Rehabilitation work with people dealing with mental and cognitive disabilities - understanding and implementation
About the course
Cognitive structure and abilities are the basis for human behavior and function. Normal cognition helps a person acquire knowledge from the outside world, process it, and use it, with the nervous system and human brain being responsible for the broad range of these abilities. Every person is required to demonstrate current functional skills in their daily routine, which include, among other things: use of memory, ability to divide attention, retrieval of words from memory as needed, planning thinking, time estimation, orientation in space and place, visual perception and self-awareness, and more. Some people who deal with both mental and cognitive disabilities suffer from a significant deterioration in the level of participation in daily activities, in functional-executive abilities, and in learning processes.
The course will place great emphasis on the practice of rehabilitation work. The course will be accompanied by examples and experiences for the purpose of integrating the course materials with practical and applied intervention in rehabilitation workplaces.
Course objectives
- The student will expand their knowledge, enrich their toolbox, and perfect the basic skills for working with people with mental disorders and cognitive decline.
- The student knew how to observe nonverbal behaviors and create tailored and precise supports.
- The student will learn a model for practical and applied work. Developing skills that enable a full life, improving functional level, and creating good, structured, and differentiated relationships with his supportive environment.
- The student will understand how to create improvements in the conduct of daily routines and create correct, customized, and unique responses in all areas of the life of the candidate he is accompanying.
Course structure
The course includes 6 sessions, each lasting 6 academic hours.
Participants
The course is intended for 30 rehabilitation workers – managers, professional workers, rehabilitation instructors, support workers and mentors from the various rehabilitation frameworks in the community.
Course requirements
- Attendance is required for 90% of classes.
- Active participation in lessons, discussions, and classroom exercises.
- Submitting a course summary assignment.
Admission conditions
- A rehabilitation worker who works for at least six months in a rehabilitation setting, in any of the areas of the community mental health rehabilitation system.