Cognitive Abilities and Intervention Strategies (CAIS) - Beyond Behavior

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5 Courses

cais Manual Volumes 1 - 3

Interactive cais Questions and Interventions

Volume 1 - Tips and Concepts Behind The CAIS

5 chapters with similar titles to the session titles in Vol 3 and the module titles in the online course. The titles of Chapters 2-5 match the titles of the four parts of the CAIS in Vol 2.  Vol 1 has an introduction, the five chapters, and all the CAIS Handouts (43 total) which give an in-depth look at the CAIS concepts and intervention strategies.

  1. Introduction to the Three-Volume Manual (with Table of Contents)
  2. Introduction to Volume 1
  3. Chapter 1 (Brain and Cognition)
  4. Chapter 2 (Cognitive Abilities)
  5. Chapter 3 (Environment)
  6. Chapter 4 (Communication)
  7. Chapter 5 (Task and Daily Routines)
  8. Handouts Introduction
  9. Handout List
  10. Handouts (43 total)

Volume 2 - CAIS Questions and Intervention Strategies

CAIS questions and intervention strategies organized in 4 parts: Cognitive Abilities, The Environment, Communication, and The Task. All 4 parts of the CAIS Questions and Intervention Strategies are available in both an interactive format and in the pdf documents below:

Interactive cais Questions and Interventions

  1. Introduction to Volume 2
  2. Complete Instructions and Introduction for CAIS

Cognitive Abilities CAIS

  1. CAIS Cognitive Abilities Brief Instructions and Introduction
  2. CAIS Cognitive Abilities Yes/No Questions to Ask
  3. CAIS Cognitive Abilities Four Point Questions to Ask
  4. CAIS Cognitive Abilities 1-Sensory Intervention Strategies
  5. CAIS Cognitive Abilities 2-Comprehension/Perception Intervention Strategies
  6. CAIS Cognitive Abilities 3-Executive Intervention Strategies
  7. CAIS Cognitive Abilities 4-Expressive Intervention Strategies
  8. CAIS Cognitive Abilities 5-Motor Intervention Strategies

Environment CAIS

  1. CAIS Environment Brief Instructions and Introduction
  2. CAIS Environment Additional Instructions
  3. CAIS Environment Yes/No Questions to Ask
  4. CAIS Environment Four Point Questions to Ask
  5. CAIS Environment Intervention Strategies

Communication CAIS

  1. CAIS Communication Brief Instructions and Introduction
  2. CAIS Communication Yes/No Questions to Ask
  3. CAIS Communication Four Point Questions to Ask
  4. CAIS Communication Intervention Strategies

Task And Daily Routines CAIS

  1. CAIS Task and Daily Routines Brief Instructions and Introduction
  2. CAIS Task and Daily Routines Yes/No Questions to Ask
  3. CAIS Task and Daily Routines Four Point Questions to Ask
  4. CAIS Task and Daily Routines Intervention Strategies

Volume 3 - Teaching, Advising, and Learning the CAIS Concepts

5 sessions in the curriculum (called the CAIS Educational Series). Volume 3 has an introduction to Volume 3, an introduction to the curriculum sessions, and then all 5 sessions. Curriculum includes script, handouts, slides, evaluation forms.  This is for someone who wants to present this material either to a group/class or in an informal setting while advising. A bit more basic than the online course.

  1. Introduction to Volume 3
  2. Education Curriculum Sessions 1-5 Introduction

Education Session 1: Brain and Cognition

  1. Education Curriculum Session 1 Script
  2. Education Curriculum Session 1 Slides
  3. Education Curriculum Session 1 Handout One: Brain and Cognitive Abilities
  4. Education Curriculum Session 1 Handout Two: Four Factors
  5. Education Curriculum Session 1 Handout Three: Overview of Five Sessions
  6. Education Curriculum Session 1 Pre-Session Form
  7. Education Curriculum Session 1 Post-Session Form
  8. Education Curriculum Session 1 Evaluation Form

Education Session 2: Cognitive Abilities

  1. Education Curriculum Session 2 Script
  2. Education Curriculum Session 2 Slides
  3. Education Curriculum Session 2 Handout: Understanding Cognitive Abilities
  4. Education Curriculum Session 2 Pre-Session Form
  5. Education Curriculum Session 2 Post-Session Form
  6. Education Curriculum Session 2 Evaluation Form

Education Session 3: Environment

  1. Education Curriculum Session 3 Script
  2. Education Curriculum Session 3 Slides
  3. Education Curriculum Session 3 Handout: Understanding the Environment
  4. Education Curriculum Session 3 Pre-Session Form
  5. Education Curriculum Session 3 Post-Session Form
  6. Education Curriculum Session 3 Evaluation Form

Education Session 4: Communication

  1. Education Curriculum Session 4 Script
  2. Education Curriculum Session 4 Slides
  3. Education Curriculum Session 4 Handout: Understanding Communication
  4. Education Curriculum Session 4 Pre-Session Form
  5. Education Curriculum Session 4 Post-Session Form
  6. Education Curriculum Session 4 Evaluation Form

