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Fraas, Michael; Balz, Magdalen A. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2008
In addition to the impaired ability to effectively communicate, adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) also experience high incidences of depression, social isolation, and decreased quality of life. Expressive writing programs have been shown to be effective in alleviating these concomitant impairments in other populations including incarcerated…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Social Integration, Neurological Impairments, Injuries
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Dollaghan, Christine A.; Campbell, Thomas F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
Approaches to the analysis of utterance disruptions are reviewed, and a system is proposed for analyzing disruptions in spontaneous language, with four disruption categories (pauses, repetitions, revisions, and orphans). Use of the system is illustrated using language samples from 10 traumatically brain-injured and 10 normally developing speakers…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)