BCS 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Adrenoleukodystrophy, Myelin, Rapeseed

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Moderate tbi (8%), severe (6%), or fatal (5%) Developmental resiliency: better outcomes: small, unilateral, focal lesion in left hemisphere. Psychosocial resiliency: predictor high ses, family stability. Eg. , learning disabilities, mood disorders before tbi can predict recovery level symptoms may worsen post-tbi: skill levels are impacted by tbi. Emerging skills (eg. , infants learning to talk) get impacted the most. More established skills get impacted less (childhood through. Common outcomes in pediatric tbi adolescence: slower processing speed, difficulty learning new info. Become less efficient learners (eg. , keeping up with classroom pace) Have less capacity smaller working memory span: difficulty with higher level language/conversation. Pragmatics (eg. , drawing inferences, reading between the lines: show lower iq in severe injuries. The more severe the injury, the more likely it is that child will need extra support in academics (eg. , tutoring, integration, special schooling: premorbid attention deficits can predict outcomes. Greater attention issues pre-tbi greater issues post-tbi.

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