An interventional study of Dynamic Coaching Model and Apprenticeship Approach in Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion, Brain, sponsored by University of Arizona. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-19.
Sponsored by University of Arizona · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Up to 28% of undergraduate college students report a suspected history of traumatic brain injury. Following traumatic brain injury, college students fail and repeat more courses and have lower grade point averages. Further complicating this problem may be the fact that college students lack knowledge of traumatic brain injury definition, its associated symptoms, and individuals involved in post-injury management. In this project, the investigators propose to compare the use of an established treatment model (i.e., the Dynamic Coaching Model) to a novel protocol (i.e., the Apprenticeship Approach) that includes explicit instruction about traumatic brain injury in college students with this population. The investigators will use a group comparison design to examine the efficacy of this instructional component. This work incorporates findings from educational psychology and speech-language pathology (e.g., the included instructional materials adhere to the principles of adult learning). As such, this work will advance the field's basic understanding of currently recommended treatment components and will systematically examine the effects of incorporating explicit instruction into an existing treatment model.
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Exclusion Criteria:
The Dynamic Coaching Model is an established treatment approach that entails training college students with executive function impairments (e.g., those with a history of traumatic brain injury) to rely on their own executive functions in order to problem solve and reason in real-life situations requiring them to do so (e.g., taking college classes).
Behavioral: Dynamic Coaching Model
The Apprenticeship Approach is a novel treatment approach that incorporates explicit education about: (a) traumatic brain injury definition; (b) traumatic brain injury symptomatology; and (c) individuals who may be able to provide assistance to the individual with traumatic brain injury into the existing Dynamic Coaching Model.
Behavioral: Apprenticeship Approach
This is a behavioral intervention which includes metacognitive strategy training and personalized strategy and external aid use training.
This is a behavioral intervention which includes explicit education about traumatic brain injury, its symptoms, and individuals who may provide assistance post-injury, metacognitive strategy training and personalized strategy and external aid use training.
Change in performance on a knowledge questionnaire
adapted from Knollman-Porter et al., 2017
Time frame: Up to 6 months (conducted once pre-intervention and once post-intervention)
Change in performance on measures of academic achievement
Self-Efficacy Scale (5-point scale)
Time frame: Up to 6 months (conducted once pre-intervention and once post-intervention)
Change in performance on measures of academic achievement
Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (5-point scale)
Time frame: Up to 6 months (conducted once pre-intervention and once post-intervention)
Change in performance on measures of academic achievement
Growth Mindset Scale (5-point scale)
Time frame: 2 minutes (conducted once pre-intervention and once post-intervention)
Change in performance on subjective confidence rankings
Confidence rankings on a 5-point Likert scale for therapy task performance and functional academic task performance
Time frame: Up to 6 months (conducted once pre-intervention and once post-intervention)
Performance on subjective intervention satisfaction rankings
Subjective rankings on a 5-point Likert scale for intervention satisfaction, likelihood to recommend intervention to a friend, and desire to continue intervention.
Time frame: Up to 6 months (conducted one time in each intervention session; i.e., three times total)
Change in performance on a measure of quality of life: QOLIBRI (Quality of Life After Brain Injury)
QOLIBRI (Quality of Life After Brain Injury)
Time frame: Up to 6 months (conducted once pre-intervention and once post-intervention)
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