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OTA Exam - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

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Oculomotor Skills   multiple coordinated eye movements produced by the eye muscles   difficulty in finding and holding the correct head position interferes with maintaining a stable visual field which provides the base of support for the eye movements   examples include reading, writing, and finding keys on a keyboard   interventions include having the child ride a scooter board in prone while reaching for toys  
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Visual Field   the entire area that can be seen while the eye is fixing or gazing steadily at a target in the direct line of vision   strong neck muscles are needed for a stable visual field      
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Visual Fixation   sustained eye gaze   in the direction of a target is necessary for adls and iadls   children who have limited convergence, or "simultaneous turning of the eyes inward," are unable to bring their eyes together well enough to see objects close their face   interventions include encouraging child to watch an appealing object move slowly toward their nose  
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Head-Eye Dissociation   the ability to move the eyes independently without moving the head   the inability to separate head and eye movements interferes with writing and finding symbols on a communication board   children who have poor visual tracking skills (following moving targets with smooth eye movements) often lose focus while trying to follow or find an object   interventions include moving a toy in vertical, horizontal, and circular movements while the child watches. playing with cars, bubbles, and balloons also helps  
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Quick Localization   pinpointing items with the eyes   required to find the next line of text while reading   interventions include connect-the-dot, mazes, cards games, shape matching activities (chose activities that require moving eyes quickly between targets)    
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Oculomotor Interfering Factors   weakness of neck and eye muscles, poor discrimination or interpretation of proprioceptive feedback in the neck and eyes, nystagmus (involuntary jerking of eyes)   interventions include strengtheing exercises for neck flexion and extension      
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Visual Perception   the ability to interpret and use what is seen. the capacity to interpret sensory input, recognize similarities and differences, and assign meaning to what is seen   the ability to discern edges, shapes, light and dark, figure-ground discrimination, visual closure, and spatial orientation and relations   it requires cognitive analysis and perception through sight    
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Object Perception   visual identification of objects by color, texture, shape, and size: what things are        
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Form Constancy   the recognition of forms and objects as the same various environments, positions, and sizes   allows children to recognize a letter as the same whether it is lowercase, uppercase, cursive, or italic   interventions include having the child compare the details of various pictures or shapes to determine whether the forms are the same    
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Figure-ground Discrimination   the ability to distinguish important foreground features from background objects   examples include finding a pencil on a cluttered desk   interventions include worksheets such as "Where's Waldo" and "Find What's Different." these worksheets are available in bookstores and equipment catalogs    
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Spacial Perception   visual location of objects in space: where things are. provides the awareness of an object's position in relation to the observer or the perception of the direction in which it is turned   provides basis for concepts: in, out, off, on, beside behind. usually begins to develop around 30 months of age   examples include deciphering one word as separate from another while reading and to space letters evenly while writing   interventions include using directional terms during their actions, provide obstacle courses and playground activities in which the child must use spacial concepts  
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Visuomotor Skills   require coordination of the eyes with the hands or feet such that the eyes guide complex, precise limb movements   also referred to as eye-hand/eye-foot skills   examples include following dot-to-dot patterns, drawing, writing, using a computer, cutting with scissors, moving through an obstacle course    
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Visual Acuity   the capacity to discriminate the fine details of objects in the visual field. a descriptive means of expressing the sharpness, clearness, and distinctness of vision        
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Referral is recommended when...   the child brings objects close to eyes, squints, appears uable to see obstacles and people, unable to see writing on blackboard   the COTA should watch for asymmetry in the eyes, how the eyes and head moves, skipping words or lines when reading, difficulty finding symbols or pictures on a communication board      
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Gaze Shift   accurately moving the eyes from one target to another   required to find the next line of text while reading   interventions include connect-the-dot, mazes, cards games, shape matching activities (chose activities that require moving eyes quickly between targets)    
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