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Chapter 50: Occupational Therapy’s Role in School Mental Health
Multiple Choice
1. Identify the federal initiative that was the first to draw attention to the mental health needs of students.
a. Education of All Handicapped Children Act
b. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
c. President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
d. World Health Organization
Topic: Overview of School Mental Health—Legislation and Policies
LO: 50.1
2. Which of the following is most reflective of a public health approach to school mental health?
a. Teachers should address the mental health needs of students.
b. School psychologists should address the mental health needs of students.
c. All school personnel should address mental health needs of students.
d. Parents should address the mental health needs of their children.
Topic: Overview of School Mental Health—Public Health Approach
LO: 50.1
3. Which of the following most accurately reflects mental health in children and youth?
a. Children with disabilities are at greater risk of experiencing mental health challenges than nondisabled peers.
b. Positive mental health in children is reflected in good behavior in school.
c. Mental health challenges are reflective of severe disorders.
d. Technology increases mental health in children and youth.
Topic: The Mental Health Continuum in Children and Youth
LO: 50.2 & 50.3
4. You are working with children in the school system and notice several have decreased social skills. Which of the following interventions has demonstrated the most effectiveness in promoting social competence?
a. Arts and crafts
b. Small group activities
c. Individual social skills training
d. Activities that utilize the students’ character strengths and talents
Topic: Occupational Therapy in School Mental Health
LO: 50.4
5. As an occupational therapy practitioner working in the schools, identify the most positive aspect of integrated services.
a. They allow you to work with students in private rooms to cut down on distractions and interruptions.
b. They allow you to work with students in their classrooms.
c. They allow you to integrate private practice interventions with school-based interventions.
d. They allow you to work in the natural contexts beyond the classroom that they engage in throughout the day.
Topic: Integrated Services and School Settings
LO: 50.5
6. Observation of a child’s emotional response to various activities, as well as what activities the child participates in throughout the day, best exemplifies which step of the occupational therapy process in school mental health?
a. Awareness
b. Assessment
c. Appraisal
d. Action
Topic: The Occupational Therapy Process
LO: 50.6
7. You are working with a child who has been demonstrating difficulty in activities that occur outside of the classroom. You want to gather information from the child’s teacher to get a better understanding of the child’s strengths and needs in activities that occur in nonacademic functional tasks. Which assessment would you choose?
a. School Function Assessment
b. Recess Environmental Scan
c. Cafeteria Environmental Scan
d. School Setting Interview
Topic: Assessments
LO: 50.7
8. Which of the following approaches best reflects the contribution an occupational therapy practitioner can make when working with students with intensive mental health needs?
a. Handwriting Without Tears
b. In-depth counseling
c. Medication recommendations
d. Sensory processing evaluation and intervention
Topic: Tier 3: Individualized Intensive Mental Health Interventions
LO: 50.8 & 50.9
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