4.2 - TBI in Children and Adolescents (Roberta DePompei) Flashcards
What 3 life arenas can be affected in children with TBI?
Classroom learning
Behavior
Community participation
What are the two types of brain injury?
Congenital
Acquired
What are the two types of acquired brain injuries?
Traumatic
Non-traumatic
What are the two types of traumatic brain injuries?
Closed head
Open head
What are the four major part of the brain’s nerve cells?
Axons
Dendrites
Receptor sites
Neurotransmitters
Why would language be believed to be neutral association?
It is the result of global linkages between nerve cell circuits
What happens to neural pathways when we learn something new?
They rewire
What is strategic learning?
2
Efficiently extracting important information
Efficiently inhibiting unimportant information (to not use up vital storage capacity)
What kind of learning is the brain most effective at?
2
Abstracting meaning
Not storing detail
How is strategic learning affected after TBI?
It impaired
The individual might have trouble summarizing, finding main idea, and interpreting statements
What is the theory behind the learning of high capacity and low capacity individuals?
High capacity individuals are more efficient at learning only relevant information
Low capacity individuals inefficiently encode and learn irrelevant informations
When does strategic learning begin?
What does this mean for children after TBI?
Early years
They should be provided with specific interventions early
What 4 things drive the Under-Identification Cycles of children suffering from the effects of TBI?
Apparent Low Incidence Rate (probably not true)
Lack of Awareness of TBI-specific issues
Lack of Research Money
Lack of training
What 5 things may prevent a child from being referred for SLP services post-TBI?
Lack of medical referral
Lack of parental recognition
Developmental bias that they will be OK
Many “look good” physically
Lack of public awareness
What often happens to children who do not receive intervention after TBI?
They can end up in…
– Mental health systems
– Penal institutions
– Welfare rolls
– Social service agencies
What Attention Disorders can be found in children post-TBI?
4
Sustaining attention
Easily fatigued
Impaired selective attention
Poor shifting of attention (gets lost in group conversations)
What Memory Disorders can be found in children post-TBI?
4
Poor rote learning
Short term memory difficulties
Difficulty organizing information to store
Can’t recognize what is “important” to store
What Planning Disorders can be found in children post-TBI?
7
Impaired ability to abstract
Can’t inhibit action resulting in impulsive or perseverative responses
Slowed initiation time
Can’t start to solve a problem
Can’t sequence information
Doesn’t learn from mistakes
Doesn’t know when, where or how to ask for help