“…While these difficulties have, for the most part, been conceptualised as stemming from the constellation of cognitive deficits that often remain chronic following TBI, treatment efforts to address such difficulties have tended to focus on inappropriate behaviours commonly displayed by this group, to the neglect of cognitive/perceptual difficulties which may play a large role in social dysfunction. For example, numerous treatment studies targeting social deficits in people with TBI have been published over the past few decades, each describing behaviourally-oriented social skills packages (e.g., Braunling-McMorrow, Lloyd, & Fralish, 1986;Johnson & Newton, 1987;Giles, Fussey, & Burgess, 1988;Brotherton, Thomas, Wisotzek, & Milan, 1988;Gajar, Schloss, Schloss, & Thompson, 1984;Helffenstein & Wechsler, 1982;Schloss, Thompson, Gajar, & Schloss, 1985). In general, the focus of these treatments has been on the promotion of positive social behaviours, such as turn taking, making and refusing requests and giving compliments, and the reduction of inappropriate behaviours such as excessive verbosity and perseveration on topics outside the interest of the conversation partner.…”