CENTER FOR NEUROREHABILITATION

The Center for Neurorehabilitation Services, P.C. (CNS) is an independent clinic located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The mission of CNS is to provide outpatient, community based, comprehensive neurorehabilitation and neurodevelopmental therapy through a transdisciplinary approach to care. We provide innovative, collaborative, supportive treatment that is focused on the needs of the individual client resulting in increased independence and quality of life.

Treatment at CNS is focused around our seven major treatment programs: Brain Injury Recovery Program, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Memory Clinic, Adaptive Driving Program, Headache Management, Children's Services, Spinal Cord Injury, and Stroke Rehabilitation Specialty Clinic.

Therapy services are provided by members of our transdisciplinary team that includes neurology, neuropsychology, speech and language therapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, social work/care coordination, and specialists in vocational re-entry, and school re-entry.The broadest program is the Brain Injury Recovery Program, and in this program we provide comprehensive neurorehabilitation services to individuals with acquired cognitive impairments arising from traumatic brain injury or other neurological conditions.The Multiple Sclerosis Clinic provides strategies for clients with a primary diagnosis of multiple sclerosis to better cope with and compensate for motor, sensory, emotional, and cognitive symptoms arising from their disease. The management of acute changes following exacerbation is also a focus of this treatment program.The Memory Clinic focuses on memory and other cognitive problems, primarily in our senior population. The overall goal of the Memory Clinic is to help the client and family members gain a better understanding of the types of problems the client is having with memory and associated thinking skills and to develop strategies to compensate for these problems. Home modifications will be suggested, if needed, for safety concerns. Case management is available for changing medical and legal needs.

Occupational therapists who are certified driving rehabilitation specialists (CDRS) administer the Adaptive Driving Program. The assessment begins with an occupational therapy evaluation of pre-driving skills (sensory, motor, reflexes, perceptual) and brief neuropsychological testing. If the client performs adequately on these assessments, then a behind-the-wheel evaluation in a vehicle with an instructor safety brake is completed. Recommendations regarding driving safety training and needed accommodations are made, based on this information, to the referring physician for final decision making about driving.