ELECTRN 8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Performance Measurement, Acquired Brain Injury, Goal Setting
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= a two-way interactive process whereby injured individuals work together with clinicians to achieve their optimum physical, psychological, social, and vocational well-being. All of these domains affect the life in terms of work, education, family, and general daily functioning. The importance of motivation and goals: np rehabilitation relies on the work of both parties: the individual (+supporters) and the clinician individually meaningful goals to the patient real-life issues important to the patient. 3 main approaches to rehabilitation: compensation, substitution, direct retraining. Importance of goal setting to plan rehabilitation programs: recognition of cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial difficulties should all be addressed, use of technology to aid the patient and compensate, nr requires broad theoretical base/s. Leading to a holistic approach to neuropsychological rehabilitation. 1. short & long-term goal setting to plan nr. = emotions affect our cognition, thus also our behavior and social functioning.
