Deck 26: Communication and Social Skills

Question 1

Miguel is a young man who has reported difficulty with making friends. He goes to many social events and is able to initiate conversations; however, he has difficulty maintaining conversations because he has difficulty following the conversation, especially if he is talking to a group of people. In these situations, he finds himself getting easily distracted and has difficulty organizing his thoughts to respond to questions. Which client factor does this best represent?

A) Cognitive skills
B) Executive functions
C) Emotion perception
D) Empathy

Answer 1

B

Question 2

You are working in a dementia-care unit. Many of your clients have difficulty with communication because of limited verbal language. You believe the use of visual supports will help your clients communicate their needs, as well as help with sequencing their daily schedules. Which of the following best represents a visual support?

A) Communication board
B) Picture exchange communication system
C) iPad
D) Social skills training

Answer 2

A

Question 3

As a school-based practitioner working with children with autism, you decide you want to aid communication in your clients by asking another classmate to assist by acting as a mentor. These classmates will be trained in how to interact with another child, share toys, and engage in strategies to promote interaction. Which intervention does this best represent?

A) Augmentative and alternative communication
B) Social skills training
C) Peer-mediated intervention
D) Joint attention training

Answer 3

C

Question 4

You are working with a 19-year-old male who has been described as "manipulative" and egocentric, demonstrating cognitive inflexibility and limited insight into his contributions in his interpersonal difficulties. Which mental health disorder does this best represent?

A) Autism
B) Schizophrenia
C) Dementia
D) Personality disorder

Question 5

You are a school-based practitioner and are looking for an assessment for children with autism. In particular, you want to measure social awareness, cognition, communication, and motivation, as well as restricted interests and repetitive behavior. You decide you want to gather information from the children's parents and teachers to get a better idea of what areas of communication and socialization are particularly difficult for each child. Which assessment would you choose?

A) Social profile
B) Social responsiveness scale
C) Sensory profile
D) Assessment of communication and interaction skills

Question 6

You are working with a client who was referred to occupational therapy because of difficulty with social and communication skills, which is negatively impacting her ability to maintain employment. Specifically, she has difficulty with awareness of how she responds to others. For example, she often displays defensiveness and irritation to questions that she perceives as confrontational. Although she has gotten feedback on this she denies it's a problem and therefore has not been able to modify her response behaviors. Which client factor does this best represent?

A) Cognitive skills
B) Executive functions
C) Emotion perception
D) Empathy

Question 7

You are working in a child and maternal health program and are looking to adopt a theory to guide your practice in the area of social and communication skills. You decide a theory that looks at emotional connections between the child and parent would be best for your practice. One thing you like about the theory is it can guide you in designing a prevention program for at-risk parents, as it will allow you to begin educating parents on how to connect with their children. In addition, you can use it with parents with older children to facilitate the development of coping skills related to emotion regulation issues that interfere with effective communication. Which social skills theory best fits your needs?

A) Attachment theory
B) Social cognition
C) Social learning theory
D) Group development theory

Question 8

You are working in a community mental health center where the occupational therapy practitioners use the Model of Human Occupation as their practice model. You are looking for an assessment that is associated with this model to examine social skills. In particular, you want an assessment that will allow you to observe your client's social skills in a variety of environments and activities. Which assessment would you choose?

A) Social profile
B) Social responsiveness scale
C) Sensory profile
D) Assessment of communication and interaction skills

Question 9

Which of the following is one of the steps included in social skills training?

A) Discuss resistance/ambivalence
B) Mindfulness
C) Joint attention training
D) Homework