Over the next 20 years, the prevalence of dementia will continue to increase significantly as the baby boomer generation enters the age group of greatest risk. Do you have the skillset and tools to maximize treatment outcomes with this population? Regardless of your profession, information presented in this course will maximize your understanding of brain science, memory and cognitive decline while enabling improved responses to your treatment objectives. This course provides immediate empowerment to help your clients reduce dementia risk/cognitive decline and facilitate improvement once discovered.
Dr. Sherrie All offers a straightforward approach to introduce and explain current neuroscience while allowing immediate clinical application to your clients. Learn how to identify and find the problem and then how to set realistic evidence-based treatment goals. Dr. All shares a comprehensive toolbox of evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation interventions to optimize brain power, improve memory and reduce the rate of cognitive decline.
Drawing on over 15 years of clinical experience, Dr. All will teach you techniques and interventions to effectively:
Speak with confidence of neuroanatomy as it relates to memory and cognitive functioning with peers and clients/family members
Assess for cognitive decline and accurately interpret complicated assessment reports
Understand the difference between cognitive stimulation, cognitive training and cognitive rehabilitation
Create actionable treatment plans to immediately help your clients
Expand working memory and enhance attention, generalizing to real-world functioning
Convey the importance of activity and exercise to maintain optimal brain health
Determine when to refer out to a specialist for more detailed assessment
Educate patients/clients to decrease fear and empower with evidence-based tools for improved cognitive function
Walk away with practical and useful techniques that can be implemented immediately within your practice. Start feeling confident in delivering the rehabilitation interventions your clients facing cognitive decline so desperately need!
主講專家介紹
雪莉·奧爾Sherrie D. All PhD博士
芝加哥認知健康中心
臨床心理學家.神經心理學、認知康復和大腦健康專家
任職芝加哥認知健康中心 (CCCW)，團體神經心理學機構
治療認知衰退病患.提供認知復健和心理治療。
雪莉·奧爾博士是臨床神經心理學家，十多年來一直專注於治療癡呆症、帕金森病、TBI、MS 和其他神經系統疾病患者。芝加哥認知健康中心創始人兼主任，專門從事認知康復和大腦健康私人神經心理學診所。她使用循證認知康復干預措施幫助數百名經歷認知衰退的成年人提高了他們的思維能力，擴大了他們的功能獨立性，並增強了他們的大腦健康。
榮獲2010年Sharpbrains 最具創新精神健康項目創新獎，
她曾擔任Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging顧問，幫助開發和評估整體大腦健康計劃，她研究降低罹患癡呆症風險方法。
主要著作
The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power,
Improve Memory and Stay Sharp at Any Age 2021
