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COGNITIVE TRAINING WITH OLDER ADULTS: INTERVENTION, REHABILITATION, AND ENGAGEMENT APPROACHES

Michael Marsiske, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

This workshop will consider the growing body of approaches to cognitive intervention with older adults.  First, a review of the theoretical bases for much of the cognitive intervention research to date will be offered.  Second, differing approaches to intervention (intervention, rehabilitation, and engagement) will be compared. Third, a brief historical review of cognitive intervention findings will be offered, with an emphasis on the magnitude, durability, and transfer of training effects. Results will be organized by cognitive domain and training approach.  Fourth, a brief process-oriented review of several common training approaches will be offered, with the goal of providing participants a preliminary view of the process and content of several different training approaches. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to (1) describe the major theoretical underpinnings of several approaches to cognitive enhancement with older adults, including intervention, rehabilitation, and engagement; (2) summarize the major findings of extant cognitive training studies; and (3) understand the content and process of several major training approaches currently available for older adults.