Effective Strategies to Support Collaboration in Cognitive Rehabilitation

When providing cognitive rehabilitation for adults, adolescents, and children, SLP's strive to restore or compensate for cognitive deficits, thereby improving an individual's everyday functioning. Cognitive rehabilitation targets functional goals, through developing specific and individualized strategies to address each individual's deficits within his/her own unique environment. A significant component of cognitive rehabilitation is the provision of education and counseling about specific cognitive skills and their impact on function. The goal of counseling is to help develop each individual's meta-cognitive awareness to use strategies, and provide caregiver(s) an understanding of those cognitive skills, in order to effectively provide supports and accommodations to their loved one. This course will provide attendees with effective counseling and education tools in order to develop an effective partnership with clients and caregivers for successful cognitive rehabilitation outcomes.

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Presenters

Stephanie Volker
M.S. CCC-SLP
Stephanie is a speech/language pathologist who specializes in providing cognitive rehabilitation to children and adolescents who have impairments due to acquired brain injury or chronic conditions. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology at Miami University in 1994 and 1995 respectively, and achieved Certified Brain Injury Specialist Certification in 2005. She is currently employed at Cincinnati Children's, serving children and adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI) as a clinician in the Division of Speech Language Pathology. She was instrumental in creating and developing Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neuro-Rehabilitation Team, a family-centered, collaborative, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation program for children and adolescents who have sustained an ABI. She serves as an expert clinical leader and mentor to clinicians in the Division of Speech Language Pathology and the Outpatient Neuro-Rehabilitation Team. Stephanie has lectured on a variety of topics related to ABI and cognitive rehabilitation for the adult and pediatric population at the local, state, and national level. Her specific area of interest and clinical expertise is the development and use of compensatory strategies, accommodations, and assistive technology to improve the functional independence of the patients with whom she works.

Learning Objectives

Verbalize the importance of developing meta-cognitive awareness in individuals in cognitive rehabilitation treatment
Verbalize the role of the caregiver in cognitive rehabilitation treatment
Describe a tool to support identifying the underlying cognitive deficit(s) which contribute to a negative functional outcome
Describe 5 counseling examples to support clients' and caregivers' understanding of cognitive skill deficits

Agenda

5 minutes	Brief Overview of Cognitive Rehabilitation Principles/Procedure
5 minutes	Tools in the Cognitive Rehabilitation Toolbox
5 minutes	Developing Meta cognitive Awareness
10 minutes	Identifying the Underlying Cognitive Skill Deficit
15 minutes	Examples of Counseling Analogies to Increase Understanding of Cognitive/Communication Deficits
15 minutes	Case Studies Describing Strategies and Supports
5 minutes	Q and A

Disclosures

Financial Disclosure	This webinar was funded by our sponsors, SLP Toolkit and SLP Now. Sponsors are not responsible for the content of this course nor does brIQht ideas endorse their products or services.
In-Kind Disclosure	brIQht ideas would like to thank the presenter of this course who has provided her speaking services at no charge.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate level, Professional Area, Professional Area