Test 3 Flashcards
Causes of TBI
Motor vehicle age (MVA)
Falls
Firearms
Other (sports, domestic violence)
SCATBI name
Scales of Cognitive Abilities in Traumatic Brain Injury
SCATBI purpose
Assess cognitive-linguistic skills of adults with TBI
Document progress over time
Help determine where to begin in therapy
SCATBI pros and cons
Pros
Can opt-out if having difficulty
Lots of cognitive linguistic information
Have to perform the skill not just say it
Can guide treatment
Cons
Long 2 hours to administer
Can be challenging early post onset
SCATBI test design
5 Scales/Key areas:
Perception & discrimination (attn)
Orientation
Organization
Recall (verbal & visual)
Reasoning
2 hours long
Testlets within
CLQT+
Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test-Plus
CLQT+ purpose
Attention, Memory, Language, Executive Functioning, Visuospatial skills
Aphasia: non-linguistic cognition and linguistic/aphasia
CLQT+ test administration
15-30 minutes
Must administer in order given (memory/recall)
Adults w/ acquired neurological disorders
18-89 yrs
Aphasia (not diagnostic) or Cog-Linguistic impairment
CLQT+ aphasia administration
Administer the original 10 sunstest/tasks plus the new semantic comprenehnsion task
CLQT+ subtests
10 core subtests
1.Personal facts
2.Symbol cancellation
3.Confrontation naming
4.Clock drawing
5.Story retell
6.Symbol trails
7.Generative naming
8.Design memory
9.Mazes
CLQT+ pros and cons
Pros
Quick to administer
Assesses lots of key eares
Have to actually do something not just verally respond
Qualification/quantification of behaviors throughout test
Con
New addition last subtest a little confusing
RBANS
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
RBANS purpose
Assess areas in subtests: immediate memory, visuo-spatial/constructional, language, attention, delayed memory
For people with dementia originally, now TBI or other cog comm
Considered a screening? Delves deeply into key areas - as valuable as CLQT+ and SCATBI
RBANS test adminstration
Time: less than 30 minutes – try to administer in one setting/attempt
Can be readministered to evaluate disease progression or outcome of rehabilitation therapy
Portable – can be administered bedside; easy and compact to transport
RBANS test domains
Immediate memory
List learning, story recall
Visuospatial/constructional
Figure copy and line orientation
Language
Picture naming and semantic fluency
Attention
Digit span and coding
Delayed memory
List recall, list recognition, story memory, figure recall
RBANS pros and cons
PROS
Quick to administer (~30 mins)
Can be used on kids 12 - 19
Easy to transport
Spanish and English
Types of recall can inform cues for tx
Dementia or TBI
Emphasis on delayed recall
CONS
Scoring severity rating can be lengthy
Debated if it’s comprehensive
BADS assesses
Functional Executive Functioning
Higher level deficits for daily life
Novel and familiar problem-solving skills
Patterns of strengths/weakness
BADS
Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrom
BADS subtests
Rule Shift Cards
Action Program
Key Search
Temporal Judgement
Zoo Map
Modified Six Elements
BADS pros and cons
PROS
Sensitive to cognitive deficits (even mild that other assessments don’t pick up)
Qualitative data (impulsivity, flexibility)
Use of strategies (or not)
Strengths/weaknesses
Functional performance piece
May be appropriate for younger adults compared to FAVRES
CONS
Lengthy ~ 40 mins
Lots of materials to organize
FAVRES
Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies
FAVRES purpose
Measure higher level complex comprehensions, complex verbal communication, verbal reasoning, executive functioning
Not for severe cases
What FAVRES assesses
Complex comprehension
Complex expression
Verbal reasoning and problem-solving
Executive functions