Abstract
This article argues that pediatric cognitive rehabilitation is different from rehabilitation for adults; that available theoretical perspectives (Piaget, information processing theory, Luria, and learning theory), are both necessary for and seriously underutilized in planning and conducting pediatric therapy; and that the recognition of such theoretical perspectives would significantly alter clinical pediatric practice. This article then suggests an approach to a theory-based clinical pediatric practice and provides examples.
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