Given the pattern of cortical atrophy beginning in the temporal region in early AD, language or verbal fluency retraining becomes a crucial cognitive domain from rehabilitation perspective (22). Taking this into account, a recent case study (23) investigated the implications of a longitudinal (5 years) cognitive intervention program in a mild Alzheimer's disease (mAD) patient targeting mainly the language functioning. The case was recruited from an outpatient of the 3rd Neurology Clinic of G. Papanikolaou hospital and the Geriatric Unit of the B Internal Medicine of the Hippocration hospital of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. He was right handed, native Greek speaker, 78 years old and highly educated (16 years) with no self-reported auditory or visual problems. He could read and recognize the visual items of the tasks and was …show more content…
He had strong willingness to improve himself as he had self-consciousness about his deficits due to the disease and their consequences in everyday life. After the screening assessment he was informed about procedure and the duration of the intervention in order to decide if he wanted to participate. The cognitive intervention had 2 parts: the intensive one included training strategies and tasks that enhanced his impairments (memory, naming, comprehension), and the second one (the next 4 years), without guidelines or teaching. Results showed that there was significant improvement to the RBMT Direct route (60%), categorical verbal fluency, (52%), the Wisconsin (50%), the Comprehension of Oral spelling (BDAE) (42.86%) and the narrative written (BDAE- the cookie theft, 40%). Moreover, on language performance there was significant difference between the 3 neuropsychological assessments too [Fx2(3,8) = 13.83 p = .045] showed the best performance to the PALPA (56, 59 – reading comprehension), the BDAE Reading of phrases and paragraphs and the Narrative
This paper focuses on the Response to Intervention. As educators we are hearing RTI more frequently in the school districts than ever before. Many educators and state officials agree that all teachers should know and get to know the benefits and importance of RTI. The most crucial aspect to know is the RTI takes place into the regular childhood classroom; this is not something that just special education teachers need to know. This paper explains the purpose and a brief history of RTI. The paper offers ways that it is beneficial for school districts to implement this research based program. However, as in many systems there are always challenges, the paper briefly discusses some of the challenges that educators
A variety of Positive Psychology Interventions (PPI’s) have been developed to enhance positive emotions, happiness and well-being, (broaden and build) Fredrickson (1998). This personal portfolio is a report of my own experience and a critical evaluation of my participation in PPI’s. My previous experience of PPI mainly consisted of expressive writing (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986): in the form of keeping a personal journal during my adolescent years. During those formative years, my psychological development was impaired due to the emotional abuse and maltreatment I received from my mother: I was made to feel worthless; unloved; unwanted; and forced to meet the needs of my mother. Navarre EL. (1987) Subsequently, I developed a post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Coentre. R & Power. P (2011).
“Of all forms of mental activity, the most difficult to induce even in the minds of the young, who may be presumed not to have lost their flexibility, is the art of handling the same bundle of data as before, but placing them in a new system of relations with one another by giving them a different framework, all of which virtually means putting on a different kind of thinking-cap for the moment. It is easy to teach anybody a new fact…but it needs light from heaven above to enable a teacher to break the old framework in which the student is accustomed to seeing.”
