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Module 1: All About the Brain

Module 1: All About the Brain. What is brain injury?. Acquired Brain Injury. Non-Traumatic. Traumatic. Hypoxic/Anoxic Infections Strokes Tumors Toxic Exposure. open. closed. Penetrating Injury Gunshot Other Penetrating Objects. Falls Struck Crashes (MVC) Assaults

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Module 1: All About the Brain

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  1. Module 1:All About the Brain

  2. What is brain injury? Acquired Brain Injury Non-Traumatic Traumatic Hypoxic/Anoxic Infections Strokes Tumors Toxic Exposure open closed Penetrating Injury Gunshot Other Penetrating Objects Falls Struck Crashes (MVC) Assaults Explosion/Blasts Other/Unknown

  3. What does each region of the brain do? Frontal Lobe • Thinking • Planning + organizing • Short-term memory • Problem solving • Movement • Personality All the things you need to get up and go!

  4. What does each region of the brain do? Parietal Lobe • Sense of touch, taste and temperature • Differentiation of size and shape • Spatial awareness • Visual perception

  5. What does each region of the brain do? Temporal Lobe • Hearing • Language • Memory • Organizing • Sequencing

  6. What does each region of your brain do? Occipital Lobe • Vision • Visual Processing • Processes images from your eyes and links the information with images stored in memory

  7. How do kids hurt their brains? Falls Motor vehicle crashes Sports Assaults

  8. Q & A

  9. 200 Day Hill Road, Suite 250 Windsor, CT 06095 Office 860.219.0291 Helpline 800.278.8242 general@biact.org BIACT.org Thank You!

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