The insula is the underrated part of the brain unknown to many. It is responsible for many vital pieces of our daily activities such as our self-awareness, emotions, some senses, contributes to motor control, and complex speech. This handout provides knowledge about this important part of the brain.
This handout lists appropriate strategies and tips for caregivers and/or staff trying to improve or manage difficult behavior and personality changes after a brain injury.
Social media use is an important area to evaluate after a brain injury because of the many different thinking and communication skills required to be safe on the internet and interact positively with others. This handout helps guide the discussion about how the person with a brain injury uses social media throughout their day.
This handout is for therapists using spaced retrieval training to recall important functional information, such as their phone number, home address, safety precautions, or names of family members.
This handout provides step-by-step instructions for turning on Siri and how to use “Hey Siri.” Also includes 12 specific voice-command scripts for functional tasks.
This handout helps explain what PTA is, describes characteristics of a person in a PTA state, length of PTA state with a correlation of severity of brain injury, and ways to help a person in a PTA state.