speaker, Dr Drew Alcott, is a clinical neuropsychologist. He has almost two decades of experience... more speaker, Dr Drew Alcott, is a clinical neuropsychologist. He has almost two decades of experience in rehabilitation and for half of that he was engaged in neuro-rehabilitation after head injury. He has led the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust for the last six years, and been involved in designing and establishing specialist services as well taking as an active research role. Dr Alcott will talk about rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. His talk focuses on Limiting the Damage and Return to Work.
Participants with extensive knowledge of old age abuse from one particular professional or theore... more Participants with extensive knowledge of old age abuse from one particular professional or theoretical orientation were sometimes completely unaware of the existence of other models and theories.
The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its inc... more The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its increased use in the measurement of neurological disability and rehabilitation outcome. Although the Motor items have good reliability ratings, the Cognitive items are more difficult to complete and their reliability is not as good. This study tests the suggestion that this might be due to the Cognitive items being more abstract. A keyword from each of four Motor items was compared with a keyword from four Cognitive items. Abstractness was measured by measuring the 'imageability' of each keyword. The Motor items were found to have a significantly higher mean imageability rating than the Cognitive items. Thus, there is support for the suggestion that abstractness contributes to the poorer reliability of the Cognitive items. These results led to the proposal that the reliability of the Cognitive items might be improved by various methods of increasing the tangibility of these measures (e.g. subdivision of broad categories of disabilities, enhancing item descriptions, training raters to increase their recognition of relevant observations, and using specific assessment tasks to elicit relevant behaviours).
The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its inc... more The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its increased use in the measurement of neurological disability and rehabilitation outcome. Although the Motor items have good reliability ratings, the Cognitive items are more difficult to complete and their reliability is not as good. This study tests the suggestion that this might be due to the Cognitive items being more abstract. A keyword from each of four Motor items was compared with a keyword from four Cognitive items. Abstractness was measured by measuring the 'imageability' of each keyword. The Motor items were found to have a significantly higher mean imageability rating than the Cognitive items. Thus, there is support for the suggestion that abstractness contributes to the poorer reliability of the Cognitive items. These results led to the proposal that the reliability of the Cognitive items might be improved by various methods of increasing the tangibility of these measures (e.g. subdivision of broad categories of disabilities, enhancing item descriptions, training raters to increase their recognition of relevant observations, and using specific assessment tasks to elicit relevant behaviours).
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether the accuracy of judging National Adult Reading Test (NAR... more ABSTRACT This study investigates whether the accuracy of judging National Adult Reading Test (NART) words known to have lower inter-rater reliability can be improved by training and use of the pronunciation guide. Two groups (Experimental and Control), were compared with three repeated measures: Occasion (first and second i.e. 'post-training'), Word Reliability (high and low) and Pronunciation Guide (without and with guide). Ten words were selected from the NART: five lower reliability and five high reliability words. These were presented aurally in correct and incorrect form to participants (N = 20) who judged correctness of pronunciation without or with a pronunciation guide. Each group repeated the task again, the Experimental group having received training. Accuracy was significantly worse for the low reliability words. The experimental group's accuracy was significantly better after training than the control group's and their own performance prior to training. The use of the guide enhanced accuracy, particularly for the low reliability words. Training in administration of the NART improves raters' accuracy and use of the pronunciation guide. This offers an alternative to the suggestion of improving the NART's reliability by replacing lower reliability words and therefore would avoid the need to re-standardize a modified test.
... Both programmes were influenced by approaches established in the USA (Ben-Yishay & Gold, ... more ... Both programmes were influenced by approaches established in the USA (Ben-Yishay & Gold, 1990; Prigatano et al., 1996). The Ticehurst Unit was established in a psychiatric hospital whereas at Unsted there was a tradition of physical and neurological rehabilitation. ...
speaker, Dr Drew Alcott, is a clinical neuropsychologist. He has almost two decades of experience... more speaker, Dr Drew Alcott, is a clinical neuropsychologist. He has almost two decades of experience in rehabilitation and for half of that he was engaged in neuro-rehabilitation after head injury. He has led the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust for the last six years, and been involved in designing and establishing specialist services as well taking as an active research role. Dr Alcott will talk about rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. His talk focuses on Limiting the Damage and Return to Work.
Participants with extensive knowledge of old age abuse from one particular professional or theore... more Participants with extensive knowledge of old age abuse from one particular professional or theoretical orientation were sometimes completely unaware of the existence of other models and theories.
The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its inc... more The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its increased use in the measurement of neurological disability and rehabilitation outcome. Although the Motor items have good reliability ratings, the Cognitive items are more difficult to complete and their reliability is not as good. This study tests the suggestion that this might be due to the Cognitive items being more abstract. A keyword from each of four Motor items was compared with a keyword from four Cognitive items. Abstractness was measured by measuring the 'imageability' of each keyword. The Motor items were found to have a significantly higher mean imageability rating than the Cognitive items. Thus, there is support for the suggestion that abstractness contributes to the poorer reliability of the Cognitive items. These results led to the proposal that the reliability of the Cognitive items might be improved by various methods of increasing the tangibility of these measures (e.g. subdivision of broad categories of disabilities, enhancing item descriptions, training raters to increase their recognition of relevant observations, and using specific assessment tasks to elicit relevant behaviours).
The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its inc... more The reliability of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) is an important issue with its increased use in the measurement of neurological disability and rehabilitation outcome. Although the Motor items have good reliability ratings, the Cognitive items are more difficult to complete and their reliability is not as good. This study tests the suggestion that this might be due to the Cognitive items being more abstract. A keyword from each of four Motor items was compared with a keyword from four Cognitive items. Abstractness was measured by measuring the 'imageability' of each keyword. The Motor items were found to have a significantly higher mean imageability rating than the Cognitive items. Thus, there is support for the suggestion that abstractness contributes to the poorer reliability of the Cognitive items. These results led to the proposal that the reliability of the Cognitive items might be improved by various methods of increasing the tangibility of these measures (e.g. subdivision of broad categories of disabilities, enhancing item descriptions, training raters to increase their recognition of relevant observations, and using specific assessment tasks to elicit relevant behaviours).
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether the accuracy of judging National Adult Reading Test (NAR... more ABSTRACT This study investigates whether the accuracy of judging National Adult Reading Test (NART) words known to have lower inter-rater reliability can be improved by training and use of the pronunciation guide. Two groups (Experimental and Control), were compared with three repeated measures: Occasion (first and second i.e. 'post-training'), Word Reliability (high and low) and Pronunciation Guide (without and with guide). Ten words were selected from the NART: five lower reliability and five high reliability words. These were presented aurally in correct and incorrect form to participants (N = 20) who judged correctness of pronunciation without or with a pronunciation guide. Each group repeated the task again, the Experimental group having received training. Accuracy was significantly worse for the low reliability words. The experimental group's accuracy was significantly better after training than the control group's and their own performance prior to training. The use of the guide enhanced accuracy, particularly for the low reliability words. Training in administration of the NART improves raters' accuracy and use of the pronunciation guide. This offers an alternative to the suggestion of improving the NART's reliability by replacing lower reliability words and therefore would avoid the need to re-standardize a modified test.
... Both programmes were influenced by approaches established in the USA (Ben-Yishay & Gold, ... more ... Both programmes were influenced by approaches established in the USA (Ben-Yishay & Gold, 1990; Prigatano et al., 1996). The Ticehurst Unit was established in a psychiatric hospital whereas at Unsted there was a tradition of physical and neurological rehabilitation. ...
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