Neurological Rehabilitation
Lakes Neuropsychology provide highly specialist neuropsychological rehabilitation for adults (16 years and older) with an acquired brain injury (ABI) and their families.
All work is person-centred, informed by the client’s individual needs and the stage of their recovery after their injury. All approaches used are holistic, recognising the range of cognitive, behavioural and emotional changes that a person can experience as a result of their ABI.
We frequently work closely with a number of multi-disciplinary teams that often include:
- Case Managers
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- and Support Workers.
Direct clinical input includes cognitive rehabilitation, behaviour management and therapy for emotional difficulties. This latter area may also include specific input around acceptance and emotional adjustment after injury.
Difficulties around these issues can frequently contribute to problems for the client in their wider rehabilitation. Successful therapy and support to address these can often be the catalyst for further progress in many aspects of post-injury recovery.
Lakes Neuropsychology often works with clients’ families, or with those close to them, as part of the neuropsychological rehabilitation. Often, they can find it difficult understanding what has happened, why changes in cognition/behaviour/emotion are observed and what they can do to support their family-member.
They may also experience difficulties in coming to terms with the injury and associated impact on the wider family unit and life in general. Neuropsychology input aims to support both the client and their family in exploring these issues, and to identify ways of moving forward in their coping.
We have expertise in providing consultant and training for teams or reflective practice groups for teams. We have experience in delivering training on topics such as challenging behaviour, emotional adjustment after ABI.
Neurorehabilitation is tailor-made for each individual based on the information obtained during the assessment. This process begins with the provision of information regarding the individual’s cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning, to the individual and their family, and relevant care workers, if necessary.
Goal-setting will then be used to devise appropriate targets for change, which may include the provision of cognitive strategies, help adjusting to the condition or brain injury experienced, and psychological therapy.
Also, there may be particular emphasis on rehabilitation of behavioural changes where a range of strategies may be suggested for the individual and/or those caring for them. Vocational rehabilitation is also provided, if necessary, to facilitate a person’s return to educational or occupational opportunities.
Neurorehabilitation can be provided on a weekly basis or it may be provided via care workers if a person resides in a rehabilitation or hospital based environment. We can provide staff training for this purpose as well as working closely with families to assist them to become rehabilitation partners in ameliorating any identified difficulties.