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[Video] TEDTalk -The True Gifts of a Dyslexic Brain
Advocate and educator Dean Bragonier offer people his insight into Dyslexia in this Ted Talk. By explaining the history and understanding of the Dysle
11 May, 2021[Video] TEDTalk – Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story
Jessica McCabe is an adult who struggled with ADHD as a child into her adulthood. After battling the impacts of ADHD in her own life, she became an AD
30 April, 2021[Video] TEDTalk – An Occupational Therapist’s Role in Person-Centered Design
Rebecca Langbein is pursuing her clinical doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OT) at Thomas Jefferson University. Like many OTs, Rebecca is constantly
12 April, 2021[Video] Complex Brain Injury Rehab – Remote and In-home Occupational Therapy
Brain injuries are complex injuries. Heather Condello and her team of occupational therapists, including Ayushi Dhingra, understand that. Heather and
04 April, 2021Job Interview
Job interviews are an important part of life. Although they are important, for many people, they are stressful. Improving our cognitive skills can hel
26 March, 2021[Video] TEDTalk – The New Era of Positive Psychology
Professor Seligman has been teaching and studying psychology for many years. This Ted-talk is insightful and informative to anyone who wants to involv
22 March, 2021[Video] The Surprisingly Dramatic Role of Nutrition in Mental Health
Nutrition is one of the most underlooked factors contributing to mental health well-being. Researchers are beginning to understand the role of the min
01 March, 2021TEDTalk – How Important Relationships Can Decrease Anxiety & Depression
Social connection is a human need. Many people struggle with social connection and are at risk of isolation. Social connection can decrease anxiety an
15 February, 2021TEDTalk – The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory
Daniel Kahneman explains how memories influence our future. He explains how our memory can influence how we perceive what is going on in the world aro
05 February, 2021[Video] TEDTalk – How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a Canadian-American pediatrician who assumed the position of Surgeon General of California in 2019. Dr. Harris is known for
01 February, 2021[Video] An Athlete’s Mindset for Cognitive Healing
Dr. Taher Chugh treats post-concussion care like he would be training an athlete. He approaches them from a holistic approach and has found remarkable
29 January, 2021[Video] TEDTalk – Why do our bodies age?
It's a question we all have and Ted Educator Monica Menesini explains it so well. Our average age as humans is set at 90 years old and yet we have som
25 January, 2021What is Cognitive Remediation
Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy is a collection of treatment strategies designed to address problems with memory, attention, perception, learning, pl
13 January, 2021[Video] TEDTalk – The Key to Success? Grit
Dr. Angela Duckworth left a management consulting job to become a teacher in the New York City public school system. To answer this question, she beca
04 January, 2021[Video] Can Cognitive Treatment Help with Depression?
Depression has many factors, but like other cognitive remediation therapists, Gregg is battling it with simple tools and techniques. Gregg explains ho
04 December, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating condition that starts at the cellular level. While it is most known for the cognitive changes that occur as the
13 November, 2020The Cognitive Connection Between Executive Functions and Language Skills
Language is one of the ways we communicate. It is one that when it is lost it is greatly missed. Kyra's background and work with executive function sk
30 October, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – How to live passionately – no matter your age
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's unique research and medical background makes her Tedtalk extremely insightful. Before she experienced her stroke she was work
26 October, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – How Menopause Affects the Brain
Lisa Mosconi is a neuroscientist, director of the Weill Cornell Women’s Brain Initiative, a neuro-nutrionist, and author of Brain Food and the XX Brai
14 October, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – The Most Important Lesson from 83,000 Brain Scans
Dr. Amen discusses the importance of brain scans in medical practice. Many clinical providers do not get a chance to look at their client’s brains, wh
02 October, 2020[Video] Concussions in the Classroom
This will be the best, most informative 35 minutes of your day. Concussions are more frequent than many people realize. Kyra's 25 years working with T
16 September, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – The Power of Play
In 1996, Vialet launched Playworks with two schools in Berkeley, California. Currently, the organization brings play and physical activities to childr
07 September, 2020[Video] Group Therapy Sessions with Kyra Minichan
Group therapy sessions have a positive impact on people’s lives. Kyra takes that theory and brings it into a child’s healing process. Kyra explains h
28 August, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – Occupational Therapy and Neuroplasticity After Brain Injury
Occupational therapists are on the front lines working with brain injury. Difficulties OTs face with patients with brain injury include not only the p
21 August, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – A Brain Injury is like a Fingerprint, no Two are Alike
Professional athletes and everyday people are susceptible to brain injury. What is important for both patients with brain injury and clinical provider
10 August, 2020[Video] What to do When Your Child is Diagnosed as “Fine”
Parents take their children for assessments when their child is thought to have a learning disability. Too often, children are diagnosed as "fine". Th
17 July, 2020[Video] Social Goals within Cognitive Remediation
Gregg's insight into how social goals and cognitive functioning are related is valuable to understanding the importance of social cognition within cog
06 July, 2020[Video] Do You like Digital Tools or Workbooks?
Gregg works primarily with young males aged 18 -24 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He helped to develop and direct the first non-residential cognitive reme
29 June, 2020[Video] Digital Tools with Kyra
The integration of digital tools has helped Kyra's practice reach children outside of her town. Kyra believes in the importance of digital tools as we
19 June, 2020[Video] Concussions and Why You Should Care
Concussions impact all aspects of a child’s life. Kyra’s background in neurotrauma has set her apart in her field. Kyra explains how and why she care
10 June, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – How Aphasia Affects the Brain
Aphasia is a loss of language, not a loss of intellect. Over 2 million Americans are living with aphasia as a result of a stroke, brain injury, or neu
03 June, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – What Happens During a Stroke?
Every two seconds, someone in the world has a stroke. Strokes are extremely common, one out of every six people will have one, but what exactly happen
18 May, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – My Stroke of Insight
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's unique research and medical background makes her Tedtalk extremely insightful. Before she experienced her stroke she was work
01 May, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – The World Needs All Kinds of Minds
Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism as a child. In this Ted Talk, she explains how her brain works. Her visual processing helps her solve problem
30 April, 2020[Video] TEDTalk – Why Everything You know About Autism is Wrong
At the age of 25, Jac den Houting was diagnosed with autism. While many parents of children worry when their child is diagnosed with autism, Jac descr
22 April, 2020[Video] How to Encourage Patients to Complete Cognitive Rehabilitation
As the program lead for research in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Deb has been studying psychosis for a while.
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