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Resilience and Traumatic Brain Injury

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout reviews overcoming denial, observing the situation, and learning from the experience and provides a list of books and websites that brain injury survivors can look to for information about resilience.
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Rancho Los Amigos Scale for Families

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout features a 10-stage version of the Rancho Los Amigos scale for those recovering from severe brain injuries. The handout describes each of the 10 stages and provides specific strategies for how families can interact and engage with their loved one during each stage.
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Brain Injury and Rest

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes the need for the brain to rest after an injury in order to heal with a brief discussion about why the struggle between the need for sleep and the increased difficulty the brain has getting sleep after a brain injury. The handout includes 9 specific strategies that patients can implement themselves and 10 ways that family, friends, and medical staff can help.
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10 Major Symptoms of Left vs. