Cognitive Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists: Level 1
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists: Level 1 is organized by Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) / Association canadienne des ergotherapeutes (ACE) and will be held on Aug 23, 2024.
Description:
Cognition is a functional domain that can be impacted by an injury, condition, disability, or significant changes in contextual demands. Cognitive difficulties can be difficult to navigate for occupational therapists due to the multi-factorial determinants of cognitive abilities. These difficulties, which can be modulated by contextual factors, can affect the occupational participation of clients, as expressed by the Canadian Model of Occupational Participation (CanMOP; Egan & Restall, 2022). Occupational therapists can be leaders on the health care team in assessing function cognition and providing cognitive rehabilitation that focuses “on the relationship between the client’s cognitive skills, functional performance, and environmental context to enhance the daily life experience of individuals with cognitive impairment” (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2017).
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.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, 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.
