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| Ylvisaker, Mark | 2 |
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| Hutchinson, Judith | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHutchinson, Judith; Marquardt, Thomas P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Discusses how treatment of memory disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury must extend beyond intervention strategies focusing on deficit reduction to embrace models centering on disability reduction. Disability oriented approaches that emphasize rehearsal and encoding strategies and the use of memory aids are described. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Cues, Encoding (Psychology), Evaluation Methods, Head Injuries
Peer reviewedSzekeres, Shirley F.; Meserve, Nancy F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article discusses principles and procedures of collaborative intervention in delivering educational services for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The article presents examples of metacognitive-communicative intervention that can be carried out through collaboration across the school day and describes episodes of collaborative…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedYlvisaker, Mark; Szekeres, Shirley F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1989
Cognitive-communicative intervention with children and adults with head injuries should emphasize such aspects of cognitive functioning as the knowledge base and the executive system. Assessment and intervention should focus on realistic goal setting, planning, self-directing and initiating, self-inhibiting, self-monitoring, self-evaluating,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Communication Disorders, Educational Diagnosis, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedBlosser, Jean L.; DePompei, Roberta – Topics in Language Disorders, 1989
This examination of the impact of the head-injured student's cognitive-communicative deficits upon school performance and interpersonal relationships focuses on: the educator's perspective regarding the head-injured student, specific cognitive-communicative deficits, typical classroom behaviors of the student, teaching strategies, useful…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Restructuring, Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSohlberg, McKay Moore; Mateer, Catherine A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1989
Described is a two-pronged approach to assessment of cognitive-communicative functions in head injury, incorporating elements of both restorative and compensatory models. The approach combines: (1) use of standardized cognitive measures, and (2) observational protocols for systematic evaluation of functioning on integrated, multicomponent tasks…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedYlvisaker, Mark; Debonis, David – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
This article presents a functional understanding of the executive system, its development in childhood, its relation to communication effectiveness, and an everyday approach to intervention for adolescents with executive function impairments associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The role of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Head Injuries, Hyperactivity
