VALUTAZIONE E RIABILITAZIONE NEUROPSICOLOGICA

Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: MARINELLA COCO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course provides students with the knowledge required to understand neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation methods.

Course Structure

Lectures and exercises.

If the course is taught in a blended or distance learning format, any necessary changes to the previously stated curriculum may be made in order to comply with the planned program outlined in the Syllabus.

Required Prerequisites

Knowledge of the structures and functions of the Nervous System.

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is strongly recommended.

Detailed Course Content

Neuropsychological Assessment: Methodological and Ethical Aspects

Clinical Intervention: Clinical Application Areas

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Designing a Treatment and Evaluating Its Effectiveness

Brief Neuropsychological Exam 3

Transcranial Magnetic and Electrical Stimulation and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Virtual and Augmented Reality

In-depth Neuropsychological Rehabilitation through Seminars, Multimedia Videos, and Clinical Case Studies

Full Reading of the Text: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

For assessment purposes, the instructor will consider:

Knowledge and understanding: Ability to describe the main methods and tools of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Applied knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of knowledge of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Making judgments: Ability to summarize and compare concepts of neuropsychological rehabilitation from developmental age onward.

Communication skills: Ability to communicate the content learned during the course using a personal style and appropriate terminology.

Learning skills: Ability to understand, analyze, and process the content of neuropsychological rehabilitation texts in order to independently undertake further in-depth study.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

How is rehabilitation treatment planned?

Cognitive decline

ENB-3

Virtual and augmented reality in rehabilitation