Brain Rehabilitation; Severe Brain Injury - Online in English
1 dayup to 20 participantsPresentation language: English
The workshop is designed for professionals working with patients who have severe cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury. It provides practical tools for developing and implementing a treatment plan. These tools enable the therapist to use clinical reasoning to determine the most suitable treatment activities for the individual patient, the necessary prompts to provide, and the expected outcome of the rehabilitation.
Learning goals
- • The participant is knowledgeable about the capabilities of patients with severe brain injury.
- • The participant can analyse performance during activities and the associated communication.
- • The participant can select the appropriate treatment activity.
- • The participant can provide the correct information during a treatment activity.
- • The participant is able to involve the caregiver in the treatment.
Accreditation and certification
You will receive a certificate after the workshop. This workshop has no specific accreditation.
Presented by
- Elsa van Schouwen, MSc, BcOT, CPCRT Teacher
Workshop timeline
All times are in UTC.
Day 1
- What is treatment and what needs to be treated? What can the patient learn? Which skills are needed? Which compensation is needed? How is compensation provided? Practicing in groups using case studies.
- Break
- How are the treatment activities aligned? Which activity analysis is needed to be able treat the patient? Practicing in groups using case studies.
- Lunch
- What does the treatment look like? How is a skill learned and how is it generalised? What is the role of the caregiver? Practicing in groups using case studies.
- Break
- What is procedural information? How is it given and what level of communication is necessary? Practicing in groups using case studies.