Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 799-805 , June 2006

Evaluation of the Errorless Learning Technique in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury

Presented in part to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and American Society for Neurorehabilitation, October 23–26, 2003, Tucson, AZ.

  • Julie Landis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Julie Landis, PhD, Dept of Educational Psychology, University of Houston, 491 Farish Hall, Houston, TX 77204-5029
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  • Gerri Hanten, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Harvey S. Levin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Xiaoqi Li, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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  • Jackie Duron, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Walter M. High Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Brain Injury Research Center, Texas Institute for Research and Rehabilitation, Houston, TX

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133B990014-01).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.017

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 799-805 , June 2006

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