Deck 14: Distilling Sensory Integration Theory for Use: Making Sense of the Complexity

Question 1

The schematic representation or model of sensory integration (SI) theory used throughout this book (see Chapters 1 and 14) is helpful in guiding intervention because ______________.

A)It is science-based, and links underlying sensory system deficits with functional skills or behaviors often targeted in intervention.
B)It provides a list of appropriate treatment activities for remediation of given or specific SI deficits.
C)It includes all the evidence-based components necessary for providing occupational therapy intervention using Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI).
D)It emphasizes the developmental sequence and progression for acquiring normal SI abilities, along with important outcomes of occupational therapy treatment using SI as a frame for reference.

Answer 1

It is science-based, and links underlying sensory system deficits with functional skills or behaviors often targeted in intervention.

Question 2

An intervention fidelity measure such as Ayres Sensory Integration Fidelity Measure (ASIFM) is important for _____________________.

A)Ensuring methodological rigor in all aspects of research design needed for randomized clinical trials used to evaluate the effects of an intervention such as ASI.
B)Guiding both clinical practice and efficacy research related to ASI intervention
C)Billing and insurance reimbursement purposes
D)Designing comprehensive patient education materials for all kinds of SI problems

Answer 2

Guiding both clinical practice and efficacy research related to ASI intervention

Question 3

Which of the following treatment activities or components would NOT be considered Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) based on the Fidelity Measure?

A)Ensuring child safety such as frequent monitoring and checking working order of the suspended therapy equipment
B)Providing a box of sensory gadgets (such as fidget toys)for the child to use in the classroom and alternate seating choices such as a therapy ball to assist with self-regulation when the child chooses
C)Providing the just right challenge for the child with opportunities for eliciting an adaptive response in the context of play
D)Spinning a child passively on a swing because the child asks for that input and tends to seek vestibular input

Answer 3

Providing a box of sensory gadgets (such as fidget toys)for the child to use in the classroom and alternate seating choices such as a therapy ball to assist with self-regulation when the child chooses

Question 4

Ayres Sensory Integration Fidelity Measure (ASIFM) is characterized by all the following EXCEPT ________________.

A)Process elements that address both the art and science of intervention
B)Structural elements for addressing contextual characteristics such as therapist training and qualities of the therapy space
C)Providing a means to measure procedural reliability for the delivery of intervention in research studies
D)Norm-referenced standardized scores

Question 5

Which of the following is a clinical reasoning model for guiding the delivery of intervention with children with sensory processing challenges?

A)The STEP-SI model
B)Ayres Sensory Integration Fidelity Measure
C)The Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests
D)The schematic model of sensory integration theory used throughout this book as depicted in Chapters 1 and 14

Question 6

The acronym STEP-SI as a model for intervening with children with sensory processing challenges refers to _________________________.

A)Sensory, Treatment, Environment, Play, Self-monitoring, Interaction
B)Sensation, Task, Environment, Predictability, Self-monitoring, and Interaction
C)Skill, Therapist thinking, Environment, Playfulness, Sensory regulation, and Intervention
D)Sensation, Treatment, Empowerment, Predictability, Self-directed, and Imagination

Question 7

Predictability as a component of the STEP-SI model refers to ______________________.

A)Having an organized, clean, comfortable, and safe treatment space
B)Providing novelty in treatment but with clear expectations, and some structure and routine
C)Moving children from dependence on external cues to being more self-directed
D)Using the same set of play activities that the child enjoys over and over again in treatment sessions