NCTRC exam

What does self-determination in the therapeutic recreation process focus on?

1. making decisions about one’s leisure

2. removing attitudinal barriers

3. shaping the client’s behavior

4. restoring health following an injury

Making decisions about one’s behaviour

Which process does a non-governmental agency use to grant recognition to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by an agency?

1. certification

2. licensure

3. registration

Certification

Which diagnosis is indicative of the following behaviours: no interest in peers, repetitive rocking, and emotional distress when routine changes, and repeats the CTRS’s questions without answering?

1. down syndrome

2. autism spectrum disorder

3. prader-willi syndrom

4. attention-deficit disorder

Autism spectrum disorder

• is characterized by challenges in social interaction, communication, and restricted or repetitive behaviors. Individuals may show little interest in peers and experience distress with changes in routine.

What should the CTRS do first after an individual treatment plan has been developed?

1. implement program

2. inform a supervision of the program outcome

3. document the plan in the clients record

Document the plan in the clients record

Which functional skills assessment is used to determine the social skills of clients with developmental disabilities?

1. teen leisurescope

2. FOX

3. Leisure attitude measurement

FOX

• The FOX assessment is designed to evaluate the social skills of clients with developmental disabilities, focusing on their ability to engage in leisure activities and interact with others.

Which therapeutic recreation practice model is designed to help clients recover from a threat to their health and achieve optimal health through participation in prescription activity, recreation, and leisure?

1. leisure ability

2. optimising lifelong health and wellbeing

3. health protection/heath promotion

4. self-determination and enjoyment enhancement

Health protection/health promotion

which secondary source should a CTRS use for when an assessment when unable to collect background information from a client who has dementia and expressive aphasia due to a recent cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?

1. medical chart

2. cognitive observation

3. family reports

Family reports

Which recording method of clients observation would be helpful when a CTRS needs to assess how much time a client is spending in a leisure activity?

1. interval

2. tally

3. duration

4. continuous

Duration

• duration sampling is used to measure time in task, endurance, length of event and the percentage of time that a behaviour occurred

Why are norms used in the interpretation of standardized assessment scores?

1. identifies leisure participation choice

2. establishes the intensity of problem behaviours

3. identifies whether a client can perform a specific task

4. compares a client to a reference group with similar characteristics

compares a client to a reference group with similar characteristics

Which process note segment is written correctly

1. the client was depressed and reluctant to participate in the activity

2. the client stated that he was tired and did not want to participate in the activity

3. the client was uncooperative and refused to participate in the activity

4. the client attended the activity but was depressed

the client stated that he was tired and did not want to participate in the activity

Which adaptive device would be helpful for a client who has experienced a right-side cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?

1. card holder

2. large-print cards

3. voice to text solfware

card holder

What primary functional skills for a client with duchennes muscular dystophy should a therapeutic recreation intervention address?

1. memory

2. gross motor

3. fine motor

4. concentration

gross motor

Based on assessment results, which intervention would initially meet a client’s needs who is isolated, withdrawn and express a desire to amke friends?

1. Tai chi

2. individualized tennis instruction

3. craft group

4. joining a community theater

craft group

Which statistical measurement informs a CTRS about how well the assessment results compare to what is being measured?

1. equivalent-forms reliability

2. criterion-related validity

3. test-retest reliability

4. construct validity

criterion-related validity

• tells us how well the tests scores compare to what is being measured

Which activity is a CTRS engaged in when meeting with the staff at a local recreation centre to discuss reasonable accommodations for a client?

1. advocacy

2. public relations

3. accountability

advocacy

which of the following is a competent of the problem-orientated medical record (POMR)