Cognitive Rehab Flashcards

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Brain injury rehabilitation involves 2 essential processes what are they?

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  1. Restoration of functions that can be restored
  2. Learning how to do things differently when functions cannot be restored to pre-injury level
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Example of cognition assessments?

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-Mini-mental*
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)*

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WHAT DO OT’s ASSESS:

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  • Alertness
  • Attention and concentration
  • Memory
  • Visual processing
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METACOGNITION:

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  • knowledge of own thinking processes. Includes thoughts about what one knows and does not know.
  • helps to provide self-awareness and self-regulation
  • Have Insight: clear understanding of situations, even if they are complex.
  • Ask a person how they will think they will preform
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Four Key Components of CRT

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  1. Education of cognitive weaknesses and strengths
  2. Development through retraining and practice
  3. use of internal and external compensatory strategies
  4. Application of skills in every day life
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Components of attention:

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— Select: critical details; sort essential from non-
essential information
— Divide: inhibit distractions; keep track
— Alternate: easily disengage focus when necessary
— Sustain: persist with activity

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*high level functional problem solving includes:

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  • identifying the problem
  • developing a plan
  • carrying out the plan
  • evaluating the outcome.
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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS:

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-Self-awareness- accurate idea of own strengths and weaknesses
-Goal setting- ability to set realistic achievable goals
-Self-initiation- starting a task without prompting
-Self-inhibition – stopping behaviour or thoughts that are inappropriate.
-Planning and organizing- establishing the steps required to carry out a task.
-Flexible problem solving- recognize and anticipate problems; come up with alternative solutions.

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What are the different types of feedback?

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  1. Verbal- direct feedback and cueing
  2. Non-verbal feedback- nodding, smiling, physical cues.
  3. Tick charts- an easy form of visual feedback.
  4. Videotaping- can be powerful especially for learning social skills. Remember to emphasize positive attributes as well.
  5. Computers- feedback is objective and may be less detrimental to self-esteem because client can work on their own.
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