Neuropsychological Intervention & Support

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Cognitive rehabilitation refers to treatments designed to improve one’s cognitive abilities, or a person’s ability to think and function. Cognitive abilities include skills like attention, memory, processing speed, problem-solving, and multitasking. Cognitive rehabilitation is typically used for persons’ experiencing cognitive and functional impairment after an injury or illness to the brain. It consists of diverse interventions tailored to the individual’s needs and involves restorative and compensatory approaches.

Restorative - The restorative approach aims at reinforcing, strengthening, or restoring the impaired skills. It is based on the principle that repetitive ‘exercise’ of cognitive functions will restore the impaired function. Restorative treatment assumes that surviving or non-diseased neural tissue is capable of reorganisation (neuroplasticity) to replace lost function.

Compensatory - The compensatory approach teaches ways of bypassing or compensating for impaired function. It relies on the effective use of internal and external strategies/aids such as memory mnemonics, assistive technologies, calendars, electronic memory devices, alarms, or reminders.

How can we help?

Our neuropsychologists are trained in delivering cognitive rehabilitation programs tailored to your specific cognitive needs. We have a strong focus on prompting the brain’s remarkable ability to rewire itself based on experience and mental/behavioural habits.

Your neuropsychologist will work with you to develop an understanding of the areas of your thinking and functioning that you would like to improve and devise a program of support that best suits your needs.