Ch3 Child Appraisal Examination And Test Bank Docx

Chapter 03. Child Appraisal: Examination and Evaluation

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Select the most important consideration when choosing a pain assessment scale.

____ 2. If you want to assess the level of caregiver assistance or the types of modifications a 4-year-old child needs to perform functional motor activities, your best choice for an assessment tool is which of the following?

____ 3. You have a 42-month-old child with a diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome on your schedule for a developmental evaluation to determine whether he is eligible for physical therapy services at the preschool where you work. Which of the following assessment tools would be the most appropriate to use?

____ 4. As part of an early intervention grant focused on identifying babies/young children in the community who have developmental delays or are at risk for delay, you are going with the rest of your pediatric team (occupational therapist, speech pathologist, social worker, teacher, etc.) to several area day care centers. Which of the following assessment tools would be most appropriate to use?

____ 5. Kelsie is an 8-year-old girl with a diagnosis of L hemiplegic cerebral palsy. She is scheduled for a physical therapy evaluation at your outpatient clinic at the request of her pediatrician and her parents. Her father is present with her. Kelsie reports that she would like to carry her tray in the cafeteria without spilling food, get up and down from her desk with less falls/clumsiness, go up and down stairs while carrying her backpack without using the rail, and rollerblade with her friends. Which of the following would be the most appropriate standardized test to use with Kelsie?

____ 6. Which of the following tests would compare the child’s score to the average score of the sample population in order to identify a delay in development?

____ 7. The Alberta Infant Motor Scale would be appropriate for:

____ 8. You are evaluating a 6-year-old girl with Down syndrome for school-based physical therapy services. Which of the following assessment tools will provide you with information about her school activities, participation, and mobility?

____ 9. If you want to assess the level of caregiver assistance or the types of modifications that a 4-year-old child with arthrogryposis needs to perform functional motor activities, your best choice for an assessment tool is which of the following?

____ 10. Which assessment tool has been validated for use specifically with children with cerebral palsy and Down syndrome?

____ 11. The evaluation process should:

____ 12. When possible, the best place for examination of a child is which of the following?

____ 13. Which of the following statements is false?

____ 14. Confidence intervals:

____ 15. Common criteria referenced tests include which of the following?

____ 16. Which of the following statements is false?

____ 17. What type of measure distinguishes children with or without a specific characteristic or impairment?

____ 18. Interviewing families and listening to their priorities for their children is an integral part of the:

____ 19. Quality of life:

____ 20. When documenting services for children:

____ 21. Screening tests:

____ 22. A child’s motor performance:

____ 23. Which of the following statements is false?

____ 24. What type of test would be used to measure change in developmental skill acquisition of a 6-year-old child with autism?

____ 25. Read the following and determine whether this is a correct interpretation of test results: Paul is a 4-year-old child with weakness and developmental delay who scored in the 30th percentile for locomotion on the PDMS 2 (Peabody). In interpreting this score, you share with his parents that Paul scored equal to or worse than 30% of his peers in this area.

____ 26. Steven is a 5-year-old who presents for a physical therapy evaluation. His parents state that their chief concern is that he often falls and trips. He is ambulatory, but demonstrates generalized weakness and difficulty with single limb stance skills. Which of the following tests and measures would be most appropriate as a baseline and outcome measure for physical therapy interventions to address his standing balance?

Short Answer

27. An 8-year-old boy has been referred for evaluation for physical therapy. His gym teacher reports that he is very strong and climbs stairs with ease, but that he is clumsy, cannot skip, and has difficulty following instructions in gym class. You suspect the boy has ______________________________ after observing his lack of motor planning on the playground at recess. What evaluation tool would you use for his formal examination?

28. What behavioral pain scale would you use for a child who is preverbal or nonverbal and cannot participate in a self-reported scale?

29. _______ is when a test can detect a dysfunction or disorder in a child who actually has the disorder.

30. Specifically, for young children, an assessment completed in the _____ should allow the therapist to observe the child’s best performance.

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