AOTA Postural Control & Praxis 3

Question 1

The 'just right challenge' principle in Ayres Sensory Integration intervention means:

Accepted Answer

Offering activities slightly above the child's current ability to elicit adaptive responses

Answer

The 'just right challenge' presents activities slightly beyond current ability to engage the nervous system and promote adaptive responses without causing excessive frustration.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of Ayres' three major foundational sensory systems in sensory integration theory?

Accepted Answer

Auditory system

Answer

Ayres identified the vestibular, proprioceptive, and tactile systems as the three foundational sensory systems; auditory is a 'distance sense' not in this foundational triad.

Question 3

Difficulties crossing the body's midline during functional tasks may indicate problems with:

Accepted Answer

Bilateral integration and lateralization of brain function

Answer

Difficulty crossing the midline often reflects poor bilateral integration and underdeveloped cerebral lateralization.

Question 4

The SIPT subtest that specifically measures the ability to replicate unusual body positions demonstrated by the examiner is:

Accepted Answer

Postural Praxis

Answer

The Postural Praxis subtest measures the child's ability to imitate unusual whole-body positions demonstrated by the examiner, assessing motor planning via the postural system.

Question 5

Poor kinesthesia (akinesthesia) contributes to dyspraxia primarily because:

Accepted Answer

It limits awareness of limb movement, impairing the body scheme needed for motor planning

Answer

Kinesthesia provides moment-to-moment awareness of body movement; without it, the body scheme underlying effective motor planning is compromised.

(AOTA) AOTA Sensory Integration Certification Practice Test

(AOTA) AOTA Sensory Integration Certification Practice Test

AOTA Postural Control & Praxis 3