You will need to submit three completed disorder summaries by 4pm on November 25th.
Each student will be responsible for summarizing essential aspects of three different disorders related to nervous system function. You must choose one disorder from the list provided on-line as part of this course's webpages. The remaining two (or more!) are to be selected from another source, such as the list of disorders related to the nervous system or Fact Sheets maintained by the Society for Neuroscience (www.sfn.org), or the searchable list of conditions maintained by the Dana Alliance (www.dana.org; look for the green sidebox titled 'Brain Health Condition Center').
I've already developed a Multiple Sclerosis summary as an example for you to follow - please do not select MS as one of your three choices!
Note that the summaries should be written from a neuroscience perspective rather than that of therapist; this means that it isn't sufficient to describe functional limitations - you must discuss the neuroscience features contributing to these functional issues.
You may discuss aspects of this assignment among yourselves, but this is not a group project! Each student is to complete the thee summaries independently. Because each of you will be graded as an individual, you alone are responsible for the final outcome.
Outlines must be typed, 1-2 pages in length (not longer!) and follow a standard format. To help all students conform to the same format, a template for these Summaries may be downloaded and completed using your word processor. Save the result in MSWord (.doc) or Rich Text (.rtf) format and submit the files electronically. Be sure that filename includes your name and the disorder (for instance, "Radel_MS.doc", "Radel_ParkDis.rtf"), so that we may credit you properly with having submitted the assignments.
These summaries will contribute a total of 15% (3 x 5%) to your course grade.
Look over an example: Multiple Sclerosis.