Main description:

*Needed: provides clinicians with new, evidence-based methods for teaching clients with cognitive impairments.
*Features detailed descriptions of techniques, plus examples and downloadable checklists and forms.
*Expert authors write for a broad audience of professionals, including neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and other rehabilitation specialists.
*Addresses problems with memory, attention, organization, and social functioning.

Contents:

I. Foundations 1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Research Evidence 3. The Learning Context: Beyond Practice (What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School), with Rik Lemoncello and Eva van Leer 4. The Training Framework: Plan, Implement, and Evaluate (PIE) II. The Training Procedures 5. Training Facts and Concepts 6. Training Functional Multistep Routines 7. Training the Use of External Cognitive Aids 8. Training the Use of Metacognitive Strategies 9. Training Social Skills Conclusion: Now What?