title: Cognitive rehabilitation: a goal-planning approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This case study describes a 33-year-old man who sustained a severe head injury with cerebrovascular complications in a road traffic accident.
  
  
  METHODS
  His rehabilitation program focused on the everyday problems he faced as a result of cognitive deficits resulting from his brain injury. Twelve goals were set after negotiations between the man, his wife, and the rehabilitation team.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All goals were achieved by the end of his program. We describe how they were achieved and provide data for three goals in particular. We discuss the advantages of a goal planning approach in cognitive or neuropsychological rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences and Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom. barbara.wilson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jonathan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keohane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male