The course will focus on developing clinical expertise in the rehabilitation of attention and information processing deficits.
This workshop is currently SOLD OUT. To be added to the wait list, please contact JR Rehab at info@jrrehab.ca or 604.254.0444.
AIMS:
- To extend skills and knowledge about attention and information processing
- To develop assessment knowledge and skills
- To develop treatment knowledge and skills
- To develop analysis skills in defining patient problems
- To develop reporting techniques
COURSE CONTENT: SETTING THE SCENE: Review of Sohlberg and Mateer basic levels of attention. The importance of attention. Historical development of theories of attention. What is attention?
NEURAL NETWORKS THEORY OF ATTENTION: Neural networks: Vigilance system, Orienting system & Control system
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT: Internal and external attention. Attention tests correlated with the 3 neural networks. Treatment efficacy. Neural networks and treatment
ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP USING CASE STUDIES: Case studies for assessment, based on the 3 neural networks. Types of tests to use. Hypothesis setting. Reporting the findings
TREATMENT WORKSHOP USING CASE STUDIES: Case studies for treatment, based on the 3 neural networks. Setting goals. Designing and implementing treatment activities. Evaluation and clinical reporting
INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMS, THEORY & MODELS: Capacity & Plasticity. Relationship between attention and information processing. Overload. Controlled vs Automatic processing. Capacity, Speed & Control. Relationship to working memory and long term memory. The concepts of assimilation, accommodation and schema. Redundancy. Association networks
WORKSHOP ON ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEFICITS: Practical guides to assessing and treating information processing deficits following brain injury.
