Advisory Committee Chair
Edward Taub
Advisory Committee Members
Olivio Clay
Amy Knight
Gitendra Uswatte
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2021
Degree Name by School
Master of Arts (MA) College of Arts and Sciences
Abstract
Multiple cognitive training approaches for cognitive impairment following acquired brain injury have been found to improve cognitive functioning in the laboratory setting. However, current studies suffer from a lack of focus on the transfer of improved cognitive functioning from the laboratory setting to a patient’s everyday life. This case series addresses this lack of treatment transfer using a collection of behavioral techniques known as the Transfer Package. The Transfer Package works alongside clinical and in-laboratory training of functional cognitive impairments to improve an individual’s real-world functioning and independence after injury. This cognitive training case series utilizes this Transfer Package in chronic phase post-stroke individuals with cognitive impairment. This case series consists of six participants with mild to moderate post-stroke cognitive impairment who underwent an intervention that utilized speed of processing training and behavioral techniques to improve real-world cognitive functioning. The overarching goal of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility of transferring functional treatment improvements from the laboratory setting into a patient’s everyday life.
Recommended Citation
Blake, Jason Alexander, "Facilitating the Transfer of Cognitive Training to Real-World Functioning: The Transfer Package for Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment" (2021). All ETDs from UAB. 737.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/737