Cognitive Approach

Texas NeuroRehab Center's Cognitive Behavioral Approach incorporates treatments from the interdisciplinary team. SOme or all of the following aspects may be a part of a child or adolescent's stay at Texas NeuroRehab Center.

Physician Guided Multidisciplinary Team	Sensory Integration Therapy sensory gym weighted blankets therapeutic listening modulated music therapy sensory diets
Monthly Team Meetings track progress formulate goals	Art Therapy
Neurobehavioral and Neuropsych Testing	Dietary Interventions
ABA Strategies	Time Management Checklists
Functional Behavior Assessment	Self-Regulation Interventions
Therapeutic Recreation	Speech and Language Therapy pragmatic language development PECs - picture exchange communication organizational and work skills development
Occupational Therapy motor skills development social, fine motor and perceptual skills development How Does Your Engine Run alert program	Milieu routine, regular evaluation structured, predictiable schedules social skills visual schedules modeling collaborative framework for completing tasks daily goals group
Counseling individual therapy group therapy family therapy social skills group

In the classroom, the following methods are utilized:

STAR curriculum (Strategies for Teaching based on Autism Research)	Delineated activity areas
Curriculum focuses on lanugage communication social skills self help	Situational assessment
Staff to patient ratio of 2:1	Multi-sensory approaches
Classes of no more than eight students	Sensory stations
Highly structured environment	One classroom designated for autism
Strategies successful at various developmental levels	Picture boards, level systems and schedules
Individualized education plans	Methods progress into teaching life skills
Concrete documentation for progress