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Context-sensitive Cognitive Rehabilitation after Brain Injury: Theory and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Mark Ylvisaker
Mark Ylvisaker*
Affiliation:
College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, USA
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Address for correspondence: Mark Ylvisaker, 1171 Van Antwerp Road, Schenectady, New York 12309, USA. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The goal of this article is to describe and offer a rationale for an approach to cognitive rehabilitation labelled “context sensitive”. This approach stands in contrast to the modern tradition of cognitive rehabilitation that features massed and decontextualized process-specific cognitive exercises. The paper begins with theoretical considerations, emphasises the history of research in transfer of cognitive skill, incorporates the World Health Organization framework, describes context-sensitive apprenticeship procedures, draws on evidence accumulated over several decades with related disability groups, and ends with answers to frequently asked questions.

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Brain Impairment , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , 01 May 2003 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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