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Cognitive Rehabilitation

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Advance your clinical practice in cognitive rehabilitation.

Learn the latest best practice in cognitive rehabilitation from renowned clinical neuropsychologist, Dr Dana Wong. Understand the latest techniques and develop better ways to support people with cognitive impairment following brain injury and illness.

$495.00

Key facts

Course category
Psychology, Counselling and Social Work, Psychology
Options
Option 1 Session 1: Wednesday 8 May
Session 2: Wednesday 15 May
Session 3: Wednesday 22 May
Session 4: Wednesday 29 May
Session 5: Wednesday 5 June 		10.00 AM - 12.00 PMOnline (Live)
Duration
5 weeks
Group Bookings
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Prerequisite/s
You must be a qualified health professional with some prior training and experience with people with cognitive impairment.
Certification
Certificate of Attendance

Why this course?

Develop your skills in the latest techniques and ways to support people with cognitive impairment following brain injury and illness, as well as advance your clinical practice in cognitive rehabilitation.

Why study a short course at La Trobe

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Course content

Designed for practising psychologists in areas such as clinical neuropsychology, clinical psychology and health psychology, as well as allied health professionals such as occupational therapists and speech pathologists, this short course will provide you with valuable skills for delivering evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation to adults with brain injury and illness.

 

The 5 x weekly classes will introduce you to evidence-based approaches to cognitive rehabilitation for people with brain injury and illness.

You’ll learn:

  • Current evidence and clinical guidelines for cognitive rehabilitation
  • Practical techniques for effective rehabilitation of memory, attention, processing speed and executive functions
  • Competencies in both group and individual interventions
  • Transdiagnostic processes such as person-centred practice, setting meaningful goals, optimising homework completion, and ensuring feasibility of strategies, generalisability and maintenance
  • Ways to effectively measure intervention outcomes.

Your study experience

This 10-hour course will be delivered via Zoom over five 2-hour weekly sessions and is accessible to clinicians throughout Australia.

At the conclusion, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance for 10 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). 

Who you'll learn from

Dr Dana Wong

Dr Wong is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University.

She leads the eNACT (Neurorehabilitation And Clinical Translation) Research Group, which brings together researchers and clinicians who work with people with acquired brain injury (ABI), such as stroke and traumatic brain injury. The group develops innovative neuropsychological rehabilitation techniques to improve the lives of brain injury survivors, and implements them into clinical practice.

Associate Professor Wong teaches on the postgraduate psychology training programs at La Trobe University and has won several awards for teaching excellence in recognition of her practical, engaging clinical training approaches.

Vanessa Rohlf 

Vanessa is a Research Officer in the School of Psychology and Public Health, and is a consultant, therapist, and educator specialising in compassion fatigue, stress management, pet loss, and animal bereavement.

Paulieen Bennett 

Pauleen is Head of Department of Psychology and Counselling at La Trobe University. She is Australia’s leading expert in Anthrozoology, past-President and Fellow of the International Society for Anthrozoology, and Associate Editor of the field’s leading journal, Anthrozöos. Since 2011, she has led a multidisciplinary research group focusing on human-companion dog relationships, and particularly on how these impact human health and dog welfare.

Frequently Asked Questions

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