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Occupational Therapy Assistant

Category - Implementing Interventions

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Your student has limited mobility. After performing passive range of motion on the student in supine, how do you position him in side lying to work on active reaching?
  1. Logroll the student to side lying. Then position the top leg, so it is bent and in front of the bottom leg.
  2. Logroll the student to side lying. Then position the bottom leg, so it is bent and in front of the top leg.
  3. Assist the student to sit up in long sitting. Then help the student shift his hips to the side and assist him to lie back down.
  4. Assist the student to sit up on the edge of the mat. Then help the student shift his hips to the side and assist him to lie back down.
Explanation
Answer: A. To position your student in side lying, logroll him to side lying. Then position the top leg, so it is bent and in front of the bottom leg. This prevents the student from rolling on to his stomach and leaves the top arm free for reaching.
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