REHABILITATIVE SOFTWRE FOR HEAD TRAUMA VICTIMS

这项工作的目标是开发一个有效的软件包 专为脑损伤患者自主再学习的需求 生活技能;它将被设计为密集之间的桥梁 治疗干预和家庭支持网络。 具体 第二阶段的目标包括改进和扩展现有的软件 并对其疗效进行对照研究。 一个由医疗保健专业人员、教育工作者和计算机专家组成的团队 已经为这项为期两年的工作集结完毕。 约10个月 将用于软件改进和扩展，以及非正式的 由一组头部受伤的病人进行软件评估。 结论14 将有几个月的时间用于一项对照研究， 神经心理学，心理社会学，和学术状况之前和之后， 治疗 对照组和实验组各有20名患者 组 技术创新包括（1）为父母/治疗师提供以下服务： 使软件个性化以适应患者的环境， 能力;（2）在软件中保存大量记录以跟踪患者 （3）各种用户交互机制， 认知和/或运动障碍患者的需求。 没有这样的 软件目前存在。 这个项目的一个副产品将是一个软件创作系统 适用于为多种康复和特殊 教育环境。

The goal of this effort is the development of an effective software package tailored to the needs of brain-injured patients re-learning independent living skills; it will be designed to serve as a bridge between intensive therapeutic intervention and home-based support networks. The specific aims of Phase II include improvement and expansion of the existing software and a controlled study of its efficacy. A team of health care professionals, educators, and computer specialists has been assembled for this two-year undertaking. Approximately 10 months will be spent on software improvement and expansion, coupled with informal software evaluation by a panel of head-injured patients. The concluding 14 months will be devoted to a controlled study measuring patients' neuropsychological, psychosocial, and academic status pre- and post- treatment. There will be 20 patients each in the control and experimental groups. Technological innovations include (1) provisions for parents/therapists to personalize the software to the individual patient's environment and abilities; (2) extensive record keeping in the software to track patient progress; and (3) a variety of user interactive mechanisms tailored to the needs of patients with cognitive and/or motor impairments. No such software currently exists. One of the outgrowths of this project will be a software authoring system suitable for creating programs for multiple rehabilitative and special education settings.