Assessment & Evaluation in Therapeutic Recreation Flashcards

The Comprehensive Evaluation in Recreational Therapy — Physical Disabilities (CERT-PD) was designed primarily for use with clients in which setting?

Answer: Physical rehabilitation or physical disability settings

The CERT-PD was specifically developed to assess recreational therapy functional abilities in clients with physical disabilities in rehabilitation contexts.

A CTRS notices that a standardized assessment was normed exclusively on White, middle-class American adults. What ethical concern does this raise when using it with diverse populations?

Answer: Cultural bias that may invalidate results for clients with different cultural backgrounds

Assessments normed on non-representative samples may reflect cultural bias, leading to inaccurate and potentially discriminatory conclusions for clients outside that norm group.

Which type of assessment focuses on identifying what a client CAN do rather than cataloguing deficits?

Answer: Strengths-based assessment

Strengths-based assessment emphasizes the client's existing capacities, resources, and positive attributes to build therapeutic programming.

A CTRS calculates that a client scored at the 40th percentile on a leisure functioning measure. What does this mean?

Answer: The client scored higher than 40% of the normative sample

A percentile rank of 40 means the client performed as well as or better than 40% of the individuals in the normative comparison group.

When using an interview format for TR assessment, open-ended questions are preferred over closed-ended questions because they:

Answer: Elicit richer, more detailed client responses and allow expression in the client's own words

Open-ended questions invite elaboration and narrative, providing qualitative depth that closed yes/no questions cannot capture.

A CTRS is summarizing assessment results to present at an interdisciplinary team meeting. Which approach BEST reflects professional communication of TR findings?

Answer: Use functional language tied to measurable outcomes and connect TR findings to overall treatment goals

Interdisciplinary communication is most effective when TR findings are framed in functional, outcome-oriented language that connects to shared team goals.

Under the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) framework, which category would 'participation restrictions in community leisure activities' fall under?

Answer: Participation

Under the ICF model, involvement in life situations such as community leisure participation is classified under the Participation domain.