Class Reabilitação Neuropsicológica I

With this module, it is expected that the student will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the main neuropsychological rehabilitation techniques used in a behavioral approach.

S1) Neuropsychological rehabilitation
- Conceptual definition
- Historical and cultural aspects
- Models of neuropsychological rehabilitation
S2) General principles of neuropsychological rehabilitation
- Restitution, substitution and compensation
- Transferring and generalization
- Neuronal plasticity, synaptic reorganization, and cognitive reserve    
S3) Types of intervention: training, stimulation, and neuropsychological rehabilitation
S4) Relationship between assessment and neuropsychological rehabilitation
- Definition of intervention objectives
- Monitoring the implementation of neuropsychological rehabilitation and cognitive training
S5) Factors influencing the course and results of neuropsychological rehabilitation
S6) Rehabilitation of specific cognitive functions across lifespan:  theoretical aspects and practical implications
S7) Potentialities and Limitations of different strategies of neuropsychological intervention

The articulation of the teaching methodologies of the CU with the pedagogical model of the EC is related to the combination of several pedagogical methods recommended by the main scientific pedagogical references of higher education. Therefore, it is intended to encourage active and autonomous learning of students.  
In this way, the oral presentation with the support of audiovisual materials (ME1) aims to provide students with relevant knowledge that will allow them to adopt an active and evidence-based stance in practical teaching methods. Interactive dialogue (ME2) will then be used jointly, fostering students' critical reasoning; discussion of neuropsychological assessment and neurocognitive profiles To explore and define guiding intervention goals (ME3); small group activities in class (ME4), for the creation of possible neuropsychological intervention strategies and tasks suited to the proposed goals, also reflecting on the potentials and limitations for clinical practice. 

Ben-Yishay, Y., & Diller, L. (2011). Handbook of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation: outpatient rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. Oxford University Press
Rajeswaran, J. (2012). Neuropsychological rehabilitation: principles and applications. Elsevier Inc.
Wilson, B., Gracey, F., Evans, J., & Bateman, A. (2009). Neuropsychological rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome. Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, B., Winegardner, J., van Heughten, C., & Ownsworth, T, (2017). Neuropsychological rehabilitation: the international handbook. Routledge, Taylor and Francis group.
Winson, R., Wilson, B., & Bateman, A. (2017). The Brain Injury rehabilitation workbook. The Guilford Press