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At the completion of this program, you should be able to:

1. Distinguish between the specific types of attention deficits and discuss therapeutic interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
2. Differentiate between the “stages” and “systems” models of memory and discuss effective treatment strategies for improving memory function.
3. Describe the models of care for cognitive rehabilitation with respect to specific diagnoses and rehabilitation settings.
4. Distinguish between memory systems and identify appropriate intervention techniques for specific patient diagnoses.
5. LExplain executive functions and identify the most effective intervention strategies for specific targeted behaviors.
6. List specific techniques and strategies for maximizing brain function and preventing further cognitive decline.
7. Implement critical thinking and problemsolving skis to develop highly individualized therapeutic interventions.
8. Design individualized and measurable goals for cognitive-communication deficits.

1. Archives of the Brain
1. Developing a critical thinking approach to therapeutic intervention
2. Full spectrum of neurological disorders
2. Attention / Visual Processing / Processing Speed
1. Types of attention & attention deficits
2. Visual Field Neglect vs. Visual Field Loss
3. Processing Speed and Attention
4. Case studies: Learning Assessments
3. Comprehensive Patient Assessment
1. Philosophy
2. Approaches
3. Principles
4. Models
5. Procedures
4. Attention Assessments /Treatment
1. Assessments / Tests for attention deficits
2. Attention therapeutic interventions
3. Medical management of Attention
5. Documentation
1. Medical Necessity
2. Goals: Patient Centered Goals
3. Skilled Documentation / Daily / Weekly
6. Memory Domain
1. Normal vs. pathological memory loss
2. Reversible vs. irreversible memory loss
3. System Memory: Declarative vs. Non-Declarative and all subsystems of memory
7. Memory Assessments
1. Quick and Simple Assessments
2. Normed Based Assessments
3. Criteria Bases Assessments
8. Maximize Brain Function/Health Management
1. Memory’s worst enemies
2. Prevention of normal memory loss
3. Depression with neuropathology
9. Approaches of Therapeutic Interventions
1. Traditional cognitive didactic approach
2. Compensatory strategies
3. unctional experiential approach
4. Adaptation Approach of Memory
10. Executive Functions
1. Definition, development, importance of high level cognitive abilities
2. Responsibilities of executive functions
3. Behaviors associated with EF impairments
4. Assessments/tests for executive function deficits
5. Treatment of targeted executive function behaviors
6. Environmental interventions and strategies
7. Case Studies: Learning assessment

Jane Yakel, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed (VA #2202005215) Speech-Language Pathologist with over 40 years of experience in the care of persons suffering from neuropathology disorders. Jane is currently a private contractor and consultant in Virginia and has worked in a variety of settings including acute care, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, skilled nursing homes, independent and assisted living facilities, hospitals and schools. She has taught at the University of Wyoming, Utah State University and DeVry University (Phoenix). She has been a regional clinical specialist and a national trainer for rehabilitation program directors and has served as a director of a community re-entry program for traumatic brain injury survivors. She has shared her expertise as an author and presenter at national and state board continuing education courses on various topics including, Prospective Payment System; Medicare Documentation; Ethics and Professionalism; Comprehensive Assessment of the Adult Patient; Quality Indicators; QA/QI; Customer Service; Nursing Documentation; Managing Dysphagia as well as Cognitive Communication Disorders in the Neurological Impaired; Cognitive Rehabilitation and Dementia.

Jane is the author of two comprehensive manuals and informative guides in the field of Dysphagia and Cognitive Rehabilitation. Jane’s book, Dementia: Interventions for Severe Cognitive Impairments, gives detailed intervention strategies for professionals working with patients who suffer from significantly decreased cognitive status. The book is tailored for multiple disciplines within the healthcare field as well as caregivers.

Jane is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, served as a representative for the People to People Ambassador Program for America Speech and Hearing Association and is a prior member of the Wyoming Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and audiology. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Wyoming, specializing in neuropathology. Jane currently owns ProStar Communications, LLC, a professional communications company, and Yakel Educations, LLC, a professional publishing company.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jane Yakel is the owner of ProStar Communications, LLC and Yakel Educations, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Jane Yakel is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

For U.S. and Canadian customers, CE is available for $20 USD per participant. International CE rates may vary; please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion will be emailed, faxed or mailed to participants completing the post-test/evaluation and paying the CE fee.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 10/29/2016
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 7.4 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistant: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.1 continuing education credits.

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Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This self-study course consists of 6.0 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This self-study lecture qualifies for 6.0 continuing competency hours.

Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 CE credit hours.

New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This self-study course qualifies for 7.4 contact hours.

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists
This course contains 6.0 hours of self-study continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.

California Speech-Language Pathologists/Audiologists: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, #PDP 319. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of self-study continuing professional development credit for Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists, as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathologist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Directors of Nursing, Registered Nurses, Rehabilitation Nurses, Restorative Nursing Staff, Certified Nursing Assistants, Rehab Managers, Activities Professionals, Recreational Therapists, Audiologists, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants