Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders

Question 1

Disorders

Answer 1

Present at varying degrees and may interfere with child’s ability to participate in assessment and treatment

May use Ranchos Levels of Cognitive Functional- uses behavioral observation to categorize child’s functioning level and classifies pediatric level of consciousness

Question 2

Visuospatial and Perceptual Impairments

Answer 2

difficulty distinguishing a give shape from surroundings
unable to put on orthosis and becomes dependent in functional mobility

Areas affected: occipital or temoral lobes

Question 3

Language Skill Impairments

Answer 3

Expressive or receptive
Temporal lobe lesion
Impacts ability to follow instructions
Expressive impairs ability to communicate with others

Question 4

Memory disorders

Answer 4

Memory assessed with child’s ability to learn new material

Explicit Memory- memory for facts and events, medial temporal cerebral areas including hippocampus and diencephalic nuclei

Implicit Memory- ability to develop skills and habits–> learning motor skills
- includes sensory motor and prefrontal cerebral cortices, basal ganglia, and cerebellum

Question 5

Attention Difficulties

Answer 5

Low tolerance to frustration, poor social judgement, aggression, and impulsivity

Often experience global attention difficulties which often persist beyond the acute recovery phase and may affect performance and learning capabilities