ATP - RESNA Exam Study Guide
Solutions Updated 2024
Reading aids for people with visual impairment - ANSWER✔✔-- Optical aids
(handheld magnifiers)
- Nonoptical aids (enlarged print, lamps)
- Electronic aids (projectors)
Public sources that fund assistive technology - ANSWER✔✔-1986 amendments to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provide federal money to each state
Goals of patient with neurological/muscular/joint condition contributing to postural
deformity - ANSWER✔✔-- To impede development of postural deformities
- Impart forces that correct progression
- Accommodate fixed orthopedic deformities
- PELVIS is key to postural alignment
6 major psychological factors of motivation - ANSWER✔✔-- elicitors of behavior
- symbols
- beliefs and perceptions
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,- cultural norms and expectations
- intrinsic motivation
- history of experience
Movement characteristics - ANSWER✔✔-Assistive technology can help provide
stability, enhance sensory feedback, or provide modifications in support of an effector
(muscle)
Seating components for upper and lower extremities - ANSWER✔✔-Upper extremities:
arm trough, arm tray
Lower extremities: calf support, foot plate, anterior knee supports, ankle straps
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ANSWER✔✔-Authorizes state funding in imparting rehab
services to people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation for EMPLOYMENT
PURPOSES
=> Reasonable accommodations
Amendments made in 1998 involve access to electronic office equipment by disabled
users working for Federal Government
Alternatives in visual displays for people with low vision - ANSWER✔✔-Affected by:
- Size of text
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,- Spacing of text
- Contrast
Ideal computers:
- Software based
- Ease of use
- Smooth and fast display
- cost effective
Characterization of effector movements - ANSWER✔✔-RESOLUTION: ability to
control fine motor movements
RANGE: greatest extent of of movement
STRENGTH: duh...
ENDURANCE: ability to sustain a force
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, VERSATILITY: effector's ability to handle multiple tasks
*fingers have LOW range and strength but HIGH versatility
Assistive technology in relation to the HAAT model - ANSWER✔✔-Human
Activity
Assistive
Technology
Technology helps the individual improve performance despite a disability
3 major areas of psycho-social function - ANSWER✔✔-SELF DEFINITION: the private
view that a person has of themselves (goals, aspirations, well-being)
SELF PROTECTION: the way a person shields themselves from internal and external
psychological forces
MOTIVATION: determines how much the technology is able to help the individual
Graphical user interface - ANSWER✔✔-Describes the tools that are characterized by 3
features: mouse pointer, graphical menu bar, window providing a menu of choices
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Solutions Updated 2024
Reading aids for people with visual impairment - ANSWER✔✔-- Optical aids
(handheld magnifiers)
- Nonoptical aids (enlarged print, lamps)
- Electronic aids (projectors)
Public sources that fund assistive technology - ANSWER✔✔-1986 amendments to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provide federal money to each state
Goals of patient with neurological/muscular/joint condition contributing to postural
deformity - ANSWER✔✔-- To impede development of postural deformities
- Impart forces that correct progression
- Accommodate fixed orthopedic deformities
- PELVIS is key to postural alignment
6 major psychological factors of motivation - ANSWER✔✔-- elicitors of behavior
- symbols
- beliefs and perceptions
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,- cultural norms and expectations
- intrinsic motivation
- history of experience
Movement characteristics - ANSWER✔✔-Assistive technology can help provide
stability, enhance sensory feedback, or provide modifications in support of an effector
(muscle)
Seating components for upper and lower extremities - ANSWER✔✔-Upper extremities:
arm trough, arm tray
Lower extremities: calf support, foot plate, anterior knee supports, ankle straps
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ANSWER✔✔-Authorizes state funding in imparting rehab
services to people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation for EMPLOYMENT
PURPOSES
=> Reasonable accommodations
Amendments made in 1998 involve access to electronic office equipment by disabled
users working for Federal Government
Alternatives in visual displays for people with low vision - ANSWER✔✔-Affected by:
- Size of text
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,- Spacing of text
- Contrast
Ideal computers:
- Software based
- Ease of use
- Smooth and fast display
- cost effective
Characterization of effector movements - ANSWER✔✔-RESOLUTION: ability to
control fine motor movements
RANGE: greatest extent of of movement
STRENGTH: duh...
ENDURANCE: ability to sustain a force
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, VERSATILITY: effector's ability to handle multiple tasks
*fingers have LOW range and strength but HIGH versatility
Assistive technology in relation to the HAAT model - ANSWER✔✔-Human
Activity
Assistive
Technology
Technology helps the individual improve performance despite a disability
3 major areas of psycho-social function - ANSWER✔✔-SELF DEFINITION: the private
view that a person has of themselves (goals, aspirations, well-being)
SELF PROTECTION: the way a person shields themselves from internal and external
psychological forces
MOTIVATION: determines how much the technology is able to help the individual
Graphical user interface - ANSWER✔✔-Describes the tools that are characterized by 3
features: mouse pointer, graphical menu bar, window providing a menu of choices
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