Behavioral and Social Interventions for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Summary of the Research with Clinical Implications

Mark Ylvisaker; Lyn S. Turkstra; Carl Coelho

doi:10.1055/s-2005-922104

Seminars in Speech and Language, Table of Contents

Semin Speech Lang 2005; 26(4): 256-267
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922104

Behavioral and Social Interventions for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Summary of the Research with Clinical Implications

Mark Ylvisaker¹ , Lyn S. Turkstra² , Carl Coelho³

¹College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York
²Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
³Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Specialists in communication disorders who work with individuals who have traumatic brain injury (TBI) often focus their rehabilitative efforts on the cognitive, social, and behavioral dimensions of disability. These domains of functioning are included in the scope of practice of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association because of their close associations with communication effectiveness. This article summarizes relevant research findings and clinical perspectives in the areas of intervention for disorders of behavioral self-regulation and social-interactive competence after TBI. This clinical summary is associated with a systematic evidence review sponsored by the TBI Practice Guidelines Group of the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS).

KEYWORDS

Acquired brain injury - social skills training - positive behavior supports - evidence-based practice

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