by GLA | Mar 29, 2017 | Assessment of the Month, Occupational Therapy
Memory impairment is one of the most common cognitive issues occupational therapists assess and treat when working with clients who have sustained a head injury. Memory deficits, even when subtle, can have serious consequences for returning to daily activities and...
by GLA | May 3, 2016 | Assessment of the Month, Occupational Therapy
According to the article, “A practical outcome scale for paediatric head injury” 1, The KOSCHI was created by Crouchman and colleagues “due to the lack of evaluation of active and rehabilitation therapies after TBI.” It is meant to be an adaptation of the original...
by GLA | Apr 9, 2015 | Assessment of the Month
The RBANS is a brief standardized screening tool to measure neuropsychological status in adults aged 20 to 89 that was introduced in 1998 by Christopher Randolph, Neuropsychologist. It passed content and construct validity tests. The test measures the following...
by GLA | Feb 20, 2015 | Assessment of the Month
Executive functioning involves the ability to plan and reason, organize, decision making, problem solving, task flexibility and execution. The Multiple Errands Test (MET) evaluates executive function deficits on every-day tasks. It incorporates a number of...
by GLA | Jan 23, 2015 | Assessment of the Month
Following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), individuals are most often first to notice and mention difficulties with their memory. They realize that they are forgetting simple everyday things such as people’s names, conversations or appointments. Memory impairments can...
by GLA | Nov 4, 2014 | Assessment of the Month
As occupational therapists, one of our focuses of therapy is the client’s ability to participate effectively in their activities of daily living. This may comprise of their basic activities of daily living (ADLs), which include bathing, dressing, feeding, mobility,...
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