Information and Communications Technology and Cognitive Rehabilitation

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Expositive method supported by the presentation of ppt with availability of current representative references of the topics/themes, including studies for the Portuguese population. Interrogative methods/critical thinking. Practical training/skills of implementation, monitoring and integration of information/outputs of cognitive rehabilitation based on the monitoring of a clinical/practical case and visits to institutions. Tutorial guidance is also provided for performing these tasks.

Learning Outcomes

1. To know/understand the assumptions/foundations, principles and objectives of cognitive rehabilitation.

2. To know/understand the main typologies/frameworks and methodologies of cognitive rehabilitation, giving pencil and paper and computer support/technology-based examples of rehabilitation programs and/or methods, associated with stimulation, training and/or rehabilitation of different cognitive functions and applied to different clinical groups/populations/conditions, including their potentials, advantages and limitations/issues.

Learning outcomes: 1. Demonstrate competence in cognitive stimulation, training and rehabilitation methods and programs’ implementation. 2. Demonstrate ability to monitor, articulate and communicate information of the intervention outputs. 3. Understand the complexity of intervention work in cognitive stimulation, training and rehabilitation. 4. Know current/emerging research topics and approaches in this field.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Multidimensional model of cognitive rehabilitation.

2. Types/frameworks of intervention: cognitive stimulation, training and rehabilitation.

3. Pencil and paper programs and methods in cognitive rehabilitation.

4. From pencil and paper methods to virtual reality/information and communication technologies in cognitive rehabilitation: tools and other digital applications and personalization of the intervention.

5. Technology-based/computer support platforms for cognitive rehabilitation: e.g. CogWeb, PrimerCOG, REHACOM, BRaNT.

6. Examples of tasks for diferent cognitive functions and clinical conditions (e.g., biological risk, ADHD, Epilepsy, TBI, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis).

7. Ethical aspects/issues of the use of (new) technologies in cognitive rehabilitation.

8. Potentialities, advantages and limitations/issues of different cognitive rehabilitation typologies/methodologies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Manuela Pereira Vilar

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Clare, L., & Woods, R. (2001). Cognitive rehabilitation in dementia. Church Road, Hove: Psychology Press.

Gregor, P., & Newell, A. (Eds.) (2004). Techonology in cognitive rehabilitation. New York: Psychology Press.

Haskins, E. C. (2012). Cognitive rehabilitation manual: Translating evidence-based recommendations into center practice. Virginia: American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Locascio, G., & Slomine, B.S. (Eds.) (2018). Cognitive Rehabilitation for Pediatric Neurological Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Seron, X., & Deloche, G. (2019). Cognitive approaches in neuropsychological rehabilitation. New York: Routledge.

Sohlberg, M. M., & Mateer, C. (Eds.) (2001). Cognitive rehabilitation: An integrative neuropsychological approach. Longon: Guilford.

Sohlberg, M. M., & Turkstra, L. (2011). Optimizing cognitive rehabilitation: Effective instructional methods. New York: Guilford.