AOTA Intervention Strategies & Approaches 3

Question 1

Which of the following is a hallmark of the ALERT Program (How Does Your Engine Run®) as an SI-informed intervention?

Accepted Answer

Teaching children to identify and self-regulate their arousal level using a car engine metaphor

Answer

The ALERT Program uses the metaphor of an engine running too high, too low, or just right to help children develop self-awareness and self-regulation strategies.

Question 2

A therapist provides joint compression and heavy resistive activities before a child performs fine motor tasks. The PRIMARY rationale is that proprioception:

Accepted Answer

Provides organizing input that enhances body awareness and supports postural stability for skilled hand use

Answer

Proprioception from heavy work organizes the nervous system and provides body schema information that underpins the postural control needed for fine motor performance.

Question 3

Which statement BEST reflects the role of the therapeutic relationship in Ayres Sensory Integration® intervention?

Accepted Answer

The therapist acts as a play partner who modifies the environment to present just-right challenges

Answer

In ASI, the therapist is an active, responsive play partner who engineers the environment and activities to elicit adaptive responses within a supportive relationship.

Question 4

When implementing sensory integration intervention with an infant in the NICU, which approach is MOST consistent with SI principles?

Accepted Answer

Reading infant behavioral cues to provide contingent, graded sensory input that supports state regulation

Answer

SI principles in the NICU center on reading infant cues and providing individualized, contingent sensory input to support state regulation and development.

Question 5

A therapist is grading a therapy session for a child with sensory underresponsivity. Which strategy is MOST appropriate to increase registration?

Accepted Answer

Introducing unexpected, high-intensity, varied sensory inputs to promote novelty and arousal

Answer

Children with sensory underresponsivity require higher-intensity, novel, or varied inputs to reach the detection threshold needed for nervous system registration.

(AOTA) AOTA Sensory Integration Certification Practice Test

(AOTA) AOTA Sensory Integration Certification Practice Test

AOTA Intervention Strategies & Approaches 3