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The Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation, Inc. Malia K, Law P, Sidebottom L, Bewick K, Danziger S, Schold-Davis E, Martin-Scull R, Murphy K & Vaidya A Practical Innovation in Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy © The Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation (2004) www.cognitive-rehab.org.uk The SCR Recommendations for Best Practice in Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are grateful to the following people for their independent review and comments on this document: Dave Arciniegas Yehuda Ben-Yishay Rita Cola-Carroll Rosamond Gianutsos Charlotte Lough Heidi Rubin Barbara Wilson © The Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation (2004) www.cognitive-rehab.org.uk 1 The SCR Recommendations for Best Practice in Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy CONTENTS Executive Sumary 3The Purpose of thisDocument 4 Section One: The Framework 1. Historical Perspectives 52DefngCRT 83. Individuals Involved in CRT 9 Section Two: Assessment & Treatment 4. Asesment 12 5.Rstoration and Compensation 16 6. The Importance of Integration with other aspects of the Multidisciplinary Team 20 7.Psychosocial Factors 21 8. FunctionallyOriented 23 9.Models 25 10. Education ...