Lecture 4 - FAVRES Flashcards
What does FAVRES stand for?
The Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning & Executive Strategies
One goal of the FAVRES is to assess _____ cognitive communication deficits
subtle
What are subtle or higher level deficits in CC?
- deficits that cause one to ‘pass the test but fail at life’
- deficits apparent in daily life but not on structured testing
Higher level cognitive communication disorders involve deficits in which possible areas?
- complex comprehension
- discourse
- social interaction & pragmatics
- verbal reasoning
- executive functioning
According to the functional integrative view of communication, communication exists at the __________ of cognitive, linguistic and psychosocial/emotional abilities
interface
What are examples of subtle deficits in complex comprehension in ABI?
Difficulties:
- discriminating relevant vs. irrelevant
- detecting speaker’s purpose
- discriminating fact vs opinion
- distinuishing between emotional vs logical arguments
- evaluation speakers bias, prejudice and attitude
What are deficits in complex expression of ABI?
- Discourse: tangential, excessive, irrelevant, vague, slow, impoverished
- reliance on set expression
- disinhibition, immaturity, self focused topics, overly familiar, inappropriate
What are deficits in verbal reasoning of ABI
- DECREASED: inferencing, ability to see relationships among problems, goals & relevant info, ability to assess situation and predict, flexibility, generation, evaluation of possible solutions, speed and efficiency
- impulsivity
What are frontal lobe symptoms in ABI
- poor empathy and judgement
- indecisive
- immature
- poor insight,
- disorganized
- impulsive
- self centred
- low motivation
- inflexible
- flat affect
How does the FAVRES assess higher level CCD?
- 5+ critical factors analyzed
- 10+ mins of sustained processing
- organization of info
- shifting from one stimulus to another
- timed
- qualitative & quanitative
- generative responses & fluency items
- flexibility question
The FAVRES is ecologically valid because …
- has real life amounts of info
- functional material
- context/themes
- roles/perspectives
- emotional/social/pragmatic
The FAVRES assesses what level of the WHO ICF?
activity level
Describe the target population for the FAVRES
- adult version: 18+
- student version: 12-19
- had an ABI
- Rancho level 6 or above
- basic comm functions intact
- functional reading comprehension
- attention span sufficient to engage in 30 min of Ax
What are the 4 tasks of the FAVRES
- planning an event
- scheduling
- making a decision
- building a case
What is scored in the FAVRES
- time
- accuracy
- rationale
- analysis of reasoning sub skills
- qualitative: strengths and weaknesses
-has standard scores and percentiles
