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Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, Volume 44, Number 4, Winter 2013

Official, quarterly journal of the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association (NRCA) containing articles, opinions, and research in professional rehabilitation counseling regarding the needs of individuals employed in a wide variety of work settings and with wide-ranging professional interests. Author and subject indices for volume 44 start on page 49.

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Date: December 2013

Creator: National Rehabilitation Counseling Association (U.S.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Better DOD and VA Oversight Can Help Ensure More Accurate, Consistent, and Timely Decisions for the Traumatic Injury Insurance Program

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2005, Congress created a traumatic injury insurance benefit program, known as TSGLI, to help servicemembers with traumatic brain injury and other serious injuries with the financial burdens that they and their families face. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers the program, in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD), while the branches of service are responsible for deciding… more

Date: January 29, 2009

Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Item Type: Report

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Performance of Children With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury on the Process Scoring System for the Intermediate Category Test

The clinical utility of the Intermediate Category Test, a measure of executive functioning in children 9 to 14 years of age, is currently limited by the availability of only a Total Error score for normative interpretation. The Process Scoring System (PSS) was developed to provide a standardized method of assessing specific processing patterns and problem-solving errors. The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of the PSS scores to discriminate between children with and without su… more

Date: May 1997

Creator: Bass, Catherine

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Organization of Narrative Discourse in Children and Adolescents with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury

Children with a recent history of TBI often demonstrate impaired memory, which can be affected by impaired attention, processing speed or impaired verbal information processing. The purpose of this study was to determine if qualitative differences exist among the narrative recall of TBI patients that is not adequately accounted for by standard scoring methods. Sixty-six TBI subjects ranging in age from 6 to 16 were given the Wide Range and Memory and Learning (WRAML) Story Memory subtest and se… more

Date: May 2002

Creator: Thomas, Kathy Lee

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The WASI as a Screening Tool for Counselors in the Referral Decision for a Neuropsychological Evaluation

When a client has cognitive impairment resulting from cerebral dysfunction (CD) that goes undiagnosed and, therefore, untreated, psychotherapy and rehabilitation outcome is likely to be impacted negatively. Due primarily to managed care, screening for CD has reduced substantially. Master's level counselors need a cost-efficient way to detect possible CD and, thus, justify referral for neuropsychological evaluation. This study examined the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) inst… more

Date: August 2004

Creator: Snowden, Marie Dillon

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Effects of Fluency and Accuracy-Only Training on Acquisition and Retention of Letter Naming by Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury

This study examines the effects of accuracy-only training and fluency training on retention of material learned. Two adolescent participants with traumatic brain injuries were taught to name 2 sets of lowercase Greek letters. Each of the 2 sets consisted of 7 letters. Practice and rate of reinforcement were controlled for in this study. Fluency trained letters showed higher retention (percent correct during retention checks) than the accuracy-only trained letters.

Date: August 2005

Creator: Ewing, Christopher Boyd

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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