Cognitive NeuroRehabilitation Services (NRS)

We offer a well managed, coordinated delivery of services. Our community based model allows for flexible, creative "real world" experiences to address the many needs of our clients. Knowledge about our clients personal goals for work / school, life style and daily activities are incorporated into the treatment we provide. As a "resource connector" we also link clients to the variety of services available out in the community. Individuals with varying degrees of brain injuries often have difficulty relating the skills they have learned in a clinical setting to everyday living. Our NRS offer professional intervention that help provide a smoother transition back to the community.

Our program is staffed by Neurologists, Neuropsychologists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapeutic Recreation Specialists, and Occupational Therapists. Staff provides coordinated case management for each client involved in NRS. These trained and experienced professionals pursue an interdisciplinary approach to treatment in order to maximize the individual's re-integration into the community in which he or she lives. Families are encouraged to become involved in the rehabilitation process. Team meetings with family members facilitate communication among the staff, the client and those closest to the client, thereby making a significant contribution to his or her rehabilitation.

The Objectives of the Program
Advantages of our NRS Program
Cognitive and Functional Areas Addressed through NRS
Helps the Client Learn...
Over Thirteen Years of Program Outcomes
Referrals / Admission

The Objectives of the Program Are To:

• maximize functional and cognitive abilities
• provide flexible, creative "real world" experiences
• exploration of vocational skills/options in which the client might flourish
• increase the client's activity levels
• improve vocational potential
• address employment skills such as job seeking, interviewing coping with frustration and maintaining good relationships with co-workers and supervisors
• to utilize unstructured time in a constructive and beneficial manner

Advantages of our NRS Program

• Community based "real world" experiences
• Continuity of treatment
• Peer feedback / group interactions
• Community oriented case manager
• Behavior & Adjustment Issues addressed in multiple contexts

Cognitive and Functional Areas Addressed through NRS

Helps the Client Learn...

• about the cognitive, communication, emotional and physical limitations resulting from their injury
• compensation techniques to deal with cognitive and behavioral difficulties
• to interact more positively with families, friends and employers

Clients should:

• agree to actively participate in the program
• have the ability to attend the service in a community setting independently (transportation may be arranged)
• be drug and alcohol free or managed
• not be abusive to themselves or others
• be independent in mobility, feeding and ministering to own needs (or have access to a Personal Care attendant-PCA)

Over Thirteen Years of Program Outcomes Demonstrate:

• improvement in the client's functional skills in the home and community
• 78% of our clients reach their community goals by the end of the program For Acceptance into the Program
• 92% of our NRS graduates maintained or improved their level of functioning and independence at home and in the community, one year after program completion
• 80% of our clients who focused on a return to work goal; maintained a work status, one year after program completion

We have assisted over 600 individuals with brain injuries to achieve a greater degree of independence at home, in the community and at work/school.

Referrals/Admission

Referrals to the Neuro Rehabilitation Services are accepted from Physicians, Neuropsychologists, Case Managers, Social Workers, Discharge Planners, School Representatives, Community Agencies and Massachusetts Rehabilitation Counselors and by self-referral from clients and families. Services are covered by most major insurance companies. A comprehensive evaluation precedes acceptance into the program. The evaluation assists staff in developing a treatment plan with individualized goal areas and with determining the frequency/duration of therapy required. Neuro Rehabilitation Services are offered Monday through Friday.

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