NCTRC EXAM-IMPLEMENTATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Selection of programs, activities, & interventions to achieve the assessed needs of the
person - Correct Answers -you will need an understanding of 3 things: clients, activity-
based interventions, & yourself
3 major factors that influence the selection & implementation of intervention activities:
activity content and process, client characteristics, and resource factors
nearly every activity can be designed & implemented to meet a client goal, but not every
activity can meet every client goal
9 factors concerning activity characteristics of which a CTRS should be aware - Correct
Answers -1. activities must have a direct relationship to the client goal
2. functional intervention activities should focus on the ability of the activity to help the
client reach their goals
3. functional intervention & leisure education activities should have very predominant
characteristics that are related to the problem, skill, or knowledge being addressed
4. activity characteristics are important considerations for the successful implementation
of a program
5. clients should be able to place an activity in some context in order for them to see it
as useful and applicable to their overall rehabilitation or tx outcomes
6. a single activity or session is not likely to produce a desired behavioral change
7. consider the types of activities in which ppl will engage when they have the choice
8. program to the client's outcomes and priorities
9. client involvement in activities should be enjoyable
Activity Analysis - Correct Answers -helps the CTRS examine an activity's physical,
social, emotional, and cognitive requirements in order to determine the skills.
equipment, and materials necessary to successfully participate in an activity.
Task Analysis - Correct Answers -The process of breaking a complex skill or series of
behaviors into smaller, teachable units/steps
CTRS sequences every skill needed from the 1st to last that a client must be able to do
in order to participate in an activity
, By doing task analysis, a CTRS is able to begin the intervention at the client's level &
determine when he or she has mastered each step in the activity---- Ex. in checkers, the
task analysis may start with 1.) open game board/take out checkers 2.) placing
checkers on the correct squares 3.) moving the checker in diagonal 4.) jumping
checkers, etc,.
activity modification - Correct Answers -adding/altering with the appropriate assistive
techniques/devices/adaptive technology
2 conditions that require activity modifications:
1.) modification for individual participation
2.) modification to enhance the therapeutic benefit
modalities/ interventions - Correct Answers -There are many different interventions used
in TR programs dependent upon the client population, needs of the client, agency
philosophy, and program.
Leisure Skill Development - Correct Answers -very important to many of the clients that
a CTRS works with & is an important component of leisure education
leisure skills can range from traditional leisure activities such as sports, arts and crafts,
mental games, and activities, etc,. to non traditional activities such as shopping,
spectator and audience behaviors, pets
Leisure Education - Correct Answers -Its purpose is to teach things related to leisure for
health participation and break down leisure barriers
Assertiveness Skills - Correct Answers -refers to the goal of being able to assert
yourself into the communication
our pts need to learn the difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive
behavior and learn to use assertive behavior in their interactions
Stress - Correct Answers -ability to teach clients to understand and manage stress
using relaxation techniques is a function of the entry level CTRS
some techniques include: deep breathing, progressive relaxation, creative visualization,
autogenic training, stretching
social skills training - Correct Answers -a therapy approach that helps people learn or
improve social skills and assertiveness through role playing and rehearsing of desirable
behaviors
freq used w persons w ASD, psychiatric impairments, intellectual disabilities, TBI
ex. how to make friends, social interaction skills, manners
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Selection of programs, activities, & interventions to achieve the assessed needs of the
person - Correct Answers -you will need an understanding of 3 things: clients, activity-
based interventions, & yourself
3 major factors that influence the selection & implementation of intervention activities:
activity content and process, client characteristics, and resource factors
nearly every activity can be designed & implemented to meet a client goal, but not every
activity can meet every client goal
9 factors concerning activity characteristics of which a CTRS should be aware - Correct
Answers -1. activities must have a direct relationship to the client goal
2. functional intervention activities should focus on the ability of the activity to help the
client reach their goals
3. functional intervention & leisure education activities should have very predominant
characteristics that are related to the problem, skill, or knowledge being addressed
4. activity characteristics are important considerations for the successful implementation
of a program
5. clients should be able to place an activity in some context in order for them to see it
as useful and applicable to their overall rehabilitation or tx outcomes
6. a single activity or session is not likely to produce a desired behavioral change
7. consider the types of activities in which ppl will engage when they have the choice
8. program to the client's outcomes and priorities
9. client involvement in activities should be enjoyable
Activity Analysis - Correct Answers -helps the CTRS examine an activity's physical,
social, emotional, and cognitive requirements in order to determine the skills.
equipment, and materials necessary to successfully participate in an activity.
Task Analysis - Correct Answers -The process of breaking a complex skill or series of
behaviors into smaller, teachable units/steps
CTRS sequences every skill needed from the 1st to last that a client must be able to do
in order to participate in an activity
, By doing task analysis, a CTRS is able to begin the intervention at the client's level &
determine when he or she has mastered each step in the activity---- Ex. in checkers, the
task analysis may start with 1.) open game board/take out checkers 2.) placing
checkers on the correct squares 3.) moving the checker in diagonal 4.) jumping
checkers, etc,.
activity modification - Correct Answers -adding/altering with the appropriate assistive
techniques/devices/adaptive technology
2 conditions that require activity modifications:
1.) modification for individual participation
2.) modification to enhance the therapeutic benefit
modalities/ interventions - Correct Answers -There are many different interventions used
in TR programs dependent upon the client population, needs of the client, agency
philosophy, and program.
Leisure Skill Development - Correct Answers -very important to many of the clients that
a CTRS works with & is an important component of leisure education
leisure skills can range from traditional leisure activities such as sports, arts and crafts,
mental games, and activities, etc,. to non traditional activities such as shopping,
spectator and audience behaviors, pets
Leisure Education - Correct Answers -Its purpose is to teach things related to leisure for
health participation and break down leisure barriers
Assertiveness Skills - Correct Answers -refers to the goal of being able to assert
yourself into the communication
our pts need to learn the difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive
behavior and learn to use assertive behavior in their interactions
Stress - Correct Answers -ability to teach clients to understand and manage stress
using relaxation techniques is a function of the entry level CTRS
some techniques include: deep breathing, progressive relaxation, creative visualization,
autogenic training, stretching
social skills training - Correct Answers -a therapy approach that helps people learn or
improve social skills and assertiveness through role playing and rehearsing of desirable
behaviors
freq used w persons w ASD, psychiatric impairments, intellectual disabilities, TBI
ex. how to make friends, social interaction skills, manners
