Cognitive Rehabilitation is the combination of specific exercises, activities and therapy that focus on regaining lost skills, as well as learning ways to compensate for abilities that have been permanently changed because of the brain injury.
The goal of rehabilitation is simple: help the patient progress to the most highlest independent level of functioning possible. Depending on the patient’s situation this might include:
Therapy focuses on helping patients regain lost skills, as well as helping them learn ways to compensate for abilities that have been permanently changed because of a brain injury or trauma. In addition to helping patients be able to do more, more independently, we help patients feel more in control, and less disoriented by the changes that have taken place.
Individuals tend to respond best to programs tailored to their backgrounds and interests, so we focus on matching the therapeutic method(s) to the patient. For some patients it can help to involve family members who may be in the best position to provide information, for example. Occasionally we may integrate certain computer-assisted programs if this suits a certain patient.
We integrate four main approaches according to the patient’s needs: