REHABILITATIVE SOFTWRE FOR HEAD TRAUMA VICTIMS

这项工作的目标是开发一个有效的软件包 为脑损伤患者量身定做的自主学习需求 生活技能；它将被设计为在密集的 治疗干预和基于家庭的支持网络。具体的 第二阶段的目标包括改进和扩展现有软件 并对其疗效进行对照研究。 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任务而集结。大约10个月 将用于软件改进和扩展，再加上非正式的 由一个头部受伤患者小组进行的软件评估。结论14 将用几个月的时间进行一项对照研究，测量患者的 治疗前后的神经心理、社会心理和学业状况 治疗。对照组和试验组各20例。 组。 技术创新包括(1)为家长/治疗师提供 根据个别患者的环境个性化软件，并 能力；(2)在软件中广泛保留记录以跟踪患者 进展；以及(3)各种用户交互机制，专为 认知和/或运动障碍患者的需求。不是这样的 软件目前已存在。 这个项目的结果之一将是一个软件创作系统 适用于制作多个康复和特殊项目 教育设置。

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.