Optimizing cognitive rehabilitation
Subtitle: effective instructional methods
By: McKay Moore Sohlberg and Lyn S. Turkstra
Contributors: Turkstra, Lyn
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781609182007
Subjects: Brain; Patients; Diseases; Cognition disorders; Cognition Disorders; Rehabilitation; Brain Diseases
Description: "Rehabilitation professionals face a key challenge when working with clients with acquired cognitive impairments: how to teach new skills to individuals who have difficulty learning. Unique in its focus, this book presents evidence-based instructional methods specifically designed to help this population learn more efficiently. The expert authors show how to develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized training plan. They provide practical guidelines for teaching multistep procedures, cognitive strategies, the use of external aids, and more. User-friendly features include 17 sample worksheets and forms; blank forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:   Foundations Introduction and Overview; title: The Research Evidence; title: The Learning Context: Beyond Practice (What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School), with Rik Lemoncello and Eva van Leer; title: The Training Framework: Plan, Implement, and Evaluate (PIE) II. The Training Procedures; title: Training Facts and Concepts 6. Training Functional Multistep Routines; title: Training the Use of External Cognitive Aids; title: Training the Use of Metacognitive Strategies; title: Training Social Skills Conclusion: Now What?.