Client Summary Tool: STEP 1


From the list of skills below
identify the strengths and difficulties of the person with the brain injury.

Identify the most significant strengths and difficulties
Typically five to seven strengths and five to seven difficulties.

You can reset the form (i.e. make all the options blank) by pressing the RESET Button.

Once you have chosen the strengths and difficulties

Press the Button at the bottom of the page GO TO STEP 2

where you can review you choices and the associated strategies to address the difficulties you have identified.

 

  • A. Speed of working
    • Strength
    Difficulty
    Skill
    Speed of information processing
    Psychomotor speed
  • B. Attention
    • General concentration
    Sustaining attention
    Shifting attention
    Multi-tasking
  • C. Memory and learning
    • Working memory
    Short-term memory
    Long-term memory
    Procedural memory
    Acquiring skills
  • D. Higher level cognitive functions
    • Initiate
    Plan/organise
    Reasoning and problems solving
    Self-monitoring
  • E. Language and communication
    • Reading
    Writing
    Receptive language
    Expressive language
    Conversation
  • F. Visuo-spatial processing
    • Visual acuity
    Visual field
    Constructional abilities
  • G. Physical function
    • Balance
    Muscle power
    Assuming and changing body position
    Maintaining a body position
    Lifting and carrying objects
    Co-ordination
    Hand and arm use
  • H. Community mobility
    • Walking
    Using transportation
    Driving
  • I. General conduct and self management
    • Carrying out daily routine
    Handling stress and other psychological demands
    Temperament and personality
    Energy and drive
    Insight