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Strategies for  Community Reintegration

Community/Family Environment

• Assess family’s ability to facilitate cognitive remediation in the home

• Provide clear demonstrations and multiple opportunities for the individual with TBI and family to practice new skills

• Increase opportunities for socialization and recreation to reestablish social networks

• Allow the individual with TBI to systematically assume greater responsibility for planning and completing activities

Work Environment

• Conduct assessment in the actual place of employment

• Evaluate social and physical obstacles

• Use a job coach to facilitate success on the job

• Integrate adaptation and compensatory strategies


 


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