CTRS Assessment & Evaluation in Therapeutic Recreation 5

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Physical rehabilitation or physical disability settings

Answer

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

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Strengths-based assessment

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The client scored higher than 40% of the normative sample

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

(CTRS) Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Practice Test

(CTRS) Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Practice Test

CTRS Assessment & Evaluation in Therapeutic Recreation 5