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Dec 21, 2024
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PSY-774 Neuropsychological Care in Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Advocacy4 semester credits
This course addresses both the evaluation and treatment of traumatic brain injury from a rehabilitation neuropsychology perspective. Emphasis is placed on how TBI is expressed on neuropsychological evaluations, and how rehabilitation neuropsychologists can use neuropsychological evaluations for treatment planning. First-person accounts of TBI from survivors and family members are considered. The need for rehabilitation neuropsychologists to be familiar with multi-disciplinary teams in medical settings is emphasized, and the roles of these other health professions are covered.
Pre-requisites: PSY-707 , PSY-728
Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated
Grading Default: Letter
Note: Elective
Learning Outcome(s):
- Understand how Traumatic Brain Injury results in disruption of physical, cognitive, and emotional processes, and how this disruption is relevant to psychological assessment and treatment.
- Understand the complexities of assessment and treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury, particularly the importance of coordinating neuropsychological assessment with neuropsychological and multi-disciplinary team-based care.
- Understand the emotional distress, the clinical implications for addressing it, among patients who have suffered Traumatic Brain Injury and their partners, caregivers, and families.
- Understand how Evidence-based approaches to Traumatic Brain Injury assessment and treatment have evolved.
- Understand personal and ethical issues related to brain injury assessment and treatment.
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