Nonstandardized assessment procedures serve a variety of purposes, including determining
competencies in domains for which there are no standardized tests, describing performance …

Social cognition is widely regarded as an essential skill with which to understand the social
world. Despite this, the role that social cognition plays in outcome, and whether deficits are …

Methods: An expert panel met to select appropriate recommendations for assessment and
treatment of cognitive-communication disorders based on available literature. To promote …

We examined conversations between people with schizophrenia (PwS) and family or
professional carers with whom they interacted frequently. We allocated PwS to one of two …

Background: In the 1970s Audrey Holland first emphasised the importance of “functional
communication” rather than “linguistic accuracy” for individuals with aphasia, noting that they …

Purpose This study was designed to explore the behavioral nature of pragmatic impairment
following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to evaluate the contribution of executive …

Objective: To determine effectiveness of communication training for partners of people with
severe traumatic brain injury. Design: Three arm non-randomized controlled trial com-paring …

The major aim of this study was to describe the conversational abilities of a group of
severely injured TBI speakers, at a minimum of 2 years post injury. The association between …

Purpose: Communication deficits may play a critical role in maintaining employment after
traumatic brain injury (TBI), but links between specific communication deficits and …

Background: Communication disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are difficult to modify
due to the cognitive limitation imposed by frontal lobe damage. As an alternative approach …