Neuropsychological rehabilitation is a comprehensive set of systematic psychological interventions tailored to the individual's needs, aimed at compensating for, restoring, or substituting impaired mental functions.
The foundation of neuropsychological rehabilitation is neuropsychological syndromic analysis based on neuropsychological diagnostic results. Specifically, the preserved and impaired or deficient mental functions are first analyzed, the underlying neuropsychological factors are identified, and structural analysis of a specific mental function is conducted — identifying which component is deficient — and on this basis, a support program is built.
A neuropsychological rehabilitation program includes short-term and long-term goals, methods for achieving them, and specific exercises. The program is built considering the individual's interests, motivation, and personality characteristics, is flexible, and takes into account the individual's emotional state, building trust and a safe environment for them.
In children, neuropsychological rehabilitation is carried out through play, with great attention paid to the child's emotional engagement.
Neuropsychological rehabilitation is effective in adults for:
- Post-stroke aphasia (language and communication disorders), amnesia (memory disorders), apraxias (disorders of voluntary motor actions), agnosias (perceptual disorders);
- Mental functioning impairments following traumatic brain injury;
- Dementias.
Neuropsychological rehabilitation is effective in children for:
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD);
- Dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia;
- Dyspraxia and motor coordination disorders;
- Asperger's syndrome;
- Residual states of language development disorders;
- Developmental delays caused by various neurological conditions.