The Recovering Brain

A Speech and Language Pathologist's Brain Injury Recovery Advice (Work on Accepting the New Me!)

Herb Hein Speech and Language Pathologist shares his recovery advice for survivors, families, and healthcare providers.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: How Can Case Management Help?

Certified Nurse Case Manager Barbara Greenfield says case management is "like having a sister that knows a lot about health care."

Learn how a case manager can help brain injury survivors and families navigate health care services and optimize recovery.

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What Makes This Acquired Brain Injury Program Unique?

Heike Kessler-Heiberg, speech and language pathologist and Associate Professor at the San Diego Community College District Continuing Education’s Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Program, explains the program's practical educational courses and strong supportive culture. Heike talks about success examples, explains why this is her ideal work, and gives advice for healthcare treaters and brain injury survivors.

See http://www.sdce.edu/services/dsps/abi/ecc

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Southern Caregiver Resource Center: Reaching the Sandwich Generation Caregivers Through Social Media

Roberto Velasquez, Executive Director of Southern Caregiver Resource Center explains how SCRC is meeting the needs of the Sandwich Generation Caregivers through social media. Accessibility through on-demand videos, podcasts, and live stream presentations. 

Visit Southern Caregiver Resource Center: https://caregivercenter.org/

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Can Magnetic Stimulation Improve Post-Concussive Symptoms after Brain Injury?

Neuropsychiatrist Mohammed Ahmed discusses Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Brain Injury and Alzheimers.

Can individualized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Network-Based Targeting) improve post-concussive symptoms?

Can TMS improve nerve connectivity resulting in improved mood, memory, initiation, and energy?

Can TMS reduce the symptoms of Alzheimers?

Can TMS mitigate the risk of developing Alzheimers?

Early results are encouraging. But further clinical research is needed to confirm efficacy.

Dr. Ahmed talks about network-based targeting also known as individualized transcranial magnetic stimulation for symptoms like
depression, anxiety, apathy, and brain fog after traumatic brain injury.

He explains how the hippocampus (center of short-term memory) can be activated by stimulating the frontal lobes.

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How Rehab Social Work Helps After Traumatic Brain Injury

Social worker Richard Green describes how social work helps TBI survivors in the acute rehab phase by identifying resources (financial/ caregiver/ residential) and by educating and counseling the survivor and family to help all involved adjust to the physical, emotional, and cognitive changes after traumatic brain injury.

He offers advice to families and survivors, as well as talks about therapeutic self-disclosure in helping survivors adapt to their new life after TBI.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: How a Neuropsychologist Helps Brain Injury Survivors

"Being a healer is a great privilege." Neuropsychologist David Lechuga, PhD talks about his therapy with brain injury survivors and their families. He discusses the TBI survivor's biggest worries, satifsactions he derives from working with brain injury, and advice for traumatic brain injury survivors, their families, and healthcare treaters.

 

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Recreational Therapy After Brain Injury: Therapy Wrapped in Sugar!

Recreational therapist Ronda Stempien talks about recreational therapy after brain injury. Rec therapy is a treatment with a recreational and leisure approach - "therapy wrapped in sugar". She emphasizes how connecting her traumatic brain injury clients with community resources is a key part of her services.

 

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Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: How Making Coffee Helps a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician Assess TBI Survivors

Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury is a life-long condition. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist Larry Miller, MD shares his experience treating brain injury survivors in the early days of brain injury rehabilitation. Listen to Dr. Miller's advice about assessing a survivor's functioning by talking to family members and asking the survivor to make coffee or organize folders. He notes that brain injury survivors need strong advocacy of their family members and caregivers to obtain needed services.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: I Look and Sound So Normal (Daniel's Story)

Brain injury survivor Daniel talks about his recovery. "Going from being on top to being chained into a bed in a hospital." "I'll tell them I don't remember this, and people just don't understand." "I look and sound so normal that no one suspects that I have brain damage." "You have to learn to forgive yourself. The future still exists. There may be time and opportunities to fix what may be broken at the moment."

 

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