Rehabilitation Goal Setting Theory, Practice and Evidence

Written to provide clinicians, educators, researchers, and students in rehabilitation with a comprehensive overview of the theory, practice, and evidence base of goal setting, this first-of-its-kind reference provides an authoritative, state-of-the-art knowledge of the practice. The authors cover a broad range of different approaches to goal setting, with input from experts from North America, Europe, and Australia. This book is applicable to patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurological disorders, spinal cord injury, and other conditions.

Section I Goal Theory in Rehabilitation Challenges in Theory, Practice and Evidence William MM Levack and Richard J Siegert Evidence-Based Goal Setting: Cultivating the Science of Rehabilitation William MM Levack, Sarah G Dean, Kathryn M McPherson and Richard J Siegert Psychology, Goals and Rehabilitation: Providing a Theoretical Foundation Richard J Siegert, Christine O’Connell and William MM Levack Ethics and Goal Setting William MM Levack, Richard J Siegert and Neil Pickering Goal Setting as Shared Decision Making E Diane Playford MEANING as a Smarter Approach to Goals in Rehabilitation Kathryn M McPherson, Nicola M Kayes and Paula Kersten Section II Goal Setting in Clinical Practice Goal Attainment Scaling in Adult Neurorehabilitation Stephen Ashford and Lynne Turner-Stokes Goal Attainment Scaling in Paediatric Rehabilitation Duco Steenbeek, Jan Willem Gorter, Marjolijn Ketelaar, Krys Galama and Eline Lindeman Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to Rehabilitation Goal Setting Alexandra Rauch and Anke Scheel-Sailer Occupation-Based, Client-Centred Approach to Goal Planning and Measurement Emmah Doig and Jennifer Fleming Theory-Based Approach to Goal Setting Lesley Scobbie and Diane Dixon Goal Orientation and Goal Setting in German Medical Rehabilitation Research Thorsten Meyer and Nadine J Pohontsch Section III Specific Applications Goal Setting in Social Competence Treatment after Brain Injury Lenore A Hawley and Jody K Newman Self-Management for People with Chronic Conditions Fiona Jones Goal Setting in Paediatric Rehabilitation Lesley Wiart Use of Goals as a Focus for Services for Community-Dwelling Older People John GM Parsons, Stephen Jacobs and Matthew JG Parsons Goals and Goal Setting for People with Aphasia, Their Family Members and Clinicians Sue Sherratt, Linda Worrall, Deborah Hersh, Tami Howe and Bronwyn Davidson Goal Setting in Stroke Rehabilitation: Theory, Practice and Future Directions Sheeba Rosewilliam, Anand D Pandyan and Carolyn A Roskell Section IV Conclusion Concluding Comments, Current Trends and Future Directions Richard J Siegert and William MM Levack Index

Richard J. Siegert, BSc, PGDipPsych (Clin), MSocSci, PhD, is professor of psychology and rehabilitation, Person Centred Research Centre, School of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Siegert trained in clinical psychology and completed his PhD in psychology at Victoria University of Wellington. His research interests include neuropsychology, neurological rehabilitation, psychology applied to rehabilitation, and psychometrics. Siegert is an author of 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, four invited articles, six book chapters, and a popular undergraduate rehabilitation textbook. His current interests include the application of mindfulness techniques for people with neurological conditions and outcome measurement in neuro-rehabilitation. William M.M. Levack, BPhty, MHealSc (Rehabilitation), PhD, is associate dean for research and postgraduate studies, and senior lecturer in rehabilitation, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. In 2003, Levack was employed as a lecturer at the University of Otago, teaching interdisciplinary, postgraduate courses in rehabilitation by distance, and in 2008 he completed his PhD. His current projects include work on the development of a clinical measure of loss and reconstruction of self-identity after traumatic brain injury, qualitative research into the barriers and facilitator of access to evidence-based rehabilitation, and the use of kinetic video games as a form of therapeutic exercise for people with chronic respiratory disease.