Part 1: Assessment, Interpretation, and Functional Meaning

This foundational course focuses on the assessment of memory, attention, and focus across adolescence through middle and later adulthood. Part 1 is designed to help clinicians understand how cognitive efficiency, attentional capacity, and memory functioning can be evaluated, interpreted, and translated into functional meaning rather than reduced to surface-level complaints or compensatory strategies.

Participants are introduced to core assessment concepts used in neuropsychological and medical rehabilitation contexts, including how to establish meaningful baselines, interpret patterns of strength and vulnerability, and communicate findings to clients and patients in a way that supports understanding and engagement. Emphasis is placed on differentiating memory and attention capacity from executive strategies alone, and on helping clients make sense of why cognitive effort, recall, or focus may no longer function as it once did.

Part 1 is delivered in four short modules designed for immediate application, allowing participants to begin integrating assessment-informed thinking into their existing clinical or evaluative work as the course progresses.

Memory & Focus Support Through Cognitive Remediation

Part 2: Evidence-Based Strategies for Strengthening Everyday Memory & Focus

Part 2 builds on the assessment foundation established in Part 1 and focuses on remediation of memory, attention, and cognitive processing. Unlike executive function coaching, which primarily emphasizes coping strategies and workarounds, this course introduces evidence-based, neuroplasticity-informed approaches drawn from neuropsychological and medical rehabilitation models.

Participants learn how to support improvements in everyday memory and focus through targeted cognitive exercises, how to educate clients and patients about the purpose and expectations of cognitive remediation, and how to measure change through pre- and post-intervention assessment. The course addresses multiple ways these services can be ethically and sustainably integrated into practice, including one-time baseline assessments, time-limited intervention blocks, ongoing supports embedded within therapy, or short-term and group-based offerings.

Part 2 is delivered across six modules, each building on the last, with practical strategies that can be applied immediately. Together, Parts 1 and 2 provide a structured, accessible entry point for clinicians interested in expanding their work beyond symptom management and strategy coaching toward strengthening underlying cognitive capacity.

A cohort-based, deeper learning format may be offered later in the year based on interest.