Patients with cognitive impairment often have difficulty with functional activities as well as learning or relearning behaviors in the clinic. Many clients are functioning below their potential, because of fear or other psychological barriers. In addition, depressed, unmotivated, apathetic and/or anxious clients often do not benefit from treatment as much as others. As you know, these patients often pose difficult challenges for therapists. In this exciting and unique 2 day course, we will learn and discuss how to increase the efficacy of our treatment with patients who have cognitive impairment, depression, or difficult personality disorders. Therapists will learn how to individualize their treatment interventions for difficult populations in this intermediate course. Therapists will also get practical ideas, tools, and strategies they will be able to immediately put into practice. If you treat patients with the following conditions then this course is for you: Alzheimers Disease Parkinsons Disease Brain injury from stroke or trauma No awareness of their impairments Depression Apathy Extreme lack of motivation Multiple Sclerosis Older adults with memory problems Patients that fall or are fearful of falling The approaches presented will be evidence-based, supported by research and will focus on improving functional independence, mobility, ADLs, and even memory ability. Videotaped clinical case studies and examples will be used to illustrate and reinforce the ideas and techniques. In this cutting edge course, participants will also learn up-to-date information about memory, aging, and dementia. They will learn how to implement evidence-based interventions to slow or even reverse memory problems. Participants will get web access to over 300 cognitive rehabilitation activities and social support interventions for community settings. Most of these activities and interventions are appropriate for people who want to be proactive in preventing memory loss as well as those who have Mild Cognitive Impairment, early stage dementia, or cognitive deficits after a stroke. Workshop participants will learn how to take advantage of preserved cognitive abilities that allow even mid-stage dementia patients to learn new skills. Finally, participants will learn how to motivate their apathetic and unmotivated residents and patients so they can take advantage of these breakthroughs.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Rob Winningham has 20 years of experience researching applied memory issues and for the past 16 years has conducted research on older adults and ways to enhance their mental functioning and quality of life. He has developed novel approaches to maximize the efficacy of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Most recently, he has been helping Linked Senior create video games and interactive activities specifically designed to enhance cognition. He creates monthly brain stimulation activities for thousands of retirement communities as a part of Dr. Rob’s Cranium Crunches on activityconnection.com. He is a full Professor and Chair of the Behavioral Sciences Division at Western Oregon University (WOU) where he manages both the Psychology and Gerontology Departments. Before beginning at WOU, Dr. Winningham received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Baylor University. In addition to publishing many peer-reviewed articles in the area of human memory, Dr. Winningham makes frequent television and radio appearances and has given well over 600 invited presentations about memory and aging at various conferences and workshops. His book Train Your Brain: How to Maximize Memory Ability in Older Adulthood was recently published by Baywood Publishing.
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Timeline |
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90 min: Use it or lose it: Maximizing memory ability |
120 min: Memory and cognition |
30 min: How can you help cognitively impaired patients learn and remember better? |
80 min: Understanding dementia and memory loss |
30 min: What is executive functioning and how does it affect the treatment process |
40 min: Maximizing executive functioning |
60 min: Developing your own cognitive enhancement program |
110 min: Different types of cognitive enhancement activities |
60 min: Participant management: How to handle issues common in the cognitively impaired (e.g., apathy, depression, agitation, motivation) |
100 min: Nutrition, mood, social support and physical exercise |
Financial | Robert Winningham received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. Robert Winningham has a book "Train Your Brain" and he receives royalties. |
Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |