CBIS- Certified Brain Injury Specialist Exam
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Participation - ✅✅term used to described engagement in social roles -- a
critical component of the WHO-ICF biopsychosocial model
CHART-SF - ✅✅Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Techniques - Short
Form; objective assessment of a person's engagement in roles within society; first
made in 1992 and later revised in 1999
M2P2 (MPAI-4) - ✅✅Mayo Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 Participation
Index; designed to track post-acute rehab outcomes of both children and adults
with TBI
PART-O - ✅✅Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective;
developed by TBIMS, measures the frequency of engagement or level of
involvement in an activity
What are three outcome measures used in post-acute rehabilitation? -
✅✅CHART-SF, MPAI-4, PART-O
What are three outcome measures used in acute rehabilitation? - ✅✅DRS,
Rancho Los Amigos Scale, FIM/FAM
What are five outcome measures used early after injury to gauge cognitive
status? - ✅✅GCS, GOAT, O-Log, CRS-R, AIS
,community enfranchisement - ✅✅relatively new concept involving the extend
to which the person feels he or she has options and control over participation,
feels a part of the community, and feels valued
MCID - ✅✅minimal clinically important differences; relevant in participation to
evaluate effectiveness of interventions in controlled studies
Post-injury employment rates - ✅✅Reported at less than 10-40% post-injury
"Gold standard" in measuring success in rehabilitation - ✅✅Return to work
Return to work risk factors - ✅✅more severe injury, older age at time of injury,
being male, lower levels of pre-injury educational or occupational status, lack of
social support, significant physical, psycho-social, or cognitive impairments, being
of a minority race, history of substance abuse
Return to work models - ✅✅supported employment, comprehensive
integrated day treatment, medical-vocational case coordination model
Comprehensive integrated day treatment model for RTW - ✅✅includes
individual and group therapies as well as vocational trials and supported
employment; developed by Prigatano and Ben-Yishay; demonstrated employment
rates as high as 50-85%
Vocational case coordination model to RTW - ✅✅Developed by Malec and
colleagues; services included in this model include early identification and
,hospital-based vocational case coordination, early medical and vocational
rehabilitation interventions, work trials, employer education, temporary work
support, and supported employment; 80%+ of those receiving VCC were
employed in the community
Resource facilitation - ✅✅a partnership that helps people and communities
choose, get and keep information, services, and supports to make informed
choices and meet their goals; can reduce barriers and increase timely access to
resources to improve employment outcomes
Supported employment model to RTW - ✅✅emphasizes the use of a vocational
rehabilitation professional, known as an employment specialist or job coach, to
provide intensive individualized assistance to help him or her with gaining and
maintaining employment in a real job for real pay in the community
True or false: Supported Employment Services are authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act and are a service option under State Vocational Rehabilitation
(VR) services - ✅✅True
What are typical services offered by an employment specialist? -
✅✅assessment, job development, on the job training and support, case
management, and long-term follow along
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1998 - ✅✅provided federal
grants to states to operate comprehensive programs of VR services to persons
with disabilities -- should be considered a core resource for persons with TBI
State VR services continuum - ✅✅Minimal intervention, education and
preparation, advocacy level services, and workplace supports
, Practical strategies to enhance outcomes for persons with TBI + employment -
✅✅work towards forming a coordinated system of care and community re-
entry with timely VR referrals; request and obtain neuropsych evals and
vocational assessments that are functional/relevant; understand that services
must be individualized to the situation at hand; provision of 1-time services are
often inadequate; supported employment cannot be implement without funding
to provide long-term follow-up; providing vocational support to TBI pts is often
complex and multifaceted in nature
Measurement definition - ✅✅the assignment of numbers to objects or events;
consistent and accurate measurements allow for specific descriptions of
individuals with BI and for comparison to others and to their own progress over
time
Psychometric properties - ✅✅refer to a given instrument's validity and
reliability
Reliability - ✅✅looks at how similar a rating would be comparing Therapist 1
and Therapist 2 when they assess the same person
Validity - ✅✅looks at whether an instrument is measuring what it intended to
measure
Common Data Elements (CDE) - ✅✅a standardized set of measure to be used
