Major
Communicative Disorders
Advisor
Mahler, Leslie
Advisor Department
Communicative Disorders
Advisor
Mahler, Leslie
Advisor Department
Communicative Disorders
Date
12-2019
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Abstract
Gateway Café and Wellness Center is a support program offered at the University of Rhode Island for individuals with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI), such as Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Stroke. Individuals affected by ABI’s most commonly have difficulties with their cognitive, linguistic, and independence skills. Services provided to people living with ABI’s are very scarce in our community today, so allowing people to interact during Gateway Café allows these adults to receive treatment. This is achieved as URI students plan, organize, and execute activities that require the utilization of cognitive linguistic skills by the Gateway Café members. Furthermore, Gateway Café provides a structured environment to make the execution of cognitive linguistic skills successful for the participants and allows them to interact in a group setting with individuals who have similar shared experiences.