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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

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Course ID: 2500-EN-PS-CSN5-03
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Name in Polish: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Organizational unit: Faculty of Psychology
Course groups: (in Polish) Neuropsychology and Neuroscience specialization
WISP specialization courses for 5 year
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Type of course:

elective courses

Short description:

The aim of the course is to provide students with specific knowledge of neuropsychological interventions and to enable them to develop clinical competences needed to help patients with cognitive dysfunctions due to acquired brain injury.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the course students should be able to:

- Apply the rules of evidence-based practice in planning interventions both in research and clinical work

- Compare the effectiveness of different methods of treating patients with cognitive dysfunctions

- Communicate the outcomes of neuropsychological interventions

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Marcin Leśniak
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Full description:

The course aims at extending students’ knowledge of principles, methods and specific techniques of neuropsychological interventions for individuals with cognitive/behavioral disorders due to acquired brain injury. Students will learn how to plan the process of rehabilitation, execute it, and assess patient’s progress according to the evidence-based practice framework. Students will have an opportunity to train their skills in groups with real clinical data.

Bibliography:

Kolb B., Whishaw I. (2003). Fundamentals of human neuropsychology. New York : Worth Publishers. Chapter 25 (pp. 670-696)

- Wilson B. (2009). Foreword. Neuropsychological rehabilitation. 19 (6), 785–789

- Malec J. F. (2009). Ethical and evidence-based practice in brain injury rehabilitation. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 19(6), 790-806.

- Leclercq, M., Sturm, W. (2002). Rehabilitation of attention disorders: literature review. In: M. Leclercq, P. Zimmermann (eds.). Applied neuropsychology of attention. Theory, diagnosis and rehabilitation. Chapter 12 (pp. 341-364)

- Bartolomeo, P. (2013). Attention disorders after right brain damage. Living in halved worlds. Springer. Chapter 9 (pp. 159- 174)

- Azouvi, P., Jacquin-Courtois, S., Luaute, J. (2017). Rehabilitation of unilateral neglect: Evidence-based medicine. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 60(3):191-197.

- Zihl J. (2011). Rehabilitation of visual disorders after brain injury. Hove: Psychology Press. Chapter 1

- Wilson, B. (2009). Memory rehabilitation: integrating theory and practice. The Guilford Press; 1 edition. Chapters 4-6 (pp. 52-105).

- Velikonja, D., i in. (2023). INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part V: Memory. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 38(1), 83–102.

- Helm-Estabrooks, N., Albert, M. L., & Nicholas, M. (2013). Manual of aphasia and aphasia therapy (3rd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed. Chapters 14, 16 (pp.181-194, 207-228)

- Haskins EC, Cicerone K, Dams-O’Connor K, Eberle R, Langenbahn D, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A. (2012) Cognitive rehabilitation manual. Rehabilitation for impairments of executive functions. Reston, Virginia (USA): American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

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