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Welcome to the Brain injury, Education, and Rehabilitation (BEaR) Lab<\/b>!<\/p>\n

The <\/span>goal <\/b>of the <\/span>BEaR Lab is to <\/span>improve long-term outcomes after childhood brain injury by informing educational and rehabilitation supports and services. <\/span><\/i>We are particularly interested in the domain of cognitive-communication and in populations at high-risk for experiencing a childhood brain injury. We most often approach our research from the perspective of speech-language pathology, but consistently engage with other disciplines to plan, conduct, and disseminate our research. We use behavioral, biometric (eye tracking and pupillometric), and qualitative methods to examine our research questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the BEaR Lab strives to improve the lives of individuals who experienced childhood brain injury, we also strive to <\/span>teach and mentor students <\/span><\/i>from a variety of disciplines. For our trainees<\/strong>, we aim to:<\/span><\/p>\n