Neurobehavioral Deficits

Neurobehavioral deficits
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Week 2_ Application Assignment_ Neurobehavioral Deficits
Implication for: Intervention
Perseveration -is a disorder where the body repeats and action even without a stimulus. Eating: an affected person may suffer from dysfunctions of the body performance while carrying out activities that involve eating such as drinking something from a cup, using various utensils while eating among others (Gillen, 2011). Occupational therapy can help reduce that by giving simple instructions to the perseverating person who should be gradual until he or she stops and then reinforcing the action by, e.g., saying words such as well-done and or thanks.
R/L Discrimination -a situation where the body loses the ability to identify objects placed in the affected part of the body. Dressing: the disorder makes it difficult to synchronize the left and right concepts of the body. While dressing, a person is unable to dress parts of the body like the left hand after the right hand (Gillen, 2011). OTC can help reduce the effects of the disorder by helping the patient avoid confusion from personal or extra personal circumstances.
Topographical Disorientation -is a situation where a person becomes disoriented with his or her surroundings. Functional Mobility: a patient suffering from the disorder experiences difficulty in finding directions in a while he or she is in a given space (Gillen, 2011). OTC subjects’ patients to specific environmental and compensatory techniques which they use every day.

The aim of the above procedure is to help a person in getting oriented and cognitive of his or her environment.
Unilateral Body Neglect -it is a situation where the body lacks awareness of one field of vision after damage to some part of the brain Hygiene: dysfunction of different body parts may affect how a patient may carry various activities such as grooming and maintaining hygiene. For example, a person with dysfunction of the left part of the body might forget to wash the left hand while bathing (Gillen, 2011). OTC takes a patient through a learning session which involves activities such as letter canceling and blinking of lights in the affected field of vision. The aim of the above is to attract the attention of the affected and help the patient to start identifying objects in place in the affected side.
Unilateral Spatial Neglect -a situation where the body fails to attend to objects placed in opposite side of the affected part of the brain. Eating: a person suffering from the disorder fail to identify food or objects in the affected visual space (Gillen, 2011). OTC can help a patient by taking him or her through a guidance procedure that involves directing the eyes to an object put in the affected side by the use of a finger or pointing device.
Somatoagnosia -it is the inability of the body to orient itself with another Functional Mobility: somatoagnosia affects a person making him or her unable to navigate normally in his or her personal area (Gillen, 2011). OTC may allocate a therapist who helps a patient while carrying out important activities such as moving around and dressing.
Anosognosia -refusal to admit a disorder which is visible Hygiene: an affected patient is unable to recognize his or her body parts. That results in them denying them and failing to attend to the body parts while doing cleaning (Gillen, 2011). OTC helps a patient overcome the disorder by helping him or her set goals and then introducing a procedure where they work towards achieving the objectives.
Gillen, G. (2011). Stroke rehabilitation: A function-based approach. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Mosby.
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Gillen, G. (2011). Stroke rehabilitation: A function-based approach. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Mosby.