VALUTAZIONE E RIABILITAZIONE NEUROPSICOLOGICA

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSI0277

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Moduls:

MODULO NEUROPSICOLOGICO - 6 credits
MODULO CLINICA VALUTAZIONE - 2 credits

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

As a prerequisite, the students are required an advanced psychobiological knowledge.

Objectives

The course aims at providing advanced knowledge on clinical neuropsychology, with particular reference to evaluation and rehabilitation of the main acquired cognitiveThe course aims also at providing the crucial cognitive instruments for a productive integration within multidisciplinary équipes.

Contents

The course deals with the theoretical and methodological foundations of neuropsychology, presenting the clinical symptoms, theoretical interpretations and neural bases of the main disorders following acquired cerebral injuries, with particular reference to related evaluation and rehabilitation procedures.

Extended Syllabus

Theoretical and methodological foundations of neuropsychology. The neuropsychological evaluation and instrumental exams in clinical neuropsychology. Main neuropsychological disorders and syndromes, with related evaluation procedures (aphasia, dyslexia and dysgraphia, apraxia, amnesia, attentional and visuo-spatial disorders, disorders of executive functions, mild and major neurocognitive disorders), body representation and illness awareness disorders, emotional and psychiatric disorders following acquired brain injuries.General principles of neuropsychological rehabilitation. The rehabilitation of language, memory and attention disorders; treatment of mild and major neurocognitive disorders.

Recommended Bibliography

1) Manuale di neuropsicologia. Giuseppe Vallar and Costanza Papagno. Edition: Il Mulino.
2) La riabilitazione neuropsicologica. Premesse teoriche e applicazioni cliniche. Third Edition. Ed. Anna Mazzucchi. Edition: Elsevier. Chapters: 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18.
3) Slides of the course.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course contents are presented through lessons in lecture hall, taking advantage of power point slides (made available to the students), of the vision of explicative clinical cases and direct experience of some evaluation and rehabilitation procedures.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam.

Contacts/More Information

It is possible to participate to the scientific meetings organised by the Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
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Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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