NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
Academic Year 2020/2021 - 2° Year - Curriculum Curriculum A - Clinico - RiabilitativoCredit Value: 6
Scientific field: M-PSI/02 - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
The course provides the fundamentals for the study of the main methods in the field of cognitive rehabilitation
Course Structure
Frontal lessons. If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus
Detailed Course Content
Basis of neuronal plasticity Phonological processing deficits and articulation Rehabilitation of semantic-lexical deficit Rehabilitation of morphosyntactic deficit Treatment of communication disorders in brain-injured adult Rehabilitation of aphasic patients severe Rehabilitation of disorders of reading and writing in adult brain injury Rehabilitation of the number system and the calculation Rehabilitation of disorders of attention Rehabilitation of memory disorders Rehabilitation of apraxia Rehabilitation of spatial disorders Diagnosis and rehabilitation of spatial hemi-inattention development and testing of a training visuo-spatial program Rehabilitation of neglect through different types of sensory stimulation and prismatic adaptation Neuropsychological rehabilitation of head injury Cognitive rehabilitation od dementia Frontal lobes, executive capabilities and their rehabilitation Neuropsychological rehabilitation of global disturbances of consciousness
Textbook Information
Anna Mazzucchi, “La Riabilitazione Neuropsicologica” – Terza edizione Elsevier, 2012
Di Nuovo S. Vianello R. “Deterioramento cognitivo: forme, diagnosi e intervento” – Franco Angeli, 2013
Elisabetta Làdavas “La Riabilitazione Neuropsicologica” – edizione Il Mulino, 2012