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Occupational Therapy Assistant

Category - Implementing Interventions

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Annie, your 8-year-old student with cerebral palsy, hates wearing her bilateral wrist splints and is repeatedly refusing to cooperate when her paraprofessional attempts to put them on her. You notice red areas on Annie’s skin near the head of the radius, ulnar prominence, and CMC joint of the thumb. What do you and your OT department conclude is the problem?
  1. Annie’s splints are made of the wrong material and need to be replaced.
  2. Annie is just being difficult and must be forced to wear her splints.
  3. Annie’s splints are too small and need to be replaced with larger splints.
  4. Annie’s splints are ugly, so she does not want to wear them.
Explanation
Answer: C. The red areas you observe are near bony prominences, indicating that Annie’s splints are getting too small for her. The splints need to be replaced with larger ones.
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