Cognitive Impairment

 

Activity answers:

• She is young and was working pre-admission. Cognitive issues must be carefully considered and assessed to see if there are any problems which might affect her ability to work.

• Is this normal for her? Is it in the way you are explaining things? Are you intervening when there's a problem in a task, breaking her flow. Does she look to you for resolution just because you are there?

• What might the underlying impairments be?
  • Attention (not paying full attention in conversation, missing cues, not noticing when task is beginning to go wrong)
  • Executive functioning
  • Any language difficulties causing difficulties in complex conversations

What might you do?

 

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