MOTIVATING APATHETIC, DEPRESSED, AND COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS TO MAXIMALLY BENEFIT FROM THERAPY

Course overview

Physical Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, Recreation Therapists, and others who treat the following: Alzheimer¿s Disease Brain injury from stroke or trauma No awareness of their impairments Depression Apathy Extreme lack of motivation Multiple Sclerosis Older adults with memory problems. Patients that fall or are fearful of falling Patients with cognitive impairment often have difficulty with functional activities as well as learning or relearning behaviors in the clinic. Attendees will learn what aspects of cognition are most often affected by mild to moderate cognitive impairment and how to overcome some of those deficits with either long term cognitive rehabilitation or short term executive functioning enhancing interventions. Many clients are functioning below their potential, because of fear or other psychological barriers. In addition, depressed, unmotivated, apathetic and/or anxious clients often do not benefit from treatment as much as others. As you know, these patients often pose difficult challenges for therapists. In this exciting and unique course we will learn and discuss how to increase the efficacy of our treatment with patients who have cognitive impairment, depression, or difficult personality disorders. Therapists will learn how to individualize their treatment interventions for difficult populations in this intermediate course. Therapists will also get practical ideas, tools, and strategies they will be able to immediately put into practice.