Cognitive Treatments for Adults

As therapists, we are often asked to proviilled cognitive interventions for clients with a range of diagnoses. Addressing these deficits are critical as they impact multiple areas of function, to include communication, safety strategies, activities of daily living and the overall ability toachieve optimal functional independence.

This course was developed to assist rehab professionals with evidence-based interventions to achieve the desired outcomes for a range of cognitive deficits. These strength- based approaches are designed to be practical to include both rehabilitative and compensatory strategies when teaching clients in the areas of different levels of memory,executive function, attention, verbal recall, judgement, andproblem solving.

Highlights

• Strategies for implicit vs. explicit memory & learning concepts
• Dual task training for improved cognitive and motoroutcomes
• Effective cognitive treatment techniques for clients with a variety of disease processes and comorbidities
• Implement goal writing and objective documentation strategies

Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapystants, Speech-Language Pathologists