Rehabilitation of Neuropsychological Disorders A Practical Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals

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Written by a team of experienced scientists and professionals, the volume provides a universal taxonomy of neuropsychological abilities (emphasizing relatively simple terms), with a list of basic rehabilitation strategies to improve impairments identified in general cognitive domains.

Neuropsychological Strengths/Weaknesses Worksheet (PDF file, ~106KB)

Compensatory Strategies for Neuropsychological Weaknesses

• General Strategies to Improve Weaknesses in Attention
  • Arousal
  • Focused Attention
  • Divided Attention
  • Sustained Attention
• General Strategies to Improve Weaknesses in Memory
  • General Strategies
  • Encoding and Consolidation
  • Retrieval
  • Sensory Specific Memory Skills
  • Verbal Memory Strengths
  • Visual Memory Strengths
• General Strategies to Improve Weaknesses in Executive Functions
  • General Strategies
  • Disorders of Initiation
  • Disorders of Termination
  • Disorders of Self-regulation
• General Strategies to Improve Weaknesses in Visual-Spatial Abilities
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Field Cuts
  • Depth Perception
  • Spatial Neglect
  • Figure-Ground Discrimination
  • Spatial Perception
  • Visual Closure
  • Spatial Construction
  • Spatial Disorientation
  • Body Schema
• General Strategies to Improve Weaknesses in Language
  • General Strategies
  • Discourse
  • Written Language
  • Receptive Language Weaknesses
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Auditory Comprehension

Community Resources for Individuals with Neuropsychological Disorders

• Social Security Disability
• State Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
• Community Resources for Individuals with Neuropsychological Disorders
• Guardianship/Conservatorship Issues for Individuals with Neuropsychological Disorders

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