Assistive technology: a compensatory strategy for work production post mild brain injury.
This case study describes the changes in the quantity of work production of a 32 year-old male paralegal secondary to a mild brain injury from a racquetball racket blow to the frontal lobe area. The case illustrates how a work analysis can serve as an effective evaluation tool and how the utilization of assistive technology can circumvent executive functioning challenges and improve work production and client self-reported self-esteem. This evaluative and intervention process may be highly effective in mild-brain injury where executive functioning disorders cannot be identified through typical methods. Yet a detailed comparison of work productivity pre and post injury through work samples, interviews, and observations may be a powerful system to differentiate changes in executive functioning.
Hartmann
Kimberly D
KD
hartmann@quinnipiac.edu
D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D056344:Executive Function; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed