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Clinical neuropsychology: diagnostic and re-education [ LPSYM2511 ]


6.0 crédits ECTS  60.0 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Edwards Martin ; Samson Dana (coordinator) ; Adam Stéphane ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Main themes - anamnesis: complaint collection, signs research, first observation of the cognitive functioning, socio-cultural level, etc.; - goal of the examination: diagnostic, pre-reeducation, pre-surgery, forensic report, evolution control, etc. - basic neuropsychological examination: test building, results interpretation, test-retest, validation, theoretical frame, etc.; - dynamic and structural cerebral plasticity; influence of various variables (sex, severity of the injury, NSC, environment after the injury, etc.); - re-education: goals, paradigms, efficiency measure (base line); restoration, facilitation, re-organization, optimization, environment modification, mental prostheses; - re-education of memory troubles, spatial neglect, attention and language
Aims - acknowledge the theoretical fundamentals and the general content of the basic neuropsychological interview and balance; - familiarize with the topics of re-educational approaches (theoretical fundamentals, general methodology, strategic choices, efficiency of treatments measure, etc.); - be aware of the re-educational approaches of the principal neuropsychological troubles.
Content - acknowledge the theoretical fundamentals and the general content of the basic neuropsychological interview and balance; - familiarize with the topics of re-educational approaches (theoretical fundamentals, general methodology, strategic choices, efficiency of treatments measure, etc.); - be aware of the re-educational approaches of the principal neuropsychological troubles. - anamnesis: complaint collection, signs research, first observation of the cognitive functioning, socio-cultural level, etc.; - goal of the examination: diagnostic, pre-reeducation, pre-surgery, forensic report, evolution control, etc. - basic neuropsychological examination: test building, results interpretation, test-retest, validation, theoretical frame, etc.; - dynamic and structural cerebral plasticity; influence of various variables (sex, severity of the injury, NSC, environment after the injury, etc.); - re-education: goals, paradigms, efficiency measure (base line); restoration, facilitation, re-organization, optimization, environment modification, mental prostheses; - re-education of memory troubles, spatial neglect, attention and language
Other information Pre-required: PSP 1131, PSP 1132, PSP 1133, PSP 1200 and PSY 1135 courses or other programs courses judged as equivalent by the teachers.
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Speech and Language Therapy
> Master [120] in Psychology
Faculty or entity
in charge
> PSP


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