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Caring for Yourself: Integrating Wellness and Self-Care for Parents of Children with Special Needs

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1.  What can be utilized to represent an overwhelmed parent in an OT-led workshop addressing parent/caregiver self-care? Cotton balls Dice Balloons Candy

2.  Approximately ______ of children under the age of 18 have a special healthcare need. 5% 10% 15% 50%

3.  According to the OT Practice Framework, what are three concepts in the OT domain and process that can be affected by caring for a child with special needs? Denial, grief, and acceptance Self-esteem, time-management, and role competence Success, motivation, and skills Health, well-being, and participation

4.  Occupations listed in the OT Practice Framework for parent/caregivers include all of the following EXCEPT: Financial management Life skills and work Health management and maintenance Sleep preparation and sleep participation

5.  One occupation that was consistently mentioned by parents/caregivers in the parent Caring for Yourself program that was affected by having a child with special needs was: Sleep participation Work Learning Swimming

6.  When working with pediatric clients on an individual basis, a way for an OT practitioner to consider the occupations of the parents would be to: Listen to parent needs and concerns before, during and after the treatment session with the child. Ask questions regarding parent occupations in IADLs, leisure, sleep and social participation. Create family-based interventions that are meaningful to the parent/caregiver. All of the above

7.  A sensory diet intervention aimed at increasing exposure of a preschool-aged child to multiple textures could be modified to include parent needs for more healthy meal preparation by: Creating a graded process of wearing different clothing textures Telling the parent to buy various bins and fill them with dried beans, sand, and cotton balls Have the child participate in making a fruit salad, using fruits of three different textures and then mixing/eating with her hands for the family meal. Telling the parent to paint with shaving cream with their child 4x per week

8.  OT can form an intervention focusing on a child's positioning techniques during meal times as well as the parent's need for sleep preparation in the evening by: Telling the parent to wake up early to stretch Encouraging family mealtime away from screens at dinner to increase the child's participation in the meal and reducing the parent's exposure to screens prior to bed Creating a built-up chair that allows the parent to eat dinner in front of the television while the child is eating his meal Having the parent spend 15 additional minutes at the dinner table each night to monitor positioning

9.  All of the following can be used as tools to help drive parent-centered interventions to accompany occupational therapy services for children with special needs EXCEPT: The Sensory Processing Measure American Medical Association's Caregiver Self-Assessment Questionnaire Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP) Observations of the parent/caregiver occupations

10.  OT-led parent groups should include which of the following? Provide food or include a healthy meal prep; provide childcare Focus on doing rather than too much discussion or dialogue: group case studies, physical activity, yoga, relaxation/breathing Include community resources and time to socialize (allow at least an hour per group) All of the above