Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive issues and deficits are common symptoms related to MS.  MS can affect executive functioning, short term memory and processing abilities as well as your attention.  If you are having issues with any of these, the team at 810 MS Specialty Center can help.  Cognitive impairments can significantly affect your quality of life as well as day-to-day functioning.  There are rehabilitative and compensatory strategies available. Our cognitive therapists are certified MS specialists.  They are experts in cognitive assessment and intervention.  Our goal is to significantly improve your memory, organization and processing abilities. Years of experience with MS and cognition has allowed our specialists to develop the most effective care plans to improve your memory and executive functioning. During the evaluation, our team has the tools and training to determine the best path of initial treatment as well as develop a customized program for you.  We will continue to assess your intervention and determine if a change in your plan of care is warranted and necessary.

Our cognitive therapists will provide you with:

• A summary of findings after evaluations that you can understand as well as setting realistic goals.
• A plan of care that targets these deficits areas.
• Constant visual and subjective assessment to determine the effectiveness of your plan of care as is related to your cognitive impairments.
• Exercises that you will perform with our specialists to improve your attention, short term memory, processing abilities and/or executive functioning.
• Education on exercises that you can do throughout your day and week to improve your memory, organization and processing ability.