C_S_D 4030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Intracranial Pressure, Aphasia, Respiratory Therapist
18 May 2016
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Not necessarily lesion size/site consider: medical status (illness), motivation. Dynamic vs static assessment less emphasis on norms emphasis on demonstrated change over time. Pica- looks at variability between high and low scores on similar subtests. Treatment format (freq, duration, format,) type of facility (acute care, rehab, etc); number of other therapies; reimbursement* Session length & frequency - 15-60 minutes; begin 2x/day; later 2-3x/week. Relatively immediate responses (or slight delay) consider self-corrections; reduce delays. Beginning- warm-up, review (familiar and successful activities) Middle- new activities, higher level tasks, goal directed (working at max. capacity, less success) end- cool-down (review, high success), termination- What the clinician does to improve patient"s performance: intensity and salience. Magnitude, strength, importance figure-ground (how it stands out); multiple modalities: clarity and intelligibility. Distinctiveness of visual stimuli; speech intelligibility: redundancy and context repetitions, paraphrasing, additional information appropriate background and contextual cues, novelty. Newness, new orientation or use of old item: cues and prompts.
