@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive intervention for attention and executive function impairments in children with traumatic brain injury: a pilot study",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="2015",
author="Treble-Barna, Amery and Sohlberg, McKay Moore and Harn, Beth E. and Wade, Shari L.",
volume="31",
number="6",
pages="407-418",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of the Attention Improvement and Management (AIM) program, a cognitive intervention for improving impairments in attention and executive functions (EFs) after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). SETTING: Tertiary care children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 13 children with complicated mild-to-severe TBI (average of 5 years postinjury) and 11 healthy comparison children aged 9 to 15 years completed the study. <br><br>DESIGN: Open-label pilot study with a nontreated control group. MAIN MEASURES: Subtests from the Test of Everyday Attention-for Children (TEA-Ch) and the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS), the self- and parent-report from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), and the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS). <br><br>RESULTS: Relative to the healthy comparison group, children with TBI demonstrated significant improvement postintervention on a neuropsychological measure of sustained attention, as well as on parent-reported EFs. The majority of families also reported expected or more-than-expected personalized goal attainment. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The study provides preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of AIM in improving parent-reported EFs and personalized real-world goal attainment in children with TBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="10.1097/HTR.0000000000000200",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000200"
}