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The use of a computer in aiding functional skill training: a single case study

Grafton Manor Head Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Northampton

This study investigates the use of a computer training program to facilitate learning in a head-injured patient with a severe memory disturbance. The patient, DP, was taught to perform the individual steps in a morning washing and dressing routine but was unable to carry out the sequence of steps independently, in the absence of verbal prompts. A specially-constructed computer program was designed to teach these sequential links. DP was thus able to practise on the computer up to four times a day over a period of 11 weeks. Under these circumstances, the patient made rapid progress in learning the sequence of his morning routine which was shown to generalize into the functional setting. By this method DP achieved 58% success. Other memory training procedures were then instigated to fill the remaining gaps in DP's learning, thereby promoting further independence in his daily washing and dressing routine.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 2, No. 3, 199-206 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/026921558800200304


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