Citation

Sohlberg MM, Kucheria P, Fickas S, Wade SL. J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res. 2015; 58(6): S1864-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

DOI

10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-15-0150

PMID

26263207

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this research is to describe two very different lines of brain injury treatment research, both of which illuminate the benefits of implementation science.

METHOD: The article first describes the development and pilot of a computerized cognitive intervention and highlights how adherence to implementation science principles improved the design of the intervention. Secondly, the article describes the application of implementation science to the development of assistive technology for cognition (ATC).

RESULTS: The CFIR framework (Damschroder et al., 2009) and the menu of implementation research strategies by Powell and colleagues (2012) provide a roadmap to cognitive rehabilitation researchers for how to attend to factors in the implementation climate that can improve the development, usability and adoptability of new treatment methods.

CONCLUSIONS: Attention to implementation science research principles has increased the feasibility and efficacy of both impairment-based cognitive rehabilitation programs and ATC.

Language: en