Brain
The command center of the body
What is the brain?
Causes of brain injuries (List 3+)
What is a blow to the head? A stroke? Brain tumor? Encephalitis? Lack of oxygen?
Help people regain their physical function, relearn daily tasks, and restore their fitness and wellness
What is a physical therapist?
Difficulty shifting focus between tasks
What are attention deficits?
The left half of the brain controls this side of the body
What is the right side?
Severities of brain injuries
What are mild, moderate, and severe?
Address social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral concerns that occur with traumatic injuries
What is a counselor?
Difficulty storing and recalling information
What are memory deficits?
The different areas of the brain (Hint: there are 4 of them)
What are lobes?
A mild form of a TBI
What is a concussion?
Facilitate growth of the cognitive and behavioral skills, learning strategies, communication abilities, and swallow functions needed to achieve those goals
What is a speech therapist?
Causes a person to have trouble understanding, speaking, reading, and/or writing
What is aphasia?
The four lobes of the brain
What are frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital lobes?
Term used to describe all types of brain injury that occur after birth
What is an acquired brain injury (ABI)?
Address visual impairments, arm impairments, and cognitive impairments that may negatively impact performance in activities of daily living after brain injury
What is an occupational therapist?
Difficulty planning, focusing attention, and/or juggling multiple tasks successfully
What are executive functioning deficits?
Lobe of the brain that controls vision
What is the occipital lobe?
A bump, blow, or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
Often involved in testing and creating rehabilitation plans based on the areas of the brain that are injured
What is a neuropsychologist?
Limited self-awareness of understanding of the impact the brain injury has had on them.
What is lack of insight?