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MH test 4

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One way to facilitate cohesiveness is by:
Adjusting the length and frequency of meetings
What is a mental health group?
A collection of people who have a shared purpose in being together
which of the following is NOT true about groups?
Considered cost effective even if the individuals needs are somewhat met
What helps group members establish a sense of "we-ness"
Cohesiveness
The ________ of the norms in groups effect cohesiveness
Clarity (clarify goals)
Susan, Tracy, Billy, and Joel are all meeting in the gym for a group which uses yoga to decrease stress. The OTA placed everyone appropriately spaced apart then started group but failed to discuss at the beginning of the group why yoga can help with stress reduction. This is an example of NOT what?
Establishing a commonality that supports cohesiveness
An OTA must consider the cohesiveness of a group before implementing any activities that support?
Self disclosure or performance of any unfamiliar task
Group roles fall into 3 categories, which are:
-Task roles, Group maintenance roles, & anti/egocentric rules
In order to identify which functional group roles are needed for the persons occupational role, the OTA should:
analyze which role the person can assume and which role the person needs to develop further.... (then you watch them interact)
An elaborator role would most likely do what in a group?
Take ideas and build on them to access consequences of proposed ideas.
__________ interaction is usually a skill learned between 18 months to 2 years. There is minimal to no interactions and needs maximum direction from the leader.
Parallel interaction
Cole identified ____ important elements for introducing a group.
7
In a group the leader's behavior should have all the following components except?
Spontaneous authority
When planning an activity group, the OTA first identified the patients who needed the group. What must the OTA do next?
assess the groups specific needs and the general level of the groups skills
A good group protocol should always include the following:
a. Identify a purpose
b. Identify the type of person that would benefit from this group
c. Clarify goals and identify how you will know the member has met the goals
D. All the above (D)
Ross and Berdith developed a group approach for individuals who have significant impairments in mental disorder and neurological conditions which are based on the approach of?
Sensory Integration
At what stage in Ross and Berdith group approach should games like Simon says, large dominos and relay races be used?
Stage 6
A program eval is used to determine if a program is what?
meeting and achieving the objective
When selecting an activity only activities that are well matched to the client should be used and considered.
TRUE
Only the OTR can select the best activity to use with a particular group of clients.
FALSE
When analyzing the activity, all the following should be considered except:
Determining if the client will enjoy the activity
An OTA will most often analyze activities to help a client reach and identify an intervention goal by using 3 steps to adapt an activity. What step is NOT used for adapting an activity?
Changing the behavior plan and adapting new goals to improve activity completion
An OTA can grade an activity to help clients and performance by looking at?
a. Problem solving
b. Interactions from others
c. Both A & B
When grading of an activity the client begins where they are
Capable
Substituting or changing tools, materials, and directions to enable performance by a patient is known as?
Adaptation
What activity would the OTA most likely select to provide the greatest opportunity for development in decision making?
Magazine picture collage
What activity is most gradable in its demand for problem solving
Cooking
Analyzing activity without a client present can introduce errors.
TRUE
Dynamic performance analysis is a method for analyzing an activity during client performance of the activity.
TRUE
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