Awareness intervention: Who needs it?

It is widely accepted that awareness deficits present challenges to recover y and should be addressed as part of rehabilitation programming. Response t o awareness intervention is commonly inferred from measurements that rely o n reports by subjects and significant others. This article describes the fi ndings from a pilot study that examined the relationship among a variety of awareness indicators in three individuals with brain damage over a 9-month period. Results suggest a dissociation between behavioral and perceptual i ndices of awareness. Changes in behavioral indicators of awareness selected by caregivers were not related to changes in self- or caregiver ratings. n le clinical and research implications of the findings are discussed.