Assessments

Question 1

Brief Test of Head Injury

Answer 1

deficits in patients with traumatic brain injury during early stages of recovery.
14 years-adult
bedside or in clinical setting

Question 2

Scales of Cognitive Ability for Traumatic Brain Injury (SCATBI)

Answer 2

• Assess cognitive deficits
• For adolescents and adults
• For TBI, Nonpenetrating trauma to the head
• This test was normed on both head injured pts and matched adults with no history of head injury

Question 3

Mini-Inventory of Right Brain Injury-2

Answer 3

• ages 20-80
• for individuals with right brain damage
• allows you to quickly screen clients for neurocognitive deficits associated with right hemisphere lesions
• determine severity of deficit

Question 4

Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies (FAVRES)

Answer 4

• For acquired brain injury
• requires processing of ‘real life’ amounts of information, analysis of several factors, integration of a variety of types of stimuli, and formulation of written and oral responses

Question 5

Ross Information Processing Assessment-2nd ed

RIPA-2

Answer 5

Comprehensive and norm referenced battery for TBI

The purpose is to identify and quantify information-processing deficits and assist in est. rehabilitation

Question 6

Arizona Battery for Communication Disorders of Dementia

ABCD

Answer 6

Comprehensive assessment and screening tool for Alzheimer’s Disease

Question 7

Treatment for Aphasic Perseveration

TAP

Answer 7

Functional goal is to reduce recurrent verbal perseverations that block retrieval and production of correct target substantive words