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What questionnaire could you use to identify mild TBI students?
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SAFE questionnaire
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Describe the SAFE questionnaire.
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-Serious illness; Accidents; Falls; Emergency room visits
-ask yes/no -How many times? -changes associated with the incident |
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What are mild TBI students often misdiagnosed as?
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-LD
-bipolar -depression -BD -ADHD |
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What is neurocognitive stall?
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child has an early injury and look good, but then are unable to keep up with peers later on
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What are similarities between TBI and LD?
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-problems with: attention, thought organization, problem solving, social appropriateness, impulse control
-learning problems despite normal IQ -uneven cognitive profile |
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What types of treatment would TBI and LD both benefit from?
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-task analysis
-multisensory approaches -teaching to strengths -compensatory strategies -focus on metacognition |
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TBI or LD: distinct gaps in knowledge
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TBI
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TBI or LD: no orientation problems
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LD
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TBI or LD: previously mastered core skills
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TBI
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TBI or LD: have always struggled with learning
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LD
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TBI or LD: emotional/self-esteem issues due to long-term struggle with academic success
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LD
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TBI or LD: steady progress
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LD
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TBI or LD: re-acquiring previously-mastered skills
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TBI
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True or false: Students injured as young children often manage well during elementary school and need minimal accommodations.
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True: but be proactive, monitor, and anticipate future problems
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What are some consequences of mild TBI?
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-dizziness
-headaches -light sensitivity -balance problems -distractibility -memory problems -seizures -anxiety -fatigue |
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What are the biggest problems for TBI students?
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-attention/concentration
-executive functioning -slowed processing speed |
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What are the 3 treatment approaches for cognitive losses?
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-restoration
-environmental modifications -compensations |
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What is restoration tx for cognitive losses?
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attempt to restore damaged functioning
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What does restoration tx for cognitive losses require? AND when is it most successful?
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-requires changes in brain structures (new txs involving neural feedback)
-primarily successful during acute recovery |
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What types of patients does neural feed back work well for?
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ADHD, anxiety disorder, and some LD
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What is environmental manipulation?
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make changes in the environment to compensate for persistent deficits (change environment rather than the person)
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What is compensation?
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teach strategies that help the person work around persistent deficits
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What are common accommodations?
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-note takers
-copy of notes -distraction-free environment -audio recordings of lectures -preferential seating -books on tape -shortened school days -rest periods -extended time -fewer classes -FM systems -opportunities to repeat tests/assignments |
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What are strategies for maximizing classroom performance?
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-pay attention to social skills
-keep expectations high -present new material in small chunks and in highly organized manners |
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For maximizing classroom performance, how do you monitor social skills?
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-select work groups carefully
-use role playing to practice interaction skills -encourage appropriate and realistic extracurricular activities |
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For maximizing classroom performance, how do you keep expectations high?
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-provide opportunities for practice that do not penalize students
-do not accept sub-standard performance -remember that learning is the goal -always give students the option of trying again |
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For maximizing classroom performance, how do you present new material in small chunks and in highly organized manners?
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-give step-by-step procedures
-draw semantic maps -be overt in your organization -provide outlines of main points -repeat information as needed -review and check mastery often |
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What are types of attention problems?
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-focused or sustained attention
-selective attention -alternating attention -divided attention (most vocational situations require this) |
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What are some not-so-obvious tasks you will need to teach TBI survivors?
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-what it feels like to pay attention
-direct instruction about strategy use |
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What 2 purposes do most academic tasks have?
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-to teach content information
-to teach a new way of thinking |
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What are some strategies to teach?
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-mnemonics
-visual organization -break procedures into small steps -learn concepts rather than individual facts -organizing, sequencing, and pragmatics for presentations |