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Social Brain Toolkit Research

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Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Summers, K., Southwell, K., Avramovic, P., Power, E., Miao, M., Rushworth, N., MacLean, L., Brookes, A-M., Togher, L. (2024). “It gives you encouragement because you’re not alone”: A pilot study of a multi-component social media skills intervention for people with acquired brain injury. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 59(2), 543-558. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12806

Avramović, P., Rietdijk, R., Kenny, B., Power, E., & Togher, L. (2023). Developing a digital health intervention for conversation skills after brain injury (convers-ABI-lity) using a collaborative approach: mixed methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research25, e45240. https://doi.org/10.2196/45240

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Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Power, E., Avramovic, P., Miao, M., Rushworth, N., MacLean, L., Brookes, A-M., Togher, L. (2023). Developing social-ABI-lity: an online course to support safe use of social media for connection after brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 32(2S), 924-940.  https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00099

Miao, M., Morrow, R., Salomon, A., Mcculloch, B., Evain, J. C., Wright, M. R., … & Togher, L. (2023). Digital health implementation strategies coproduced with adults with acquired brain injury, their close others, and clinicians: Mixed methods study with collaborative autoethnography and network analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research25, e46396. https://doi.org/10.2196/46396

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Miao, M., Power, E., Rietdijk, R., Debono, D., Brunner, M., Salomon, A., Mcculloch, B., Wright, M.R., Welsh, M., Tremblay, B., Rixon, C., Williams, L., Morrow, R., Evain, J., & Togher, L. (2022). Coproducing knowledge of the implementation of complex digital health interventions for adults with acquired brain injury and their communication partners: Protocol for a mixed methods study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), e35080. https://doi.org/10.2196/35080

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Miao, M., Power, E., Rietdijk, R., Togher, L., Brunner, M., & Debono, D. (2021). A web-based service delivery model for communication training after brain injury: Protocol for a mixed methods, prospective, hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(12), e31995. https://doi.org/10.2196/31995

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Miao, M., Power, E., Rietdijk, R., Brunner, M., Togher, L., & Debono, D. (2021). The Social Brain Toolkit: Implementation considerations from the development of a suite of novel online social communication training programs for adults with acquired brain injury and their communication partners. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 23(2), 75-80.

How do I reference the Social Brain Toolkit?

If referring to the Social Brain Toolkit as a suite of resources, our recommended citation is:

University of Sydney Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab (2022). Social Brain Toolkit. https://abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/social-brain-toolkit/

If referring to convers-ABI-lity, our recommended citation is:

Avramović, P., Rietdijk, R., Kenny, B., Power, E., & Togher, L. (2023). Developing a digital health intervention for conversation skills after brain injury (convers-ABI-lity) using a collaborative approach: mixed methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research25, e45240. https://doi.org/10.2196/45240

If referring to social-ABI-lity, our recommended citation is:

Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Avramovic, P., Power, E., Miao, M., Rushworth, N., … & Togher, L. (2023). Developing social-ABI-lity: an online course to support safe use of social media for connection after acquired brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology32(2S), 924-940. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00099

A publication describing the development of interact-ABI-lity is coming soon. For now, the recommended citation is:

University of Sydney Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab (2022). interact-ABI-lity. https://abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/courses/interact-abi-lity/