Leanne
has worked with the NSW Police Service to improve
police officers' interactions with people with brain
injury, developed a training program for staff in
collaboration with the Attorney General's Department
of NSW to improve access to legal services for people
who cannot speak, and she is now examining the efficacy
of training communication partners of people with
TBI. Leanne is also involved in an evidence based
practice initiative which systematically evaluates
the available evidence for psychological interventions
for people with acquired brain injuries from age 5
onwards (Tate, McDonald, Perdices, Togher & Moseley).
The results of PsycBITE™ (Psychological database
for Brain Injury Treatment Efficacy) are available
on the world-wide-web free of charge (www.psycbite.com).
Leanne has extended this work with the development
of speechBITE™ which will document evidence in
a similar fashion to PsycBITE™ for the Speech
Pathology profession. Leanne has co-edited a book
about communication following TBI and published papers
in a number of international journals such as Aphasiology,
Brain Injury, Journal of Communication Disorders and
Disability and Rehabilitation.
