Meeting The Physical Therapy Needs of Children 1st Edition by Susan K. Effgen – Test Bank

Chapter 11. Early Intervention

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

____ 1. Early intervention, as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, refers to children ages
A. birth through 2 years of age.
B. birth to 5 years of age.
C. 3 to 5 years of age.
D. 3 to 8 years of age.

____ 2. The document that guides the early intervention program for a specific family is which of the following?
A. Individualized Education Program (IEP)
B. Instructional Health Services Plan (IHSP)
C. Personal Future Planning Program (PFPP)
D. Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP)

____ 3. Which of the following is not one of the five developmental areas required in assessment prior to IFSP development?
A. Communication
B. Cognition
C. Memory
D. Physical
E. Adaptive Skills

____ 4. Early intervention should occur
A. in a center-based program.
B. in a physician’s office.
C. in the child’s natural environment.
D. in the public school setting.

____ 5. Who should guide the focus of early intervention based on their priorities and concerns?
A. The physician
B. The family
C. The physical therapist
D. The primary service coordinator

____ 6. Which is considered the most functional, natural form of early intervention?
A. Clinician-directed treatment
B. Activity-based instruction
C. Individual instruction with only the child and clinician present
D. None of the above

____ 7. Which technique(s) assist the therapist and family in integrating therapeutic objectives into the family’s daily lives?
A. Intervention in the child’s natural environment
B. Activity-based instruction
C. Use of catalogs and matrixes
D. All of the above

____ 8. How many days prior to the child’s third birthday should a transition meeting be held with the receiving school program?
A. 45 days
B. 90 days
C. 4 months
D. This process is not necessary

____ 9. What is the optimal team formation for early intervention?
A. An interdisciplinary team
B. A multidisciplinary team
C. A transdisciplinary team
D. None of the above

____ 10. To increase the likelihood of a young child achieving a functional task,
A. the intensity of physical therapy should be increased.
B. everyone should focus on just the motor goal.
C. intervention should be discipline specific.
D. everyone must help find opportunities for high-volume, task-specific practice.

Chapter 11. Early Intervention
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A
Rationale: IDEA specifies that children ages 0 to 36 months are eligible for early intervention.

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2. ANS: D
Rationale: Children ages 0 to 36 months receive an IFSP. Children 3 to 21 years receive an IEP.

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3. ANS: C
Rationale: The fifth area assessed is social/emotional development.

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4. ANS: C
Rationale: A natural environment is defined as settings that are natural or normal for the child’s same-age peers who do not have disabilities. Research has shown that children act differently in familiar locations than they do in an unfamiliar location.

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5. ANS: B
Rationale: Family-centered services acknowledges that the family is in the best position to observe and determine difficulties and encourage and implement programs.

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6. ANS: B
Rationale: Instructional activities are imbedded into functional activities that occur regularly in the child’s day.

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7. ANS: D
Rationale: Performing therapeutic techniques in the natural environment allows the therapist to incorporate therapy directly into the child’s daily routine. Activity-based instruction uses functional activities the family already performs to implement treatment. Catalogs and matrixes are methods to imbed activities into daily routines and monitor implementation.

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8. ANS: B
Rationale: According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a transition meeting should be held with the receiving school program 90 days before the child’s third birthday.

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9. ANS: C
Rationale: The transdisciplinary team allows for role release and the integration of outcomes. In addition, all team members as well as the family reinforce all outcomes on a regular basis.

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10. ANS: D
Rationale: Everyone must help find opportunities for the child to engage in high-volume, task-specific practice of target behaviors (Hickman et al., 2011) to help achieve the goal. Everyone should not just focus on just the motor goal, nor should physical therapy necessarily be increased.

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