TY - JOUR
T1 - Activities and interim outcomes of a multi-site development project to promote cognitive support technology use and employment success among postsecondary students with traumatic brain injuries
AU - Hendricks, Deborah J.
AU - Sampson, Elaine
AU - Rumrill, Phillip
AU - Leopold, Anne
AU - Elias, Eileen
AU - Jacobs, Karen
AU - Nardone, Amanda
AU - Scherer, Marcia
AU - Stauffer, Callista
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/10/22
Y1 - 2015/10/22
N2 - BACKGROUND: This article describes the activities and interim outcomes of a multi-site development project called Project Career, designed to promote cognitive support technology (CST) use and employment success for college and university students with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). OBJECTIVES: To obtain early intervention results from participants in Project Career's first 18 months of operation. METHODS: Fifty-six students with TBI have participated to date across three implementation sites in Massachusetts, Ohio, and West Virginia, with 25 of these participants being military veterans. Descriptive analyses provide information regarding the participants, the barriers they face due to their TBI in obtaining a post-secondary education, and the impact services provided by Project Career have had to date in ameliorating those difficulties. Inferential statistical analyses provide preliminary results regarding program effectiveness. RESULTS: Preliminary results indicate the program is encouraging students to use CST strategies in the form of iPads and cognitive enhancement applications (also known as 'apps'). Significant results indicate participants are more positive, independent, and social; participants have a more positive attitude toward technology after six months in the program; and participants reported significantly improved experiences with technology during their first six months in the program. CONCLUSION: Participating students are actively preparing for their careers after graduation through a wide range of intensive vocational supports provided by project staff members.
AB - BACKGROUND: This article describes the activities and interim outcomes of a multi-site development project called Project Career, designed to promote cognitive support technology (CST) use and employment success for college and university students with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). OBJECTIVES: To obtain early intervention results from participants in Project Career's first 18 months of operation. METHODS: Fifty-six students with TBI have participated to date across three implementation sites in Massachusetts, Ohio, and West Virginia, with 25 of these participants being military veterans. Descriptive analyses provide information regarding the participants, the barriers they face due to their TBI in obtaining a post-secondary education, and the impact services provided by Project Career have had to date in ameliorating those difficulties. Inferential statistical analyses provide preliminary results regarding program effectiveness. RESULTS: Preliminary results indicate the program is encouraging students to use CST strategies in the form of iPads and cognitive enhancement applications (also known as 'apps'). Significant results indicate participants are more positive, independent, and social; participants have a more positive attitude toward technology after six months in the program; and participants reported significantly improved experiences with technology during their first six months in the program. CONCLUSION: Participating students are actively preparing for their careers after graduation through a wide range of intensive vocational supports provided by project staff members.
KW - Cognitive support technology
KW - traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.3233/NRE-151273
DO - 10.3233/NRE-151273
M3 - Article
C2 - 26484525
AN - SCOPUS:84948682340
SN - 1053-8135
VL - 37
SP - 449
EP - 458
JO - NeuroRehabilitation
JF - NeuroRehabilitation
IS - 3
ER -