Intake: All new patients have an intake with the team members. The intake gives the patient and family an opportunity to meet with the therapists, learn about the program, ask questions, and express their goals for the future. The team gathers background information on how the patient is functioning in the community, and how they are adjusting to their home environment.

Individual Therapy: Depending on the patient's needs, a variety of therapies are available ranging from neuropsychology to speech, occupational, physical therapy and psychotherapy. The goal is to maximize a patient's functional abilities so that they can be productive members of the community. The team of therapists collaborate on each case and meet monthly to discuss individual patients' progress.

Groups: Treatment is also available in group settings where patients can interact with one another, share their experiences and learn techniques to enhance the skills they have acquired in individual therapy. These include:

SociaI Pragmatic Group: This group addresses areas specifically related to conversation including initiating topics, turn taking and maintaining a topic. Patients role play conversations in a structured group setting and then in the community.

Lecture Group: This group works on skills related to college re-entry such as listening, note-taking, study habits, and strategies for classroom integration.

Cognitive Groups: These groups address the treatment of cognitive processes such as memory, reasoning and problem solving. A variety of activities are conducted to enhance the patient's skills in these areas.

Community Re-entry Group: This group provides practical experiences and outings for re-integration into the community. Activities such as going out to restaurants and supermarkets are planned and carried out by the group. Specific skills that are targeted include home management, money and time management, transportation, safety, leisure, education and prevocational skills.

Psychosocial Adjustment Groups: These groups address emotional issues such as depression, anxiety, isolation and withdrawal that often occur after a traumatic injury. The groups offer patients an opportunity to re-establish a positive support network and strengthen their ability to maintain additional support systems outside of the group setting by assessing and improving their overall coping strategies.

AdditionaI Program HighIights:

Neuropsychological Services:

Cognitive evaluation for persons with brain injury and stroke
Evaluation of dementia
Pediatric neuropsychological evaluations

Full range of psychotherapeutic services including liaisons with substance abuse and psychiatry programs

Driver pre-screening. Driver pre-screening is a computer test designed for persons recovering from a brain injury or stroke who desire to resume driving again. The test measures a person's ability to respond to complex processing demands,

impulse control, mental flexibility, judgement, and reaction time. The patient and therapist then use this information to evaluate the patient's readiness to resume driving and their ability to make safe decisions.

PrevoncationaI and vocational services, including volunteer opportunities, job development and coaching for work reentry.

· Specialized swallowing studies.

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