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TOC
Syllabus/FCS INB
Think Sheet
TagXedo
Cares Reflection
Cares Requirements
Group info./Topic Diary
Reflections on Teaching Unit
Group Info/Goals
Core Abilities
I really feel_____ about how I communicate
Thinking stem
I first thought... Now I ...
COL Communication
Answer Question 7 here
Acrostic of Teen Brain
Reflection from Video
Acrostic of Alzheimer's
Planning your Unit
Unit Planning/Topic Eval.
Multi Media Assignment
Communication Cover
Listen/Communication booklet
Communication Notes
Notes on Stereotypes of Aging
Intellectual Development cover
Aging & Disability Resources
Teenage Brain Web
Adult Brain Web/notes from video
Alzheimer's Notes
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Interactive Tour of Brain
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What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Dementia­A chronic persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders
Alzheimer's­An irreversible progressive brain disorder characterized by the deterioration of memory, language and eventually physical function
It is a disorder of the brain which primarily afflicts the elderly in which mental deterioration is experienced.
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Alzheimer's Disease primarily attacks three areas of the brain.
Identify the areas in the picture.
basal forebrain
basal forebrain: memory and learning
cerebral cortext: conscious thought
and language
hippocampus:
Scientists theorize that the culprits
responsible for the death of the brain cells
resulting from the disease are due to
neurofibillary tangles and plaques.
On the left is a picture of a tangle.
Identify to which area does the tangle correspond to the diagram on the right.
On the left is a healthy brain. On the right shows what has taken place in the advance stages of the disease.
Pull
The cerebral cortex forms plaques and tangles.
The hippocampus shrinks.
The ventricles become enlarged.
memory storage
neurofibrillary tangle (inside neurons)
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Click on the image to watch a PBS documentary,
The Forgeng: A Portrait of Alzheimer's .
Intellectual activities
may help reduce the
likelihood of Alzheimer's
developing.
celebrate
differences
similarities
strengths
weaknesses
Years
positive
avoid
process
guidelines
knowledge
Damage
ownership
sending
defensive
words
feelings
interrupting roadblocks
misperceptions
obstacles
negative
endless
fighting
character
assassination reinforcements
gestures
posture
orientation
gender
Alzheimer's
Dementia
Fun
Facts
Hundreds
Different
Experiment
Center
Senior Sports
Speaker
Animal
Disease
withdrawal
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