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Approximately 3 1/2 percent of the people in the United States sustain head injuries each year. Approximately 1/4 of these injuries include skull fractures and intracranial injuries, resulting in long-lasting and often permanent alterations in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning (Cooper, 1982). Rehabilitation programs have traditionally been geared toward physical recovery (Bond, 1975), although recently there has been a growing effort to improve the cognitive functioning of these patients, through what has often been referred to as “cognitive rehabilitation”. This paper will present a conceptual model of neuropsychologically-based cognitive rehabilitation for head trauma patients who have left the acute hospital or inpatient rehabilitation setting. It will also examine many of the myths about treatment and recovery from head trauma that have handicapped neuropsychologists and rehabilitation professionals. This paper will present the author’s views (and prejudices), as well as provide a conceptual framework for cognitive rehabilitation services for the severe traumatic brain-injured patient.
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Sbordone, R.J. (1987). A Conceptual Model of Neuropsychologically-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation. In: Williams, J.M., Long, C.J. (eds) The Rehabilitation of Cognitive Disabilities. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1899-6_1
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