Cognitive Rehabilitation

This short course will provide you with valuable skills for delivering evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation to adults with brain injury and illness. Designed for practising psychologists and other clinicians looking to upskill in this important area, the 5 weekly classes will introduce you to evidence-based approaches to cognitive rehabilitation for people with brain injury and illness.

You'll be taught by La Trobe Associate Professor Dana Wong, who is nationally renowned in the field of neuropsychological interventions.

This course is designed for practising psychologists in areas such as clinical neuropsychology, clinical psychology and health psychology, as well as allied health professionals such as occupational therapists and speech pathologists.

The 10-hour course will be delivered via Zoom over five 2-hour weekly sessions and is accessible to clinicians throughout Australia.

You'll learn about the principles of evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation. The course will provide practical strategies for clinicians to help people manage cognitive impairment and offer ways to help people participate in meaningful activities and life roles.

You'll learn:

• current evidence and clinical guidelines for cognitive rehabilitation
• practical techniques for effective rehabilitation of memory, attention, processing speed and executive functions
• competencies in both group and individual interventions
• transdiagnostic processes such as person-centred practice, setting meaningful goals, optimising homework completion, and ensuring feasibility of strategies, generalisability and maintenance
• ways to effectively measure intervention outcomes.