Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop

ATTENTION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING

ADVANCED COGNITIVE REHABILITATION WORKSHOP

COURSE LOCATION: Gatwick Hilton, Gatwick Airport, Sussex, UK

INSTRUCTORS: Kit Malia & Anne Brannagan

'Of all the myriad tasks that the brain has to perform, perhaps none is as crucial to the performance of other tasks as attention. For when the brain attends it also perceives. When the brain attends and perceives, it learns. What is learned is sometimes spontaneously recalled in the absence of attention, but voluntary recollection requires an attentive brain.'
R Parasuraman (1998)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This two day interactive workshop is suitable for professionals working with adults who have cognitive problems following brain injury. Attendees should ideally have completed the basic cognitive rehabilitation workshop.

The course focuses on developing clinical expertise in the rehabilitation of attention and information processing deficits.

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, accomodation 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.

£162

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