Graded activity is defined as systematically adjusting task demands to match the client’s current ability; example: starting with simplified steps or built-up utensils and then increasing complexity.

Graded activity is defined as systematically adjusting task demands to match the client’s current ability; example: starting with simplified steps or built-up utensils and then increasing complexity.

• A. Providing the same task regardless of ability.
• B. Systematically increasing task demands regardless of ability.
• C. Systematically adjusting task demands to match the client’s current ability; example: starting with simplified steps or built-up utensils and then increasing complexity.
• D. Focusing only on patient motivation.

Answer: (C)

Graded activity centers on tailoring the difficulty of a task to what the client can do now and then gradually making it more challenging as their ability improves. The example—beginning with simplified steps or built-up utensils and then increasing complexity—demonstrates this: you reduce the initial demands to ensure successful performance, build confidence, and then progressively raise the challenge to promote skill and endurance. This approach is distinct from doing the same task regardless of ability, which ignores the person’s current capacity; from pushing demands without regard to readiness, which can overwhelm or frustrate; and from focusing only on motivation, which doesn’t address how to structure tasks to match and advance ability.

Graded activity centers on tailoring the difficulty of a task to what the client can do now and then gradually making it more challenging as their ability improves. The example—beginning with simplified steps or built-up utensils and then increasing complexity—demonstrates this: you reduce the initial demands to ensure successful performance, build confidence, and then progressively raise the challenge to promote skill and endurance.

This approach is distinct from doing the same task regardless of ability, which ignores the person’s current capacity; from pushing demands without regard to readiness, which can overwhelm or frustrate; and from focusing only on motivation, which doesn’t address how to structure tasks to match and advance ability.