in the assessment of persons with brain injuries
Questions with 100% Verified Answers Graded
A+
Participation - ✅✅term used to described engagement in social roles -- a
critical component of the WHO-ICF biopsychosocial model
CHART-SF - ✅✅Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Techniques - Short
Form; objective assessment of a person's engagement in roles within society; first
made in 1992 and later revised in 1999
M2P2 (MPAI-4) - ✅✅Mayo Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 Participation
Index; designed to track post-acute rehab outcomes of both children and adults
with TBI
PART-O - ✅✅Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective;
developed by TBIMS, measures the frequency of engagement or level of
involvement in an activity
What are three outcome measures used in post-acute rehabilitation? -
✅✅CHART-SF, MPAI-4, PART-O
What are three outcome measures used in acute rehabilitation? - ✅✅DRS,
Rancho Los Amigos Scale, FIM/FAM
What are five outcome measures used early after injury to gauge cognitive
status? - ✅✅GCS, GOAT, O-Log, CRS-R, AIS
,community enfranchisement - ✅✅relatively new concept involving the extend
to which the person feels he or she has options and control over participation,
feels a part of the community, and feels valued
MCID - ✅✅minimal clinically important differences; relevant in participation to
evaluate effectiveness of interventions in controlled studies
Post-injury employment rates - ✅✅Reported at less than 10-40% post-injury
"Gold standard" in measuring success in rehabilitation - ✅✅Return to work
Return to work risk factors - ✅✅more severe injury, older age at time of injury,
being male, lower levels of pre-injury educational or occupational status, lack of
social support, significant physical, psycho-social, or cognitive impairments, being
of a minority race, history of substance abuse
Return to work models - ✅✅supported employment, comprehensive
integrated day treatment, medical-vocational case coordination model
Comprehensive integrated day treatment model for RTW - ✅✅includes
individual and group therapies as well as vocational trials and supported
employment; developed by Prigatano and Ben-Yishay; demonstrated employment
rates as high as 50-85%
Vocational case coordination model to RTW - ✅✅Developed by Malec and
colleagues; services included in this model include early identification and
,hospital-based vocational case coordination, early medical and vocational
rehabilitation interventions, work trials, employer education, temporary work
support, and supported employment; 80%+ of those receiving VCC were
employed in the community
Resource facilitation - ✅✅a partnership that helps people and communities
choose, get and keep information, services, and supports to make informed
choices and meet their goals; can reduce barriers and increase timely access to
resources to improve employment outcomes
Supported employment model to RTW - ✅✅emphasizes the use of a vocational
rehabilitation professional, known as an employment specialist or job coach, to
provide intensive individualized assistance to help him or her with gaining and
maintaining employment in a real job for real pay in the community
True or false: Supported Employment Services are authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act and are a service option under State Vocational Rehabilitation
(VR) services - ✅✅True
What are typical services offered by an employment specialist? -
✅✅assessment, job development, on the job training and support, case
management, and long-term follow along
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1998 - ✅✅provided federal
grants to states to operate comprehensive programs of VR services to persons
with disabilities -- should be considered a core resource for persons with TBI
State VR services continuum - ✅✅Minimal intervention, education and
preparation, advocacy level services, and workplace supports
, Practical strategies to enhance outcomes for persons with TBI + employment -
✅✅work towards forming a coordinated system of care and community re-
entry with timely VR referrals; request and obtain neuropsych evals and
vocational assessments that are functional/relevant; understand that services
must be individualized to the situation at hand; provision of 1-time services are
often inadequate; supported employment cannot be implement without funding
to provide long-term follow-up; providing vocational support to TBI pts is often
complex and multifaceted in nature
Measurement definition - ✅✅the assignment of numbers to objects or events;
consistent and accurate measurements allow for specific descriptions of
individuals with BI and for comparison to others and to their own progress over
time
Psychometric properties - ✅✅refer to a given instrument's validity and
reliability
Reliability - ✅✅looks at how similar a rating would be comparing Therapist 1
and Therapist 2 when they assess the same person
Validity - ✅✅looks at whether an instrument is measuring what it intended to
measure
Common Data Elements (CDE) - ✅✅a standardized set of measure to be used
in the assessment of persons with brain injuries
