environment

Back 3

The right to be educated in the LRE requires a student with special needs to be educated in a regular classroom whenever possible. S/he is entitled to interact with peers who do not have disabilities.

Front 4

Models in which children with disabilities are able to spend time in regular classrooms.

Back 4

Mainstreaming or inclusion models

Front 5

What does EHA stand for?

Back 5

Education of the Handicapped Act

Front 6

Which therapy is the "stand alone' service, which means that a student who does not receive special education services may receive______.

Back 6

Speech Therapy

Front 7

When the Student don't qualify for ADA, in what circumstances that he may qualify for related services?

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Student must have a condition that "substantially limits one or more major life activities," with learning being a major life activity.

1. He must complete 50% of his work in class; other work will be sent home.
2. He will have extra class time to complete work whenever possible.
3. Classroom supplies will be readily available and placed in front of him before the task begins.
4. OT will be provided to increase strength and endurance for academics.
5. A peer or an adult will walk with him when he leaves the classroom.

Front 8

Which model identify functional skills?

Back 8

Medical Model

Front 9

Which model identify deficits in learning or performance?

Back 9

Educational Model

Front 10

IDEA (IDEA-R)

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INDIVIDUAL with DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT

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IEP

Back 11

Individual Education Plan

Front 12

IFSP

Back 12

Individual Family Service Plan

Front 13

ADA

Back 13

American with Disabilities Act

Front 14

LRE

Back 14

Least Restrictive Environment

Front 15

ECI

Back 15

Early Childhood Intervention Programs
0 to 3 years

Front 16

PPCD

Back 16

Pre-school Program for Children with Disabilities 3 to school age (5-6 years)

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EEN

Back 17

Exceptional Educational Need

Front 18

ARD

Back 18

Admission, Review, Dismissal (meeting with parent and teaching/treatment team)

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EHA

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Education of the Handicapped Act

Front 20

What act encourages OT practitioners to work with children in their classroom environment (inclusion) and provide support to the regular education teacher (integration). Also encourages schools to allow students with disabilities to meet the same educational standards as their peers.

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IDEA-R

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NCLB

Back 21

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

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When was NCLB passed?

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year 2001

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What is direct services?

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the practitioner works with the student so that he or she can acquire a skill. Maybe conducted one or one with the child or in a group setting. the time and frequency depend on the needs of the child.

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What are monitoring services?

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Create programs for the child that the teacher, other staff member, or family can follow. The practitioner contacts them frequently so that the program can be updated or altered as necessary.

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What are consultation services?

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It is provided when the therapists expertise is used to help other personnel achieve the child's objectives. Ongoing contact with the teacher or caregiver may be necessary. consultation services are useful for adapting task materials or the environment, designing strategies to improve posture and positioning, or demonstrating how to handle a situation.

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CLINICAL PEARL

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REMEMBER THAT THE TEACHER IS THE MANAGER OF THE CLASSROOM. THE OT PRACTITIONER IS A GUEST AND HIS OR HER PRESENCE SHOULD NOT DISRUPT THE ROUTINE.

Front 27

When can a child be discharged from OT services?

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When all of the intervention goals and objectives have been accomplished or therapy is not resulting in changes.

Front 28

Treatment for:

1.Seeks touch and deep pressure
2.Seeks touch by touching objects and people around him.
3.Likes and seeks soft, silky material

Back 28

1.provide deep pressure
2.Provide weighted vest or weighted lap pad
3.Provide silk-like sheets or clothing.
4.Place a piece of silk on his seat
5.Provide a piece of silk to calm them

Front 29

Treatment for:

Seems to seek vestibular movement
by spinning or rocking

Gets overstimulated by activities in the environment

Back 29

Equipment suggestions: swing, rocking chair, etc.

Activity suggestion: "Sit and move" chair cushion.

Encourage the child to go to the quiet area in the corner of the room

Rock in the rocking chair

Front 30

Treatment for Proprioceptive sense:

Seeks igh impact by touching other people

Pushes himself against other people

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Equipment: weights, joint compression, vibration, etc.

Provide weighted vest, joint compression, and vibration

Front 31

Treatment for:

Very sensitive to noise

Easily distracted by sound

Back 31

Work with noiseless environment.
Try mufflers or headset to decrease noise
Play quiet ocean sounds in the background.
Try rhythmic sounds, like a metronome

Keep verbal cues to a minimum and avoid extraneous noise

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Treatment for:

Easily distracted by objects

Gets easily overstimulated by too much visual stimulation.

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Decrease visual distractions

Remove visual distractions from the wall. Work in a cubicle.

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CLINICAL PEARL

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ADOLESCENTS MAY NEED OT CONSULTATION TO DISCUSS THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES FOR VOCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. CHILDREN ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL MAY BENEFIT FROM CONSULTATION WITH AN OT PRACTITIONER ABOUT STUDY HABITS, STRATEGIES TO SUCCEED AND ISSUES SURROUNDING PHYSICAL CHANGES.