Neuropsychological Stimulation and Rehabilitation

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable

Teaching Methods

Expository classes with provision of up-to-date and representative references, including available studies with Portuguese population. Practical training of skills to plan a neuropsychological rehab or stimulation intervention adapted to clinical conditions. Practical training of the implementation, monitoring and assessment of neuropsychological rehabilitation. Contact with neuropsychological rehabilitation tools.

Learning Outcomes

To understand the basis, principles and aims of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

To analyze the role of neuropsychological assessment and other complementary assessment methods in the selection and planning of neuropsychological interventions.

To explore the role of goal setting and of a biopsychosocial and holistic approach in neuropsychological rehabilitation.

To know the main types and techniques of rehabilitation, distinguishing those fitted to neurodegenerative and non-neurodegenerative brain disorders.

To be able to frame the various types and techniques and methods of neuropsychological rehabilitation and stimulation according to each clinical condition, recognizing its potential and limits.

To understand the main research designs applied to the evaluation of the efficacy of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

.The importance of neuropsychological assessment in planning and selection of interventions

.Holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation:rational and practical principles

.Motivational training and goal setting

.The rehabilitation of executive functions and specificities of rehabilitation of behavior problems

.Neuropsychological interventions in aging and neurodegenerative conditions:multidimensional stimulation (reminiscence, reality orientation, validation, intergenerational interventions

.Neuropsychological rehabilitation following the occupational model:activities of daily living training

.Multisensorial stimulation:types and applications

.Music based interventions

.Animals’assisted therapy

.Socio-emotional skills training; the relevance of neuropsychological interventions in mental illness

.Psychoeducation and mutual aid groups

.The therapeutic potential of neuroimaging and other techniques (the example of neurofeedback)

Head Lecturer(s)

Luís Miguel da Silva Pires

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Ben-Yishay, Y., & Diller, L. (2011). Handbook of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation: outpatient rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. Oxford University Press.
Coetzer, R., Daisley, A., Newby, G., & Weatherhead, S. (Eds.). (2018). Practical neuropsychological rehabilitation in acquired brain injury.Routledge.
D’Amato, R. C. & Hartlage, L. C. (2008). Essentials of neuropsychological assessment: Treatment planning for rehabilitation (2nd ed). Springer.