Cognitive rehabilitation for occupational therapists: Level 1
Presenter(s)
Adam Ly & Aman Bains
August 23 to September 6, 2024 (on your own)
Fridays, September 6 & 13, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
This workshop will provide occupational therapists with a foundation of knowledge and skills in cognitive rehabilitation based on the Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice published by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (Haskins et al., 2014). A pre-recorded lecture (approximately 2 hours) will review principles, theories, and models of practice in cognitive rehabilitation. During the two-day workshop, you will learn the principles of cognitive rehabilitation assessment and intervention strategies to increase occupational participation for adults experiencing deficits in meta-cognition, awareness, memory, attention, and executive functioning and have a chance to apply these strategies to case study examples. Occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistants, and students in occupational therapy programs working with adults living with cognitive deficits that impact occupational participation. Participants are expected to have watched the pre-recorded webinar (approximately 2 hours, available by August 23, 2024) prior to attending the two-day workshop.
After watching the pre-recorded lecture, you will be able to: Understand the principles, theories, and models of practice in cognitive rehabilitation. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Identify current cognitive assessment tools for attention, memory, executive functioning, and awareness impairments. Apply bottom-up and top-down intervention strategies within occupational therapy practice to improve attention, memory, executive functioning, and awareness impairments that impact occupational participation. Understand common recommendations and accommodations linked to assessment findings to support a return-to-work process. Consider how to apply Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice published by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (Haskins et al., 2014) in a functional context with various client populations living with cognitive deficits.