Brain Function, Damage and Recovery

This is an IEAC Accredited Course to help you learn and understand Brain Function, Damage, and Recovery.

A simple bump on the head can change a person forever. In this course on brain function, damage, and recovery you will explore what happens when the most important organ in the human body is damaged, altered or simply does not work the way it should. Covering aspects of neurophysiology, treatment and management of brain-related issues and neuropsychological issues, you will learn the ways in which our brains demonstrate incredible plasticity, resilience, and ability.

The study of the human brain is still an emerging field. This complex and sometimes flawed system is what makes each person who they are. New technology and treatments are developed all the time to study how the brain works and what we can do when something goes wrong, allowing people with brain-related issues to cope and recover from their trauma.

There is a final assessment that can be undertaken at any time, day or night; and you will be awarded a coveted: IEAC (International Education Accreditation Council) Certificate, which will have your name on it, including full course details.

THE LESSONS IN THIS COURSE COVER THE FOLLOWING:

Lesson 1: UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BRAIN

• The biology of the brain
• How can studying animals help?
• Who is interested in the brain?
• The mind-brain problem
• Brain studies
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 2: BRAIN ANATOMY & BEHAVIOUR

• The structure of the brain
• Forebrain
• Midbrain
• Hindbrain
• Divisions of the brain
• The lobes
• The normal functioning of the brain
• Case studies
• Brain plasticity and the impact of behaviour
• Brain development from embryo to death
• Blood- brain barrier
• Lesson 2 additional reading
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 3: BRAIN CHEMISTRY & ELECTRONICS

• How neurons transmit messages
• Neurochemistry
• Neurons in detail
• Diet and neurotransmitters
• Neurotransmitters and behaviour
• Drugs and neurotransmitters
• Ways of detecting and studying brain chemistry and electrical activity
• Practical benefits of measuring brain chemistry and electrical activity
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 4: BIOLOGY & NEUROLOGY IN LEARNING & MEMORY

• Biopsychology & neurology of learning
• Memory
• How is memory organised?
• Case studies – memory
• Practical benefits of studying memory
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 5: BRAIN DAMAGE

• Brain damage & neuropsychology
• Brain lesions
• Causes of brain lesions
• Tumours
• Cerebral disorders (stroke)
• Pathology of brain injury
• Environmental factors
• Practical benefits in daily life
• How disease can alter brains
• Lesson 5 additional reading
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 6: ASSESSMENT & OUTCOMES OF BRAIN DAMAGE

• Types of brain injury
• Sequelae of brain injury
• Sexual functioning
• Initial assessment
• Further testing
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 7: TREATMENT & MANAGEMENT OF BRAIN DAMAGE

• What is appropriate treatment?
• Patient-clinician relationship
• Patient compliance
• Treating brain lesions
• Outcomes of treatment
• Developing management plans
• Ending treatment
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 8: APPLICATIONS OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH

• Assessment & rehabilitation
• Brain studies and children
• Other applications of research into brain & behaviour
• Review what you have been learning
• Final assessment

HOW OUR COURSES WORK:

•    Enrol any time of day or night.
•    Start studying immediately or later (as you wish).
•    Upon enrolment, you will receive an email containing your “Username” and “Password”
•    Help desk – Contact us via email: info@homestudy.co.uk or call: + 44 (0) 1227 789 649
•    There are automated self-assessment tests at the end of each lesson.
•    At the end of the whole course, you are presented with an automated examination.
•    Gain a 60% pass and receive an: IEAC (International Education Accreditation Council) Certificate.