Which statement most closely reflects the OT intervention for a child who has a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

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Children and adolescents with TBIs are referred for OT because of their inability to function in the areas of occupation (ADLs, IADLs, education, work, play, and social participation; see Box 13-12).The trauma to the brain typically results in motor, cognitive, and emotional changes.Motor deficits may include abnormal muscle tone (changes in the resting state of a muscle typically resulting in increased muscle tone), hemiplegia (involvement of the arm and leg on one side of the body), and quadriplegia (involvement of both arms and legs).As the swelling of the brain begins to heal, some of the deficits may improve.Children and adolescents with TBI may need to relearn motor patterns.They may have musculoskeletal concerns secondary to tone problems and may require orthoses of the extremities to maintain and improve the ROM.OT practitioners work with children and adolescents who have sustained TBIs to help them relearn movements.OT practitioners address cognitive changes such as difficulty with attention and concentration, loss of memory, word-finding problems, and poor abstract thinking and reasoning.These children and adolescents may experience perceptual deficits that include lack of awareness of their surroundings and poor sequencing and timing skills.They may experience emotional changes such as lability (moods ranging from happy to tearful or angry), inappropriateness (e.g., cursing, touching, and disrobing), and personality changes.Children and adolescents with TBI may demonstrate a "flat" affect, showing little or no emotion.Often, aggressiveness, impulsivity, and irritability occur during recovery.

Which Statement Most Closely Reflects the OT Intervention for a Child