Cognitive Rehabilitation
Goals of Cognitive Rehabilitation
Cognitive Rehabilitation is the practice of training techniques that facilitates improvements in targeted cognitive areas, and focus on functional outcome. Cognitive Rehabilitation is systematic, functionally oriented service of therapeutic cognitive activities and an understanding of the person’s behavioural deficit. Cognitive rehabilitation involves a structured set of therapeutic activities designed to retrain an individual’s ability to think, use judgement, and make decisions. The focus is on improving deficit in memory, attention, perception, learning, planning, and judgement. The term cognitive rehabilitation is applied to a variety of intervention strategies or techniques that attempt to help patents …show more content…
like attention and memory training as well as learning compensatory techniques. Another aspect of internally focused intervention often included in Cognitive Rehabilitation programmes involves facilitation of insight and self-awareness with regard to cognitive abilities, which includes instruction in the use of Meta cognitive strategies. Externally focussed intervention, on the other hand, involves adapting to environmental demands, making environmental modifications, and the use of a specialised technique strategy. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989) Cognitive dysfunction can be treated in three ways.
Remediation Technique
Remediation techniques are designed by professionals for the purpose of treating cognitive dysfunction. Remediation technique includes a specific drills and exercises, using computerised software, paper and pencil tasks, and group activities. The goal of Remediation is to change an individual’s situation wise improving the cognitive skills that is target of the Remediation task. An individualise treatment plan that is based on personal interest and strength , in addition to deficits that are to be the focus of the Remediation programme, is optimal. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989).
Compensatory …show more content…
In another words, compensation account for different approaches to accomplish the same goal. Compensation strategies may come naturally to those who did not experience cognitive dysfunction that is, many individuals find out how to do things use in ones strength in order to compensate for ones weaknesses. An individual with cognitive dysfunction may not have the flexibility to see things from different perspectives or shift ideas on how to do things. They may not naturally‟ alter the course of their behaviour to suit cognitive abilities therefore; compensatory strategies may need to be tough to individuals with cognitive dysfunctions. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989)
Adaptive approaches
Adaptive approaches refer to change in the environment rather than the individual. Adaptive approaches assume that remediation may not be possible, and compensation is not probable. Adaptive approach has included prosthetic devices, memory aids, and utilization of human and non- human recourses. For example, an individual who know they will never be able to remember all the items for a weekend’s ‘to –do’ list may keep a micro cassette recorder on hand and dictate each item as it occur so that it can be retrieved at the right time. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989)
Rehabilitation of attention and concentration in
Cognitive Rehabilitation is the practice of training techniques that facilitates improvements in targeted cognitive areas, and focus on functional outcome. Cognitive Rehabilitation is systematic, functionally oriented service of therapeutic cognitive activities and an understanding of the person’s behavioural deficit. Cognitive rehabilitation involves a structured set of therapeutic activities designed to retrain an individual’s ability to think, use judgement, and make decisions. The focus is on improving deficit in memory, attention, perception, learning, planning, and judgement. The term cognitive rehabilitation is applied to a variety of intervention strategies or techniques that attempt to help patents …show more content…
like attention and memory training as well as learning compensatory techniques. Another aspect of internally focused intervention often included in Cognitive Rehabilitation programmes involves facilitation of insight and self-awareness with regard to cognitive abilities, which includes instruction in the use of Meta cognitive strategies. Externally focussed intervention, on the other hand, involves adapting to environmental demands, making environmental modifications, and the use of a specialised technique strategy. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989) Cognitive dysfunction can be treated in three ways.
Remediation Technique
Remediation techniques are designed by professionals for the purpose of treating cognitive dysfunction. Remediation technique includes a specific drills and exercises, using computerised software, paper and pencil tasks, and group activities. The goal of Remediation is to change an individual’s situation wise improving the cognitive skills that is target of the Remediation task. An individualise treatment plan that is based on personal interest and strength , in addition to deficits that are to be the focus of the Remediation programme, is optimal. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989).
Compensatory …show more content…
In another words, compensation account for different approaches to accomplish the same goal. Compensation strategies may come naturally to those who did not experience cognitive dysfunction that is, many individuals find out how to do things use in ones strength in order to compensate for ones weaknesses. An individual with cognitive dysfunction may not have the flexibility to see things from different perspectives or shift ideas on how to do things. They may not naturally‟ alter the course of their behaviour to suit cognitive abilities therefore; compensatory strategies may need to be tough to individuals with cognitive dysfunctions. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989)
Adaptive approaches
Adaptive approaches refer to change in the environment rather than the individual. Adaptive approaches assume that remediation may not be possible, and compensation is not probable. Adaptive approach has included prosthetic devices, memory aids, and utilization of human and non- human recourses. For example, an individual who know they will never be able to remember all the items for a weekend’s ‘to –do’ list may keep a micro cassette recorder on hand and dictate each item as it occur so that it can be retrieved at the right time. (Sohlberg & Mateer, 1989)
Rehabilitation of attention and concentration in