Social and Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Skye McDonald is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of New South Wales. She is an experienced clinical neuropsychologist and a senior researcher specializing in disorders of communication, social cognition and emotion following traumatic brain injury. McDonald has over 100 peer reviewed research studies focusing on these topics. She leads a Centre of Research Excellence in psychosocial rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury and is Associate Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Leanne Togher is Professor of Communication Disorders following Traumatic Brain Injury, Senior Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council and Principal Research Fellow of the University of Sydney. Togher is widely known for her work characterizing discourse and communication disorders post-TBI. Togher has published over 80 peer reviewed journal articles, and serves on a number of editorial boards, including the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Aphasiology, Brain Impairment and Brain Injury. Chris Code is a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and the British Psychological Society. He trained as a speech–language pathologist–therapist with degrees in psychology and linguistics. He is a Professorial Research Fellow in Psychology at the University of Exeter, Foundation Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Hon) at the University of Sydney and co-founding Editor of Aphasiology. Research interests include the neuropsychology of language and speech, psychosocial consequences, recovery and treatment of aphasia.

1. Social and Communication disorders following traumatic brain injury. 2. Traumatic Brain Injury: Basic Features 3. The nature of cognitive deficits and psychosocial function following TBI 4. Cognitive communication disability following TBI: Examining discourse, pragmatics, behaviour and executive functioning 5. Disorders of social cognition and social behaviour following severe TBI 6. A theoretical approach to understanding social dysfunction in children and adolescents with TBI 7. Issues in the assessment and treatment of cognitive communication disorders in children with TBI 8. Dysarthria in children and adults with TBI 9. Higher-Level Cognitive-Communication Approaches in Chronic TBI to Harness Brain Plasticity 10. Evidence-based Practice and Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy 11. Communication and Social Skills Training 12. Training communication partners of people with TBI: Communication really is a two way process 13. Using single-case methodology to treat social-pragmatic communication disorders.

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