title: Does metacognitive strategy instruction improve impaired receptive cognitive-communication skills following acquired brain injury?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate if metacognitive strategy instruction (MSI) improves the receptive language skills of adults with cognitive-communication disorders secondary to acquired brain injury (ABI).
  
  
  METHODS
  An ABA intervention programme was implemented with eight adults with ABI, aged 25-70 years. The Measure of Cognitive-Linguistic Abilities (MCLA) was administered at baseline and following treatment. The treatment employed in this study involved three components: individual goal-based therapy, group remediation therapy using self-instruction and home practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No receptive language sub-tests of the MCLA reached statistical significance. However, participants' raw score improvements in receptive language sub-tests indicated that MSI may be effective at remediating CCDs following ABI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preliminary findings indicate that MSI may be effective in improving receptive language skills in adults with CCDs following ABI. Further research involving a more rigorous study, a larger sample size and a more reliable outcome measure is necessary and may provide statistically significant evidence for the effectiveness of MSI for remediating receptive language disorders.
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia .
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Copley
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia .
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia .
authors.forename: Katelyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Savill
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia .|b Speech Pathology Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital , Brisbane , QLD , Australia , and.|c Centre for Functioning and Health Research, Metro South Hospital and Health Service , Brisbane , QLD , Australia.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Finch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003142:Communication; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D000067489:Metacognition / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Acquired brain injury; cognitive communication disorders; metacognitive strategy instruction; receptive language; speech language pathologists