NCTRC Facilitation Techniques and Activity Analysis Flashcards
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When selecting a facilitation technique for a client, which factor should the TR specialist consider FIRST?
Answer: The client's therapeutic goals and functional needs
The client's therapeutic goals and functional needs must guide technique selection to ensure interventions are purposeful and individualized rather than merely recreational.
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) in TR differs from animal-assisted activities (AAA) in that AAT:
Answer: Is goal-directed with documentation, delivered by a credentialed professional
AAT is a structured, goal-directed intervention delivered by a credentialed professional with documented outcomes, while AAA involves informal visits without specific therapeutic goals.
Which principle of motor learning suggests that providing feedback immediately after every trial may actually reduce long-term skill retention?
Answer: Augmented feedback dependency principle
Research on motor learning shows that too-frequent augmented feedback can create dependency, reducing the client's own error-detection and ultimately impairing long-term skill retention.
Therapeutic recreation specialists use 'debriefing' most commonly after which type of intervention?
Answer: Adventure and experiential learning activities
Debriefing follows adventure and experiential activities to help participants reflect on their experience, extract insights, and transfer learning to real-life situations.
Which environmental modification strategy best supports inclusion of a client using a wheelchair in a group crafts activity?
Answer: Adjusting table height and seating arrangement so the client participates alongside peers
Adjusting table height and seating ensures the client can actively participate at the same table as peers, supporting inclusion without segregation.
A TR specialist facilitating a music therapy session to reduce agitation in a client with dementia is applying which principle?
Answer: Sensory-based intervention to modulate emotional and behavioral states
Music activates sensory and emotional brain pathways, making it an effective sensory-based intervention for modulating agitation and improving mood in clients with dementia.