Cognitive rehabilitation therapy helps the individual to train impaired cognitive abilities, or to compensate cognitive impairments by making use of preserved abilities. It aims to improve temporal and spatial orientation, speed of thinking, attention, memory, problem-solving as well as basic scholastic skills (writing, reading, calculus). Last but not least, cognitive training also furthers peoples ability to understand the way injury has changed their cognitive functioning and to assess these changes adequately so that they can anticipate and sidestep cognitive failures in their daily lives.
Cognitive therapy encompasses the treatment of impairments in
orientation
attention
memory
planning and problem-solving
visual perception
key vocational / daily life abilities
driving qualification
Fotos: Training of memory, visual exploration, cognitive functions using a PC
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