70009 - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Docente: Elisabetta Ladavas
  • Credits: 12
  • SSD: M-PSI/02
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Elisabetta Ladavas (Modulo 1) Caterina Bertini (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Neurosciences and neuro-psychological rehabilitation (cod. 0989)

Learning outcomes

Students should acquire basic knowledge that allows them to project and use methods and theoretic models of neuropsychological rehabilitation. Furthermore, they should acquire fundamental concepts to understand how to use available neuro-rehabilitation techniques and to create new ones.

Course contents

The course will be held in the first semester (September - December 2016). At the end of the course, students should acquire knowledge relative to the following topics: Research methods in neuropsychological rehabilitation; Neuropsychological rehabilitation of perception, attention, movement, language, and memory disorders; neuropsyhological rehabilitation of cognitive deficits following frontal lobe syndrome and dementia.

Readings/Bibliography

E. Làdavas - Riabilitazione Neuropsicologica- Ed. Il Mulino.

Assessment methods

During the oral exam (the top mark is 30/30), the professor will assess the knowledge related to the main neuropsychological syndromes and related  neuro-rehabilitation treatments as well as the tools used for the diagnosis.

Teaching tools

Slides, scientific articles, discussion of single case related to  specific neuropsychological disorders.

Office hours

See the website of Elisabetta Ladavas

See the website of Caterina Bertini