Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy

If you or someone you love has suffered a brain injury you may have heard about Cognitive rehabilitation therapy. Many families have found help and comfort in this form of brain therapy. But what it Cognitive rehabilitation therapy exactly and how does it work?

What is Cognitive rehabilitation therapy?

This is a program that helps those with brain injuries or other cognitive impairments return to functioning normal. The program consists of many skills and training methods using a practice called metacognitive strategies. These strategies consist of helping the patient become self aware by using problem solving skills. This form of therapy has been highly successful with those that suffered a stroke. It has also been used to treat Schizophrenia, Major depressive disorder and ADHD.

Statistics of Cognitive rehabilitation therapy.

• Those with traumatic brain injuries have reported increase in the quality of life compared to those who have not received this treatment.
• Those with moderate to severe injury perform better on communication skill sets than those with no treatment.

What treatment methods are there?

With Cognitive rehabilitation therapy there are a few different skill methods that are used. They include:

• Attention skills: Attention skills help to provide training and learning in all areas one step at a time.
• Executive Skills: The executive skills help to manage the cognitive features of the brain.
• Visuospatial Skills: These set of skills allow individuals to perceive objects and use their spatial relationship skill.
• Problem Solving Skills: These skills are used to analyze facts and situations.
• Memory Skills: Memory skills help to determine the memory capacity in the brain and help to increase it.
• Communication Skills: Allows a person to send and receive information and communicate it back.

In all cognitive rehabilitation therapy helps to improve the ability to perform through therapy methods, and develop strategies to compensate for deficits in the brain.