Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy

This is a broad term used to describe specific rehabilitation interventions designed to address problems in mental processing that are associated with chronic illness, brain injury, or trauma, such as stroke.

The process of CRT comprises 4 components:

Knowledge about cognitive weaknesses and strengths: The focus here is on developing awareness of the problem.

Process Training: This training refers to the development of skills through direct retraining or practicing the underlying cognitive skills. Here motive here is to resolve the problem.

Strategy Training: This includes the use of environmental, internal and external strategies. Here the focus is on compensating rather than resolving the problem.

Functional Activities Training: This involves the execution of the other three components in everyday life. The focus here is on real life improvements.