Foundations that go beyond theories of deficit
Efforts to determine what kinds of treatments work best: (1) Investigate a full range of outcomes (e.g., WHO framework re: impairment, disability, handicap); (2) Ascertain nature of interactions among levels of outcome; (3) Gather rigorous treatment efficacy data; ‘outcomes’ data obtained in routine clinical circumstances’ are insufficient
Efforts to understand the “how” of treatment: how cognitive, neurophysiological, and psychosocial processes produce a favorable climate for adaptive learning and generalization in the presence of brain damage