Teaching Course: 'Resilience in MS'
GOALS:
- 1) to explore what resilience implies for daily living, both for people with MS and those who live and work closely with them;
- 2) to share and exchange experiences from diverse work settings to learn how practitioners may stimulate building resilience, both implicitly and explicitly.
PROGRAMME:
10:30 - 11:00 |
Resilience and brain plasticity: perspectives for MS
by Prof. Dr. Marie B D'hooghe, Neurologist, National MS Center Melsbroek and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (University of Brussels), Belgium?
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Cognitive training in order to become more resilient? Focus on effortful control
by Prof. Dr. Eva Dierckx, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (University of Brussels), Belgium
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11:30 - 12:00
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Working title: ACT in MS
by Ambra Giovannetti, Milan, Italy
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12:00 - 12:30 | Lunch break |
12:30 - 13:00 |
The concept of resilience in daily practice. Considerations for Persons with MS, caregivers and practitioners.
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13:00 - 13:50 |
How to foster more resilience among colleagues, and persons with MS and their close ones?
Group sessions moderated by psychologists NMSC
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13:50 - 14:00
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Closing and Wrap-up
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