PLAN, working with PLAN of Northeast Ohio who initiated the program, offers a 55 week Cognitive Enhancement Program to clients who meet specific criteria. The program's costs are covered partially by insurance or Medicare and partially by the client's family.

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (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.

Not all PLAN clients are eligible for the program as the client must meet certain specific criteria. The program's costs are covered partially by insurance or Medicare and partially by the client's family.

To learn more about this program, go to the PLAN of Northeast Ohio's brochure.