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is among the most extensively tested psychotherapies for depression. Many studies have confirmed the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a treatment for depression. This paper will provide background information about the intervention, address the target population, and describe program structure and key components. It will also provide examples of program implementation, challenges/barriers to implementing the practice, address how the practice supports recovery from a serious mental illness standpoint and provide a summary. Although there are several types of therapy available to treat depression and other mood disorders, CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) has been one of the most widely
EBIs to reduce disruptive behavior and increase academic achievement can include trainings and implementation support at the school, class-wide, and individual student-level, and are often either academic or behavioral in nature. Overall, implementation of both universal (i.e. class-wide) and targeted (i.e. student-level) interventions have demonstrated positive impacts on decreasing disruptive behaviors and increasing student academic achievement (Flower, McKenna, Bunuan, Muething, & Vega, 2014; Vannest, Davis, Davis, Mason, & Burke, 2010).Ross, Romer, and Horner (2012) also found that teachers in schools implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports with high fidelity
Certain qualities are consistently observed in the Alzheimer’s victim. These dysfunction’s, though, are not exclusive to Alzheimer’s disease. Consequently, declaring Alzheimer’s by these parameters is a matter of degree rather than an absolute. Characteristic dysfunction’s have been noted in Alzheimer’s victims, but the degree and severity of these varies from patient to patient. Thus, evaluation of the patient’s mental status must be made based on the sum, rather than a single characteristic. Memory is one of the first noticed deficiencies, beginning typically with the recent and short term memory, and progressing from there as the disease grows more severe. In addition, deterioration in language skills, attention span, praxis (performance of an action), and visuospatial skills are commonly seen. Also observed are changes in the actions and personality of the Alzheimer’s victim. These include changes in mood, motor activities, activities of daily living, socialization skills, psychotic disturbances, vegetative symptomology, and rise in anxiety levels. Again, the
Cognitive enhancement is the most convincing reason why nootropics are considered ethical in neuroscience. Its enriching behaviour is what makes it suitable for demanding jobs such as doctors, or the military. It could easily be an advanced alternative to caffeine. SHAKAIN http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-ethics-of-smart-drugs explores a study by Charlotte Housden and Dr Colin Sugden, where 39 sleep-deprived doctors where given either 200mg of Modafinil or placebo. Modafinil is a prescribed medication, used to treat sleep disorders such as narcolepsy. It acts as a stimulant on the central nervous system and prevents the person from feeling tired. Results displayed that the Modafinil group thought more widely and had greater impulse control. Thus, an improvement in cognitive ability.
In it's simplest form, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, (or CBT as it will be referred to from here on out), refers to the approach of changing dysfunctional behaviors and thoughts to realistic and healthy ones. CBT encompasses several types of therapy focusing on the impact of an individual's thinking as it relates to expressed behaviors. Such models include rational emotive therapy (RET), rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), behavior therapy (BT), Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT), Schema Focused Therapy, Cognitive therapy (CT). Most recently a few other variations have been linked to CBT such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT), and
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy. The effectiveness has been researched extensively over the years (Dobson, 2001). There are over three hundred published studies about the outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy interventions. The main reason for this is that an ongoing adaptation of this form of psychotherapy makes it applicable to a vast amount of disorders and related problems (Rounsaville & Caroll, 2002). Despite the relatively great amount of studies on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy, questions still remain about the levels of effectiveness for different disorders, about the effects of
Most contemporary psychological treatment approaches are predecessors of the ancient and medieval philosophies and theories. Cognitive behavioural therapy as one of the modern treatment method in not an independently formed treatment, different theories have contributed to its present shape and application.
Cognitive therapy is one of the few theories that have been extensively scientifically tested and found to be highly effective in over 300 clinical trials. It focuses on the immediate or automatic thoughts the client has and how these thoughts affect their feelings and behaviors. The goal of cognitive therapy is to identify these thoughts that are poorly affecting the client. Then teach the client how to identify these automatic thoughts and how they can effectively change them. Through the very structured sessions of cognitive therapy, a client should essentially learn the tools to be their own cognitive therapist for future problems they may encounter. The therapy session will not make them an expert but they will be better prepared to
Cognitive behavioural therapy has been proven to be effective in the treatment of child and adolescent depression (Lewinsohn & Clarke, 1999; Harrington et al, 1998, March et al, 2004). There is general agreement in the clinical literature that the techniques of cognitive behavioural approaches to therapy are likely to be effective in treating depression (Brewin, 1996; Beech, 2000).
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used during a counseling session in a hospital or office setting by therapist. Although I was unable to do a current Site visit to a human service department of a company to write my report, I do know from my own experience some things pertaining to programs that employ behavioral or genitive intervention and or models. In this paper I will attempt to explore some areas within a cognitive intervention such as:
Consider your role/area of responsibility in the intervention; the aims of the intervention; strategies for intervention (how will you work towards achieving the aims of the intervention?); what legislation, policy, social work methods and theory are relevant and how these will be applied; what social work skills are relevant for the intervention? If there are skills you need to develop how are you going to develop these?