PSYN813: Neuropsychological Recovery and Rehabilitation
This unit offers an introduction to: developmental and acquired brain impairment and how this can impair day-to-day functioning; emotional and psychological reactions to brain impairment; the neuropsychologist's role in intervention; recovery and rehabilitation following acquired brain impairment; models and theories of rehabilitation; and developing and evaluating intervention programs using various methods including environmental manipulation, cognitive processing techniques, behavioural methods and cognitive-neuropsychological rehabilitation. The unit covers both child and adult neuropsychological intervention.
| Credit Points: | 2 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Melanie Porter |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
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Department of Psychology Faculty of Human Sciences |