An OTR is working with a client with mild ideomotor apraxia…
An OTR is working with a client with mild ideomotor apraxia in her dominant right upper extremity following carbon monoxide poisoning. This client has good insight into her deficits and is asking for ‘homework’ to do between therapy sessions to improve her motor control. Which of the following interventions is most appropriate?
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An OTR is using videotaping to provide feedback to a client on performance during social interactions (i.e. asking for assistance during a group session). When viewing the tape together the OTR asks the client during one interaction “Can you see anything you would do differently?” What type of cue is being provided to promote awareness in this client?
Read DetailsA client being seen in inpatient therapy ~3 weeks a TBI disp…
A client being seen in inpatient therapy ~3 weeks a TBI displays severe impairments on immediate and delayed recall components of the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test. In addition this client asks various staff and family members “Where am I? What happened?” up to 40 times a day. This behavior is interfering with the clients’ ability to complete functional tasks and is very distressing to her family. What training technique would you use to teach this client how to use an external memory aid?
Read DetailsOur task is to measure the volume of blood in an elephant. O…
Our task is to measure the volume of blood in an elephant. One way to do this would be to drain its blood into a suitable container. Aside from harmful side effects which this method has on the elephant, it will not be successful, as blood will still remain behind in the tissues. Hence, we will inject 2.00 ml of a 2.00 M solution of a dye which the elephant will not appreciably metabolize or excrete in one hour and then measure the concentration of this dye in the bloodstream (our sample being taken from another leg than the point of injection) after 30 minutes, a sufficient time to thoroughly mix the dye in the bloodstream. The concentration of dye at this point is 1.25 x 10-5 M. What is the volume of blood in the elephant?
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