Education Session 5: Task and Daily Routines

  1. Education Curriculum Session 5 Script
  2. Education Curriculum Session 5 Slides
  3. Education Curriculum Session 5 Handout: Understanding the Task and Daily Routines
  4. Education Curriculum Session 5 Pre-Session Form
  5. Education Curriculum Session 5 Post-Session Form
  6. Education Curriculum Session 5 Evaluation Form

Handouts

Handouts

  1. Handout List

Addressing Cognitive Abilities

  1. Messages about Cognitive Intervention: Suggestions about the Basics of Addressing a Person’s Cognitive Abilities
  2. Messages about Cognitive Abilities: Suggestions of Assumptions to Make about a Person who Needs Help

Cognitive Abilities and The Brain

  1. Cognitive Abilities Listed: Five Phases of Cognitive Processing
  2. Understanding Cognitive Abilities: Questions to Ask: Adaptation of Handout from Session Two of the CAIS Educational Series
  3. Recognizing Cognitive Abilities: Suggestions for Recognizing Evidence of a Person’s Cognitive Strengths and Needs
  4. The Healthy Brain and Cognition: Information about Cognitive Abilities and Parts of the Brain
  5. Brain Changes and the Effects on Cognition: Information about Parts of the Brain, Cognitive Abilities, and Dementia
  6. The Brain and Cognitive Abilities: Adaptation of Handout One from Session One of the CAIS Educational Series
  7. Hand Dominance Criteria: Suggestions of Evidence a Person is Left or Right Handed
  8. Comments about the Brain: Information about the Brain and Effects of Brain Changes Summarized

Understanding How a Person, Environment, Task, and Communication Affect Cognitive Abilities

  1. Domains to Explore: Suggestions of Information to Gather as you Consider How to Help
  2. Helping a Person with a Task: Suggestions for Adapting the Environment, Communication, and the Task and Why
  3. Understanding the Environment: Questions to Ask: Adaptation of Handout from Session Three of the CAIS Educational Series
  4. Features of the Environment to Consider and Why: Nine Aspects that Affect Cognitive Abilities: 4 pages
  5. Understanding Communication: Questions to Ask: Adaptation of Handout from Session Four of the CAIS Educational Series
  6. Understanding the Task and Daily Routines: Questions to Ask: Adaptation of Handout from Session Five of the CAIS Educational Series

Causes of Cognitive Change

  1. Three Questions About Cause: Suggestions for a Search for the Reasons Cognitive Changes are Occurring Now
  2. Change in Cognition Questions: Suggestions for Exploring Possible Reasons for Cognitive Changes in Mental Illness
  3. Alzheimer’s Disease: Information and Intervention Suggestions with an Emphasis on Cognition
  4. Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Information and Intervention Suggestions with an Emphasis on Cognition
  5. Frontotemporal Dementia: Information and Intervention Suggestions with an Emphasis on Cognition

Intervention: Supporting Cognitive Abilities

Improving Communication, Task Performance, Happiness; Reducing Distress

  1. Four Factors and Basic Concepts for Intervention: Suggestions for Assisting a Person by Addressing their Cognitive Abilities
  2. Four Factors: Cognitive Abilities and Intervention Strategies: Adaptation of Handout Two from Session One of the CAIS Educational Series
  3. Do’s to Remember: Suggestions for Preventing and Responding to Distress and Distressing Situations
  4. Responding to Distress, Pain, and Needs of a Person: Suggestions of Verbal and Nonverbal Strategies
  5. Emotions: Suggestions of How to Recognize Nonverbal Evidence
  6. Touch: Suggestions for Touching a Person with Changes in Cognitive Abilities
  7. Movement with Less Distress: Suggestions for Moving a Part of the Body of a Person who Needs Help
  8. Visual-Spatial Interventions: Suggestions for Helping a Person by Addressing their Visuospatial Abilities
  9. Vision and Hearing Interventions: Suggestions for Helping a Person by Addressing their Cognitive Abilities
  10. Task Complexity and Intervention Method: Suggestions for Modifying a Task to Address Cognitive Abilities
  11. Making Decisions: Suggestions for Helping a Person Make their Own Decisions by Addressing their Cognitive Abilities
  12. Simple Activities: Suggestions of Adult Activities that Support Cognitive Abilities
  13. Sleep Interventions: Suggestions for Helping a Person by Addressing their Cognitive Abilities
  14. Interventions for a Person with Brain Changes in the Frontal Lobe: Suggestions for Helping a Person by Addressing their Cognitive Changes
  15. Interventions for a Person with Right Hemispheric Brain Changes: Suggestions for Helping a Person by Addressing their Cognitive Changes
  16. Dementia with Lewy Bodies Interventions: Suggestions for Helping a Person Living with DLB
  17. Frontotemporal Dementia Interventions: Suggestions for Helping a Person Living with FTD
  18. Sharing Ideas with Others: Suggestions for Sharing Information, Support, and Intervention Ideas

Distressing Situations

  1. Ten Questions about Distress: Suggestions of Questions to Ask when Advising about Distressing Situations and a Person in Distress
  2. Response to Acute Distress: Suggestions of Questions to Consider when Assisting a Person with Cognitive Changes
  3. Planning an Intervention for a Distressing Situation: Suggestions for How to Address the Distress
  4. Methods and Occasions for Assessment: Suggestions of Types and Times of Assessment for a Person with Cognitive Changes

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