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The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT)**by Skye McDonald, Sharon Flanagan and Jennifer Rollins

$250 The manual (3rd edition) has updated norms for older adults as well as adolescents. Comes with manual, 25 record forms (and printable PDF), USB with videos for Forms A and B.

Manual for the Comprehensive assessment of prospective memory** by Shum and Fleming

$110 “this will be a very helpful tool for clinicians”Prof Jon Evans, Glasgow University

The Awareness of Social Inference Test - Short (TASIT-S)**by Skye McDonald, Sharon Flanagan and Cynthia Honan

$155 This is a short screening version of TASIT (about 20 minutes) with norms from adolescence through to older age. Comes with manual, 25 record forms (and printable PDF), USB with videos.

Location Learning test by Bucks, Willison, Byrne & Kessels

$280 Manual and kit• Applicable for mild

through to severe deficits• 2 parallel versions • Takes 20 to 30 minutes

Social cognition

Memory

Assessment

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Manual for the comprehensive assessment of prospective memory

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TASIT-SThe Awareness of Social Inference TestManual

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EXTRA FORMS: A (20) $65 B (10) $50

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Austin Mazeby Skye McDonald

FREETO ASSBI MEMBERS Email admin@assbi.com.au to receive the download link

The Austin Maze assesses complex visuospatial learning using a traditional stepping stone maze presented on a computer screen.

Austin Maze

Software Designer: Richard Bray

Manual Author: Skye McDonald

© Richard Bray and Skye McDonald; ASSBI Resources

www.assbi.com.au, Sydney, 2010 http://www.workforhumankind.com/AustinMaze/Download

ISBN: 978-0-9870477-1-7

‘The Austin Maze is based on Milner’s early work examining maze learning following brain lesions, supported by empirical research with norms available’

Spatial learning

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and based upon empirical research

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Behaviour

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Understanding Acquired Brain Injury and behaviour changeA guide to managing challenging behaviours

Interventions

‘Challenging behaviours are one of the most common targets for

clinicians working in ABI (Pagan et al, 2016) and

this manual provides clear, practical advice for

management.’

Understanding Acquired Brain Injury and behaviour change A guide to managing challenging behaviours by Sue Sloan

$155 This comprehensive manual provides useful, simple to understand information about why challenging behaviours occur, how to identify their triggers and strategies to deal with them. An enormously valuable resource for clinicians and case managers.

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CommunicationASSBI

Montreal Protocol for the Evaluation of Communication Manual Y. Joanette, B. Ska, H. Côté, P. Ferré, L. LaPointe, P. Coppens & S. Small

MEC

‘The MEC first published in 2004 is published in six languages and widely used by clinicians and researchers. This English version includes restandardisation with 220 English speakers’

Montreal Protocol for the Evaluation of Communication (MEC)**by Joanette, Ska, Côté, Ferré, LaPointe, Coppens & Small

$240 Included in the box:

• 1 x A4 Manual• 25 copies of the Response Form A• 25 copies of the Response Form B• 6 x A5 Response Cards• 1 memory stick with

– 2 Video files– Response Form A– Response Form B

Assessment

TBI Express** Social Communication Training Resources for people with TBI and their communication partners by Togher, McDonald , Tate, Power, Ylvisaker & Rietdijk

$175 Manual with clearly laid out sessions, website support, memory stick and further resourcesapproaches especially designed for people with cognitive impairments.

Communicate with Confidence by Sloan, Mackey & Chamberlain

$105 Manual is written in plain language Communicate with Confidence provides information, hints and practical exercises in five key everyday communication skills: Listening, Talking, Greetings & Partings, Manners, Extending Social Networks.

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TBI expressSocial communication training for people with TBI and their communication partners

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To order: www.assbi.com.auResources with** next to them are available as a pdf for customers outside of Australia only.All prices are in Australian dollars.

Managing social anxiety following traumatic brain injury** by Hodgson, McDonald, Tate & Gertler

$110 This manual provides a step by step, structured approach to addressing social anxiety, based upon evidence based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches especially designed for people with cognitive impairments.

Improving First Impressions **by McDonald, Bornhofen, Togher, Flanagan, Gertler & Bowen

$155 This manual provides clear, step by step sessions for improving a range of social skills, e.g. making introductions, being assertive, starting a conversation. Uses well established behavioural approaches suitable for people with cognitive impairment

Social skills

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Managing social anxiety following traumatic brain injuryA cognitive behavioural program

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Improving First Impressions:A Step-by-Step Social Skills Program

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Reading a Smile (and Other Great Expressions):An Emotion Perception Treatment Program

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Reading a Smile (and Other Great Expressions): An Emotion Perception Treatment Programby Bornhofen & McDonald

$420 The Reading a smile kit comes with gameboards, stimulus cards and a DVD with additional audiovisual material.

Memory

Errorless learning in dementia** by de Werd, Boelen & Kessels

$40 Using empirically established Errorless learning techniques, this manual provides clear guidelines and examples for how to apply EL to help people with dementia re-learn lost skills.

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Errorless learning in dementiaA practical manual

‘Is a very welcome addition to rehabilitation’Professor Barbara A Wilson, OBE

Making the Most of Your Memory: An everyday memory skills program** by Radford, Say, Thayer & Miller

$155

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Making the Most of Your MemoryAn Everyday Memory Skills Program

‘The manual is comprehensive, clearly structured and sufficiently detailed for clinical use. It has been validated in a number of clinical trials’

Comes with memory stick with PowerPoint presentations for sessions.

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Making sense of brain tumour** by Stewart and Ownsworth

$110 This manual provides detailed sessions for assisting people with brain tumours covering psycho-education, psychological needs and neuropsychological rehabilitation. It uses empirically established techniques incl. CBT, ACT and IPT.

‘the MSoBT manual fills an important void in the field… This manual will

serve as a particularly useful resource for psychologists and other allied

mental health professionals working with brain tumour patients.’

Dr Maria Kangas, Macquarie University

‘Three Australian-based clinical researchers discussed new developments in the field of memory disorders’

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Making sense of brain tumourA practical guide for therapists

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Special populationsBrain Tumour

ALL resources are peer reviewed and based upon

empirical research

Memory Disorders: New types, Assessment techniques & Interventions by Miller, Lah & Radford

$110 Contains 3 DVD’s of comprehensive presentations by Dr Suncica (Sunny) Lah, Dr Laurie Miller and Dr Kylie Radford.

Interventions

Therapy manual: Retraining Activities of Daily Living During Post-Traumatic Amnesia following Traumatic Brain Injury Dr Jessica Trevena-Peters, Dr Adam McKay and Professor Jennie Ponsford

$155 The intervention manual details skills retraining during post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) after traumatic brain injury. It addresses bathing, grooming, dressing, self-feeding, and light meal-preparation using errorless and procedural learning principles.

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Post-traumatic amnesia