REVIEW 2026
What are tenets of the biomedical model? - correct answer ✔✔Uses objective, clear-cut,
standardized measures and experts to provide defining characteristics, causes, prognoses, and
methods of treatment
Treatment methods are concerned with changing the individual (i.e., getting better)
What are the tenets of the functional model? - correct answer ✔✔The most individualized
model of disability and serves as basis for person-centered care.
Intervention methods are aimed at adapting to function of the individual for meaningful
participations
What are the tenets of the environmental model? - correct answer ✔✔Proposes that the
environment, both social and physical, can cause, define, or exaggerate disability
Intervention is sought to address both physical and social environments.
What are the tenets of the sociopolitical model? - correct answer ✔✔Goal for the individual is
inclusion, civil rights, and equitable social status
How does the concept of brain injury as a condition and rehabilitation as a process inform care?
- correct answer ✔✔Acknowledgement of brain injury rehab as a process encourages the
individual to own the process, identify clinicians and family as tools/supports/allies, and in
empowering for success
What are the tenets of a person-centered care? - correct answer ✔✔Based on the view of
human experience and empowers persons to serve as a guide in their rehab process by
identifying priorities, values, and desired outcomes (275)
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