Neuropsychological rehabilitation for younger people : small group and single case studies exemplifying the assessment and treatment of cognitive, emotional and behavioural problems

Abstract

This paper focuses on children, adolescents and young adults who sustained brain damage due to a traumatic brain injury (TBI), encephalitis, stroke or anoxia leaving them with cognitive, emotional or behavioural problems. After presenting the results of a small group study of children recruited to a paging service, recent research to improve working memory in children is described. This is followed by accounts of four young people with: 1) visual object agnosia, 2) Balint’s Sydrome, 3) emotional difficulties and 4) behaviour problems. Assessment and rehabilitation procedures for these individuals are described.