ABSTRACT
Therapists must synthesize the information they gather about the cognitive and emotional functioning of each person they treat with brain injury into a conceptual framework of behavioral dyscontrol. Unprocessed raw cognitive and emotional data has little value until therapists organize it into clinical insights about the individual. The true impact of therapists who have experience working with behavioral dyscontrol after acquired brain injury arises from their skill in behavioral diagnosis: the ability to correctly conceptualize behavior. Behavioral planning requires therapists to accurately understand behavior and its determinants. Disjointed information about cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning cannot lead to successful treatment plans. Only through an appropriate formulation of behavioral determinants can therapists derive behavior plans that work.
