Patients must also be motivated and willing to participate in a weekly program. The patient's family must arrange transportation for the patient. An important part of the success of this program is family or significant other involvement for carryover outside of the program. Education is provided to both the patient and the family to facilitate this process. Individual therapy services are offered according to the need of each patient regarding therapy frequency and duration.
Individual therapy is conducted for a minimum of two hours a day.
CIR's vocational programs also provides transitional services to foster generalization and carryover of learned skills into the community, home and work site environment. Speech Therapy Assessment of language and cognitive deficits affecting learning style is also available through CIR's Outpatient Brain Injury Program. Speech therapy provides intervention to improve communication skills, such as rate of speech, and receptive and expressive language skills. Through this therapy the need for compensatory strategies is determined and cognitive retraining, with particular emphasis on improving education and communication. Psychology Outpatient Brain Injury Services offers education and psychotherapy to assist patients and families in developing healthy coping skills.