Dra. Fabricia Loschiavo
Occupational Therapist, with Double PhD in Neuroscience from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and from the University of Cambridge - United Kingdom.
Specialist in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (NR) by the Oliver Zangwill Center, in the United Kingdom, and in Neuropsychology by the Fumec University, in Brazil. She has worked in several institutions and hospitals in the United Kingdom, including the Oliver Zangwill Institute and the Raphael Medical Center, in England, where she was a research and clinical consultant in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
She deliveries national and international courses about her vast clinical experience. Author of several books and chapters of national and international books and several articles published in international journals, she is a professor and researcher in the NR area. She has always been worked with neuropsychological rehabilitation in children, adults and the elderly with acquired injuries, as well as neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. Founding partner and clinical director of Nexus - Institute for Research, Teaching and Clinic in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, in Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais, institution awarded in the category Excellence in Research Laboratory Scientific Innovation - Dr. Fernando Capovilla Award, at Brain Connection in 2020, for researches conducted in the field of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. President of the Specific Interest Group in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (SIGBRA) linked to the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation. She received the Special Tribute 2020 award, given by the Erasmus Project - European Union, CAP SUR L'ECOLE INCLUSIVE EN EUROPE, for her career and highlights in the area of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
Together with Dr. Barbara A. Wilson, she is the author and organizer of the largest launch of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Brazil, the book “Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Psychiatric Disorders - From Theory to Practice”.
Dr. Fabricia Loschiavo is also the author and organizer of the Collection "How Do I Do Neuropsychological Rehabilitation", consisting of 10 exclusive Manuals and respective courses that aim to answer the big question: "How do I do the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation?", that have been published in Brazil.
Main research ́ areas: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Clinical Formulation for intervention, Functional Assessment, International Classification of Functionality and Efficacy’ Assessment.