Occupational Therapy Assistant

Category - Acquiring Information

Susan, your 53-year-old hand patient, tells you that she thinks the fine motor tasks you have her do in therapy are silly. What could you do to make therapy more interesting for Susan?
  1. Find out what Susan’s interests are and provide fine motor tasks that are aligned with them.
  2. Tell Susan that the activities will help her get better and ask her to do them anyway.
  3. Allow Susan to select her own fine motor activities for her therapy sessions.
  4. Discontinue treatment because Susan feels therapy is not helping her.
Explanation
Answer: A. Find out what Susan’s interests are and provide fine motor tasks that are aligned with them. Susan will be more vested in working on fine motor tasks if they are interesting and meaningful to her.
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