This presentation provides an overview of HAPPYneuron PRO cognitive therapy platform for professionals and their patients.
The presentation was given at a conference dedicated to cognitive fitness - The Shaprbrains Summit - in Jan 2010.
Professional Cognitive Therpay Solutions for Neuro-impaired Conditions
1. A Professional Destination for Cognitive Training, Remediation and Rehabilitation Laura Fay, CEO, HAPPYneuron, Inc. Laura.fay@happy-neuron.com +650-209-8304 HAPPYneuron PRO
2. 2 Scientific Brain Training Group Founding Product Team Bernard Croisile, M.D. Neurology, Ph.D. Neuropsychology M.D. Neurology, Ph.D. Neuropsychology Neuropsychology Department Head, Lyon Hospital Over 70 published books & papers on memory and dementia topics Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Ph.D. Computer Science : Human-Computer Interaction specialty Over 12 published papers on scientific interactive casual game topics Michel Noir, Ph.D. Cognitive & Educational Sciences Over 10 published books on cognitive game topics 10 Year History 1998 Collaborative Research at University of Lyon, France 2000 Scientific Brain Training founded in Lyon, France 2002 First products introduced Global Footprint Cognitive Interaction: Assessment – Training - Rehabilitation Markets: Consumer - Clinical – Corporate Languages: French - German – English – Japan – Korea – Dutch – Spanish HAPPYneuron, Inc. is part of the Scientific Brain Training Group of companies
4. Personalized Cognitive Cross Training for Healthy Adults Play what you like OR take the Coach’s advise www.happy-neuron.com Coach provides tips for performance improvement and application to every day life. Performance analysis is done based on age, gender & education level. Virtual Coach consultation Scientific Performance Analysis Coach recommends certain exercises for a thorough cross-training cognitive workout, according to the your performance and preference. Normalized comparisons are performed with others in your demographic group. 4 Track your activity & performance over time
7. Key Platform Features Clinician Managed Manage Patient Accounts/Access Assign Programs / Modules/Exercises Patients Communication Continuous monitoring Adaptive therapies - Treatment can be continually, progressively improved Personalized AND scalable Guided Programs Evidence based Reliable & effective Large engaging game variety Validated by research & years of successful use Additional Data Exports for Researchers
8. Programs Program Examples We welcome partnerships with researchers and clinicians in the creation and validation of clinical cognitive therapy programs .
9. Developing a Condition Specific Program Select Cognitive Functions to be stimulated Define Game Parameter Sets Define Results-Based Progression Rules Clinician / Specialist / Researcher Research Validation Evidence based Intervention Condition Specific Cognitive Program Condition Specific Cognitive Program Condition Specific Cognitive Program
10. Cognitive Remediation In Schizophrenia The need for effective cognitive remediation is great Schizophrenia is a chronic and profoundly disabling psychiatric disorder. 70–80% of patients with schizophrenia are unemployed at any one time deficits in neurocognition are linked to social disability as many as 70% of patients with schizophrenia exhibit neurocognitive deficits on measures of attention, learning and memory, problem-solving, language and/or sensory-motor skill
11. Schizophrenia Program Development Training Modules (18 games) Verbal Memory Visual Spatial Working Memory Selective Attention Reasoning Start at level 1, Each game @ 100% accuracy advances to next level 10 levels, each consisting of specific parameters Dr. Pascal Vianin, Lausanne Switzerland Dr. Pascal Vianin Lausanne Hospital, Switzerland 28 subjects Comparison with RehaCom Showed significant improvement Publication pending ------------------------------------------------- Schizophrenia Program Dr. Nicolas Franck Institute for Cognitive Science Lyon, France 280 subjects, multi-site, 3-yr Comparison with CRT Positive preliminary results ------------------------------------------------- US based multi-site, drug-combo study starts in Spring 2010
14. Rehabilitation Program An open tool with extensive customizability by the clinician Suitable for cognitive stimulation of TBI, Stroke and other patient-unique impairments Task rich: 27 exercises, 9 modules, hundreds of unique combinations Precise customization to patient's specific needs Clinician control difficulty levels, pacing and goal setting
15. Rehabilitation Program For all exercise, multiple levels of data analysis available Activity level Total time spent Progress over time / play Accuracy Reaction / Processing Speed Game Parameters Trend Analysis
22. Each Program costs $50 per month includes 10 active accounts Additional account packs can be added for $40 per month. 30 day FREE trial Pricing for practitioners
23. Independent Research Independent Research partners Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Neurology, Occupational Rehab, ADHD Boston University, MA Columbia University, NY Hartford Hospital (Institute of the Living), CT Johnny Orr Memory Center, IA Queens University, Toronto, Canada UCLA, CA Veteran’s Administration, PA Lausanne Hospital, Switzerland Lyon Hospital, France Pierre & Marie Curie Hospital, Paris France St. Anne Hospital, Paris, France University at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France 18
24. Endorsements “The advantage of the HAPPYneuron PRO platform is that it allows individuals to receive a more consistent dose of cognitive enhancement, thereby enabling the flexibility to design innovative research studies not previously possible.” Christopher R. Bowie, PhD, Dept Psychiatry & Psychology, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. "The HAPPYneuron PRO platform delivers engaging cognitive skills training programs. Our patients are motivated to work on these web-based exercises because of the appeal of the exercises themselves, and because they are able to track their own progress and performance.“ Enid Gertmenian, LMSW, Lieber Recovery and Rehabilitation Clinic, New York City. "The program for schizophrenia offered at www.happy-neuron-pro.com is the best material I have ever seen for cognitive remediation for my patients." Torben Christensen, Ph.D., Clinical psychologist. Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
25. Thank You Laura Fay HAPPYneuron, Inc. Laura.fay@happy-neuron.com +650-209-8304
Editor's Notes
Cognitive therapy tool for clinicians. These therapies are not designed to replace the clinician, but tools to augment their important work with patients.The results need specialist interpretation to be factored into the total picture of what’s happening with a patientIn the face of managed improvement of cognitive impairments, guidance from human coaches is critical to engagement and improvement
We are introducing the platform with 2 programs from the outsetRehabilitation and Schizophrenia with an ‘Aging Well’ program and ‘Depression’ to come in the coming months.
Let me comment briefly on how the programs are developed.It’s a straight forward process that relieves the designer of a lot of developmentTo illustrate this is, I’ll run through the current programs – schizophrenia and rehabilitation – and show how they were developed and how they are used
So, I mentioned earlier that, through the professional interface, a patient account is establish and the various modules from the schizophrenia program are assigned to the patient.What you see here is typical of that the patient will see when they log into their account that has been set up by their therapistThey see all the exercises that have been assigned to them.
Here’s an example of the results screens seen in the schizophrenia programVisually it’s easy for the clinician to see the progress of a patient in all areas based on the level they have achieved in the exercises.On a given exercise, they can drill down into the detail and see how much effort it has taken to achieve that level of performance.HAPPYneuron PRO is a tool for the informed therapist or clinician, not a replacement. Key to treating any condition is full knowledge of the patient.
We are please to bring an enabling platform to the marketplace that has features and clear benefits for all stakeholders.
For Researchers – delivers an unprecedented level of control enabling them to easily customize the type of cognitive stimulation delivered.