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dc.contributorDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciencesen_US
dc.creatorChan, Yau-kam Donna-
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/4627-
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHong Kong Polytechnic University-
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_US
dc.titleEffects of problem solving skill training on school children with acquired brain injury in Hong Kongen_US
dcterms.abstractProblem solving abilities are the most important skills for children with acquired brain injury (ABI) for successful functioning across multiple domains of academic, social and daily living skills at school, at home and in social situations . This study was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a problem solving skills training program with emphasis on metacognitive principles in school children with ABI in Hong Kong. A total of thirty-two children with ABI were allocated closely by matched pair procedure in terms of schooling, diagnosis, intelligence level, and number of years after injury to either an experimental group A that received experimental intervention, or a comparison group B which was a waiting list group that would received the experimental intervention shortly after the intervention in Group A had been completed. Problem solving skills performance for children with ABI was measured pre and post intervention by using the Test of Non-verbal Intelligence-3 (TONIC-3), the Metacomponent Interview, the Interpersonal Negotiation Strategies Interview, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure in child and parents' perspective and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). The results indicated that significant differences in gain scores among were found in all measurements between children in the experimental group A and the control group B after the intervention The results of this study support the use of the four metacomponents, i.e. nature, planning, representing and monitoring, for problem solving skills training in the children with ABI. This study also developed the problem-solving skills training program in the local context and provided good evidence that problem solving skills can be trained explicitly to improve daily functions at work and at play in children after ABI.en_US
dcterms.extentx, 135 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfPolyU Electronic Thesesen_US
dcterms.issued2008en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelAll Masteren_US
dcterms.educationalLevelM.Sc.en_US
dcterms.LCSHHong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations.en_US
dcterms.LCSHProblem solving in children -- China -- Hong Kong.en_US
dcterms.LCSHBrain-damaged children -- Education -- China -- Hong Kong.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsrestricted accessen_US

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