Brain Injury

Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Measurement

Symposium

(603109) Managing cognitive communication disorders following TBI: Innovations using telehealth and new models of care

Presenter(s)

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  Peter Meulenbroek, PhD, CCC-SLP

  Assistant Professor
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
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  Louise Keegan, PhD

  Program Director of Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
  Moravian College
  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Non-presenting author(s)

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  Rachael Rietdijk, B.App.Sc. (Hons1)

  PhD Student
  The University of Sydney
  Lidcombe, New South Wales
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  Leanne Togher, BSc, PhD

  Professor and NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Senior Research Fellow
  The University of Sydney
  Lidcombe, New South Wales

This symposium will provide:
1. An overview of the use of telehealth with people with TBI and their partners (Professor Leanne Togher, The University of Sydney, Australia),
2. Predictive findings of a novel computerised assessment for return to work outcomes (Dr Peter Meulenbroek, University of Kentucky)
3. Outcomes of a project based treatment based in the community for people with chronic TBI, focused on improving communication and psychosocial outcomes (Moravian College, Pennsylvania), and
4. Results of a clinical trial using telehealth to support family members to manage cognitive communication disorders (TBI ConneCT) (Rachael Rietdijk, University of Sydney Australia, PhD candidate).

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe a computerised assessment task called the Voicemail Elicitation Task that can be used to predict return to work outcomes following severe TBI.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe a community group protocol for the INSIGHTprogram and describe suitable outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of these types of groups.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe an online communication partner training program called TBIConnect and the outcome measures that are sensitive to evaluating the efficacy of this training