ATTENTION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation
INSTRUCTORS:
Kit Malia & Anne Brannagan
'Of all the myriad tasks that the brain has to perform, perhaps none is as crucial to the performance of other tasks as attention. For when the brain attends it also perceives. When the brain attends and perceives, it learns. What is learned is sometimes spontaneously recalled in the absence of attention, but voluntary recollection requires an attentive brain'.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This 2.5 hour webcast is suitable for professionals working with adults who have cognitive problems following brain injury.
The course focuses on developing clinical expertise in the rehabilitation of attention and information processing deficits.
We recommend allocating a full day to watch this webcast as our timings do not include times for breaks or any pauses or rewinds you may wish to take.
This a 'Webcast on Demand' meaning that you can watch it at any point during the broadcast; You can rewind, pause or fast forward; Watch it all in one go, or split it up as suits you.
Wherever you are in the world you will have access to the webcast for the full 24 hours of the date advertised, in your local time.
Note that the actual broadcast lasts for 48 hours, starting at noon (UK time) on the day before the date advertised and ending at noon (UK time) on the day after the date advertised. This is so that you can spread your viewing across 2 or 3 days (depending on your location in the world); Use this chart to calculate the equivalent times if you are not based in the UK:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
AIMS:
Programme
ATTENTION
WHY IS ATTENTION IMPORTANT?
Simulations to illustrate what it is like to have attention deficits. What is attention? The link to Working Memory & Executive Functions. Review of Sohlberg & Mateer basic levels of attention. Internal and external attention
NEURAL NETWORKS THEORY OF ATTENTION
The importance of attention. Neural networks theory of attention: Alerting system, Orienting system & Control system
ASSESSING ATTENTION
Recognising attention problems. The 3 approaches to assessment. Rules for assessment. Assessing the attention networks. Attention tests correlated with the 3 neural networks
TREATING ATTENTION
The 4 components of treatment. Treating the whole person. Does it work? Best practice guidelines. Reflective practice
INFORMATION PROCESSING
WHY IS INFORMATION PROCESSING IMPORTANT?
Simulations to illustrate what it is like to have information processing deficits. How this impacts upon behaviour and emotions. What is information processing? The model of information processing. Controlled vs Automatic processing. Capacity, Speed and Control
THE MODEL OF INFORMATION PROCESSING IN DETAIL
The relationship between Attention and Information Processing. Overload. Organisation Skills. Memory. Assimilation & Accommodation. Schema. Association Networks. Redundancy. Hemispheric differences. The role of Effort
THE MODEL CONTINUED. ASSESSING INFORMATION PROCESSING
The 4 modes of expression. Recognising attention problems. Role in motor tasks
TREATING INFORMATION PROCESSING
The 4 components of treatment. Plasticity. What we can learn from studying child development of information processing skills. Reflective practice