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Thank you for sharing, if you are experiencing cognitive problems it is important to talk to your doctor to obtain a referral for neuropsychological testing or to a professional such as a neurologist who will refer you or testing. Take good care.

@ I have a mildcognitive impairment symptoms. I was referred a few years ago and i need to talk about it at the appointment next Wednesday when I’m talking about a referral to the ent dr for a swallow evaluation. I have been lightheaded a lot many times. Back in 2016 I was tested by a regular psychologist and he said not working memory was so low

@@BrandonPotter-r9b that is a good plan. Hopefully, you can ask how to obtain a referral or cognitive rehabilitation. I wish you well!

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates also I was born 5 week early and was put on oxygen for an hour maybe and I have adhd and in 2013 I had a sledding accident when I hit the back of my head . Back in aug 2013 I had the first psychological evaluation and it showed I had a borderline cognitive functioning. I have been in resource classes growing up in school and had speech therapy . i just need to manage my low blood flow symptoms better by my diet . i need to write stuff down to remember certain activities I participated in . Watching movies and reading is hard to remember what’s said .

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Very welcome, I am so happy you found it helpful.

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Thank you @LittleSchoolForPetOwners. I appreciate your feedback. Please let me know if there are any topics you are interested in learning about. I am very interested in discussing topics the community would like to know about.

I am thankful that you found this helpful! You are more than welcome!

Thank you for the request. You question addresses a problem many people are struggling with along with the impact of depression treatment modalities on cognition. I appreciate your feedback and will address this in upcoming videos.

I am interested with this as well due to a Chiari malformation; however, I decided against the decompression surgery for myself. I just didn’t feel like it was the right option for me. I do struggle with a lot of issues related to executive functioning that were originally related to ADHD, anxiety, and/or depression, but I am beginning to wonder if that’s correct. I am constantly struggling with brain fog and memory gaps, as well as planning, sequencing, procrastination, and horrible time blindness.

Hi Sasha, I would say that visualization is one of many strategies you can use to help improve encoding of information. I would suggest using association as a good foundational strategy to help you encode information. I train many strategies, but know all strategies will not work for everyone.. Check out my videos on association and let me know if that strategy is something you can work with to help you encode information..

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates thank you for the reply; I will check out that video!

@@DollysParadise That is great, let me know if it helped.

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates Thank for reaching out. The video is great, however, I no longer have the ability to create mental images, mental dialogue, or thoughts.

You are welcome and I appreciate your sharing your experience! Yes, neuropsychological testing is valuable to give you a close look at your cognition. Some people get them just to have a base measurement of where they are now so they can monitor if they change over time. Call your insurance company to see if you can find a neuropsychologist who takes your insurance. If you do not have insurance call psychology departments at your local state colleges to see if they offer services on a sliding scale. I wish you well!

That is great Kena Tofa! Happy to hear treatment is helping you! Keep on the journey!

You are more than welcome! I appreciate your feedback!

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words!

I recommend you repeat (out loud) the items as they appear to help you encode them. In real life repeat out loud things you are trying to make stick to help it register better. Let me know how it goes!

Typically you would obtain a referral from your PCP to your neurologist or neuropsychologist who refers to my company. You will need a referral and then you would call us and we would schedule your appointment.

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates is there any way to do it without an referral? I don't live in America

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates Do medical insurance cover this?

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@@howellwong11 Yes medical insurance does cover this. However, it depends on if the psychologist accepts insurance, so shop around for one that accepts your insurance.

Thank you for the question, yes I can do that. With what I have pending it may take approximately two months, but I will put it on my agenda.

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates thank you very much:)

I appreciate the feedback Rick. Please let me know what topics you may be interested in exploring. Thank you again for your detailed feedback. I am happy to have you as part of the community!

Thank you Rick. I wish you well as a student in clinical social work which is a challenging program. It sounds like you have good support which is great! I hope to cover more on executive functioning in the near future, but let me know what areas of executive functioning you are struggling in so I may include it in upcoming episodes. If you are experiencing problems know others are as well and you are not alone. Thank you!

Hello Ms. Stres, Thank you for your question. I will check with my telehealth company and see it it is possible to do services with you in the UK and will follow-up with you. Best, Brenda Curtwright, Ph.D.

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates thank you very much. Looking forward to hear back from you

Hello Ms. Randle, Thank you for your question. I am unsure of what a family therapist's answer would be the the questions you posed. However, maintaining focus and breathing exercises could be a part of cognitive rehabilitation. Levels of rehabilitation are determined based on the severity of the patient's cognitive deficits. The other personal experiences you identified could be major factors that affect the mental health of the patient that I would recommend probable therapy separate from cognitive rehabilitation. I hope this helps. Best, Brenda Curtwirght, Ph.D.,

Hi Ms. Christina, I am so happy you thought it was fun! Please share any funny strategies that have come to mind. Best, Brenda Curtwright, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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I am happy you found it helpful!. I appreciate your feedback!

Thank you so much for your feedback. I am so happy you find the channel very interesting. I try to do activities that most people across the broad range of mild cognitive impairment can do, but will add different activities that will have more challenge in the future. Your feedback gives me ideas for future content so I appreciate it! I hope you had a Happy Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Hi, thank you for your comment. I hope the videos provide you with some support, however, it is helpful to seek cognitive rehabilitation therapy if that is possible. Please let me know any topics you are interested in learning about so I may consider them for future videos.

Hello Danielle, you are welcome! The lesson in this video can be used with a patient with a milder form of dementia (e.g. they can label and describe objects, read words, and answer questions about verbs). If the person has more severe dementia I would use real common objects (e.g. hair brush, fork, book) and have them tell me two things about the item. For the VNest exercise I would use photographs that showed an action from the person's life and have them tell me what was happening in the photo. I would ask "what is happening in this picture?" followed by questions "who", and "where" questions about the photo. I would work on these activities for 10 to 20 minutes twice a week if the person tolerates the activity for that long. I hope that answers your question. Let me know how it goes if you do this. Thanks for such a great question!

Hello, thank you for this great question. There are a few options to obtain services. If you have insurance you can contact your insurance company and see what speech language pathologists are on your insurance's board and contact them and see if they offer cognitive rehabilitation. If you don't have insurance google speech language pathologist cognitive rehabilitation in your area and ask them if they have a private pay rate. Another option is to seek out a psychologist or neuropsychologist to obtain a neuropsychological assessment which often can result in a referral to a speech language pathologist or occupational therapy (who do cognitive rehabilitation therapy as well), Obtaining a neuropsychological assessment is very helpful in it will provide a comprehensive assessment of your attention, language, memory, and visuospatial skills in addition to your executive functioning skills which will provide good information to the therapist who provides you with cognitive rehabilitation services. I hope this helps. Please let me know of you have any additional questions. Best Regards! Brenda Curtwright

@@brendacurtwrightandassociates Wow!!!! Thank you!!

great question and very helpful reply. thank you both

Hi, great question! Therapy helps add strategies to your tool box and experiences to work through to increase success of sustaining cognition. Please subscribe to my channel and try out some of the strategies. Thank you for your question!

That is excellent Becky! I am glad you had fun with the exercise 🙂.

Thanks for your feedback Becky and for being part of the community!

I am happy you enjoyed the exercise. You did well! Very helpful feedback about having the same answers to the questions. Much appreciated!

Thank you! I am so glad you found this interesting! I appreciate your feedback.

Thank you Althea, but now it a good time too! Thank you for being a part of the community and offering your feedback! 🙂