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. 2013 Jun 20;13:64. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-64

Table 1.

Content of GMT sessions for both treatment arms

Session Contents
1
Providing information about training;
Providing information about cognitive functioning after acquired brain injury in general with an emphasis on executive impairments;
Increasing awareness of individual executive dysfunction;
Preparing the setting of two individual treatment goals
2
Setting two individual chosen treatment goals (i)ADL tasks);
Filling out the Goal Attainment Scale forms for each treatment goal
GMT-errorless learning
Conventional GMT-treatment
3
Defining steps concerning treatment goal 1 using cue cards and other errorless learning techniques
General information about GMT and the GMT algorithm
4
Defining steps concerning treatment goal 2 using cue cards and other errorless learning techniques
Filling out GMT scheme by participant concerning treatment goal 1
5
Performance of the steps concerning treatment goal 1 using errorless learning techniques
Filling out GMT scheme by participant concerning treatment goal 2
6
Performance of the steps concerning treatment goal 2 using errorless learning techniques
Performance of treatment goal 1 according to the GMT algorithm
7
Integrating the steps of treatment goal 1 into the GMT algorithm using errorless learning techniques;
Performance of treatment goal 2 according to the GMT algorithm
Performance of treatment goal 1 according to the GMT algorithm using errorless learning techniques
8
Integrating the steps of treatment goal 2 into the GMT algorithm using errorless learning techniques;
Improvement of GMT schemes concerning one or both of the treatment goals and/or practicing performance of one or both of the treatment goals
  Performance of treatment goal 2 according to the GMT algorithm using errorless learning techniques  

Note. Sessions 1 and 2 are the same for both conditions.