We offer a number of treatment manuals for professionals who work within the traumatic brain injury (TBI) community.
Manual for Executive Plus/STEP: Problem Solving and Emotional Regulation Training
This manual provides problem solving and emotional regulation training for individuals with brain injuries. It is the result of two randomized controlled trials—Executive Plus and Short-term Executive Plus (STEP)—that were aimed at improving problem solving and emotional regulation skills for a TBI population. Results of the STEP program were recently published in the journal, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. We found that STEP improved executive functioning and problem solving in participants with moderate to severe TBI.
The content of the journal is intended primarily as a support for professionals working with a TBI population. Beyond that, providers interested in developing a program that uses this manual should have in-depth training and substantial clinical expertise in treating brain injury, with a focus on the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral consequences.
Manual for Executive Plus/STEP: Problem Solving and Emotional Regulation Training is organized into seven sections.
- Overview of Executive Plus and STEP
- Problem Solving Clinical Manual
- Problem Solving Workbook
- Emotional Regulation Clinical Manual
- Emotional Regulation Workbook
- Appendix I: Background to Executive Plus and STEP
- Appendix II: Reprint: Gordon, W.A., Cantor, J., Ashman, T., & Brown, M. (2006).
For more information or to obtain a copy of the Executive Plus/STEP manual, please email us at birc@mountsinai.org.
Mentoring Partnership Program Manual and Training Workbook
This manual describes the planning and implementing of a peer-mentoring program for individuals with brain injury and for their families. A growing body of literature validates the benefits of peer support for families facing medical crises; however, no such model for individuals with TBI or their families has previously been implemented. We have created a mentoring program for individuals with TBI and their families within New York State and provides assistance to the New Jersey Brain Injury Association as well as to other groups to develop similar programs. Many of these programs have been evaluated, showing the benefits to participants in mentoring.
The first of these two publications introduces the concept, workings, development and evaluation of a mentoring partnership program. The Program Manual is based on the experience of creating such programs in New York and in New Jersey, with the purpose of providing resources that other groups can use to create similar programs. Its companion volume provides materials used by individuals being trained by a Mentoring Partnership Program to provide peer mentoring.
The Mentoring Partnership Program Manual and Training Workbook offer a step-by-step guide to establishing a full-fledged mentorship program, from start-up through training and workshops.
For more information or to obtain a copy of the Mentorship Partnership Program, please email us at birc@mountsinai.org.