Treatment of Social Competence in Military Veterans, Service Members, and Civilians with Traumatic Brain Injury

Impairments in social competence are among the most prevalent sequelae after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Without successful social skills a person is often isolated, in conflict with others, and denied access to social and vocational opportunities. The aim of this study is to determine the effecti...

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Main Authors: Harrison-Felix,Cynthia, Morey,Clare
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
CIVILIANS
GIST(GROUP INTERACTIVE STRUCTURED TREATMENT)
INTERVENTION
MILITARY PERSONNEL
SOCIAL COMPETENCE
SOCIAL SKILLS
TBI(TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY)
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES
VETERANS
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Summary:Impairments in social competence are among the most prevalent sequelae after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Without successful social skills a person is often isolated, in conflict with others, and denied access to social and vocational opportunities. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a manualized group treatment program to improve and maintain social competence for individuals with TBI with identified social skill deficits. The Group Interactive Structured Treatment (GIST) - Social Competence program is a holistic, dual-disciplinary intervention targeting the pervasive interpersonal and communication problems that often interfere with participation at work, home, school and in the community after TBI. All sites completed the Pilot portion of this study during the second year of this project. Experience from the Pilot study resulted in modifications to the RCT protocol which were approved by the HRPO prior to start of the RCT during the second year of this project. During the third and fourth years of this project, 12 waves of study intervention were completed across the six sites. All study enrollment, data collection, and data entry is now complete at all sites. We have received a no cost extension to complete data analyses and manuscript.