Buckelew to Host Free Educational Session on Cognitive Enhancement Therapy

Buckelew Programs will host a free 90 minute community education forum on Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET), led by Ray Gonzalez of the Center for Cognition and Recovery in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, April 9 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at the Meadowlands Assembly Hall of Dominican University in San Rafael.

CET is an evidence-based practice that helps people with schizophrenia and related mental illnesses improve their processing speed, cognition (attention, memory, and problem solving) and social cognition (the awareness to interact wisely with others).  Research strongly suggests that impairments in these mental capacities contribute to functional disability in people with schizophrenia.  CET rehabilitates these capacities and, thus, maximizes success in all activities of recovery.  As a result, CET participants increase their potential to engage in meaningful social roles and to live independent, self-determined, and satisfying lives in the community.

Buckelew will be evaluating the potential to implement a CET program for its clients.  This introductory session is open to the public. 

Attendees please park in the lot at the Conlan Recreation Center on Grand Avenue at Acacia.