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Origami's Approach to
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Cognitive rehabilitation here at Origami is based upon a theory developed by
Madhav R. Kulkarni, Ph.D., O.T.R., C.R.C., L.P.C. called
the Cognitive Perceptual Motor approach. Cognitive Perceptual
Motor (CPM) therapy is a therapy approach to
remediation of deficits in cognitive,perceptual-motor, and
sensory-motor functions following a brain injury. The basic premise of this approach is that brain injured persons must reacquire the basic foundational skills that were acquired during normal development, a bottom up approach.
Treatment at Origami is directed toward restoring the disrupted
brain processes that underlie complex cognitive operations. We
address restoration of functions in sensory reception and integration;
attention/concentration; memory; motor control; gross and fine motor
coordination; visual; tactile, and auditory discrimination; language
functions; logical thinking; problem solving; decision-making and
judgment, with the ultimate goal being functional adaptation for
the individual (Kulkarni, 1993).
The evaluation procedure for this approach
is a very comprehensive, multifaceted evaluation, employing many
tests of cognitive, sensory/perceptual, and motor function, above
and beyond what is typical for an occupational therapist, but not
above and beyond what an occupational therapist is qualified to
do, nor above and beyond what is required to get enough information
to treat a person who has sustained a traumatic brain injury.
This information is provided as an
overview of Cognitive Perceptual Motor (CPM) and basis for therapy
offered at Origami Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center.
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