title: Cognitive Intervention for Attention and Executive Function Impairments in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study.
abstract: To test the effectiveness of the Attention Improvement and Management (AIM) program, a cognitive intervention for improving impairments in attention and executive functions (EFs) after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  
  
  
  Tertiary care children's hospital.
  
  
  
  A total of 13 children with complicated mild-to-severe TBI (average of 5 years postinjury) and 11 healthy comparison children aged 9 to 15 years completed the study.
  
  
  
  Open-label pilot study with a nontreated control group.
  
  
  
  Subtests from the Test of Everyday Attention-for Children (TEA-Ch) and the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS), the self- and parent-report from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), and the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS).
  
  
  
  Relative to the healthy comparison group, children with TBI demonstrated significant improvement postintervention on a neuropsychological measure of sustained attention, as well as on parent-reported EFs. The majority of families also reported expected or more-than-expected personalized goal attainment.
  
  
  
  The study provides preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of AIM in improving parent-reported EFs and personalized real-world goal attainment in children with TBI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (Dr Treble-Barna); Communication Disorders and Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (Dr Sohlberg); Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (Dr Harn); Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (Dr Wade).
authors.forename: Amery
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Treble-Barna
authors.forename: McKay Moore
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sohlberg
authors.forename: Beth E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Harn
authors.forename: Shari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D000071066:Patient Reported Outcome Measures; D010865:Pilot Projects; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers