COTA Exam questions from NBCOT 3rd edition new update working solution

COTA Exam questions from NBCOT 3rd edition new update working solution An OTA is asked to develop a discharge planning group for clients being discharged within the next month from a long term facility for adults with serious and persistent metal illness. Which action is best for the OTA to take initially? An elementary school aged child holds a pencil with a tightly held static tripod grasp and forms letters at an average rate of speed. The child demonstrates the ability to write all class and homework assignments. Which approach is best for the OTA to recommend this child use to improve grasp? A 19 year old with spastic diplegia and an IQ in the range of 55-69 is graduating from a special education program. The student has been involved in transitional programming since the age of 14. The OTA collaborates with the occupational therapist and the student to complete a discharge plan to meet the student's post secondary goals. Which of the following should the OTA recommend be included as a post d/c referral? A OTA is conducting a community transportation group with individuals attending a TBI day treatment program in an urban area. Which should the group do first? An individual with a spinal cord injury at the level of T1 is practicing a stand pivot transfer in the OT department of a rehabilitation center. The patient complains of dizziness and nausea. Which action is most important for the OTA to take first? An adolescent with myelomeningocele (spina bifida) at the C8 level wants to access a new computerized play system. Which is the best adaptation for the OTA to recommend the adolescent use to access this system? A child with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy demonstrates a consistent gag reflex. Which technique should the OTA use to help inhibit the reflex? An OTA works with the new foster parent of a 2 year old child diagnosed with major developmental delays and severe hypotonia. The OTA advises the foster parent to position the head in midline during feeding. Which additional positioning recommendations for feeding are best for this child? An adult recently diagnosed with scleroderma receives occupational therapy services to deal with the functional changes by this disease. Which recommendations are best for the OTA to make to this individual? Select the three best