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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
The ability to pay attention is perhaps the most essential component of human cognition. When we are able to pay attention, or “attend” we can accurately observe our environment. When we observe we can remember and when we can remember we can learn. Without adequate...
