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Cognitive Interventions for Children with Brain Injury

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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Childhood Brain Injury

Abstract

Previous chapters have detailed what is known about the prevalence of childhood brain injury, along with the varied aetiologies and markedly heterogeneous presentations that can complicate intervention planning and research. Chapters in this text have also described the emotional, behavioural and other psychosocial consequences of childhood brain injury. Therefore, this chapter focuses on interventions that specifically address impairments in cognitive systems, such as attention, executive functioning, memory and learning.

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Limond, J., Adlam, AL.R. (2015). Cognitive Interventions for Children with Brain Injury. In: Reed, J., Byard, K., Fine, H. (eds) Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Childhood Brain Injury. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388223_5

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