MANAGEMENT OF ATTENTION AND MEMORY DISORDERS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Disorders of attention, memory, and executive function are common sequ elae in children who have sustained traumatic brain injuries. Given th e persistent nature of these deficits, there is a need for efficacious remedial approaches. Typically, remediation is approached through one of three general intervention strategies: externally focused interven tions aimed at changing the environment so that the effect of the dysf unction is minimized, internally focused interventions aimed at improv ing the underlying cognitive ability, and compensatory interventions a imed at teaching children to use alternate strategies that lessen the impact of the dysfunction. This article describes current research inv olving these approaches for the treatment of attention and memory diso rders in children.