COMPENSATORY STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

This article will describe the development and use of compensatory str ategies for people with traumatic brain injury. Brain injury results i n a wide variety of physical, cognitive, communication and behavioural deficits which impact on daily living skills, work and recreation. Be cause of these problems, strategy development may be required to addre ss many aspects of a client's life. As this article shows, the compens atory strategies incorporated into one community-based, real-life reha bilitation programme in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are as varied as t he challenges they seek to address. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.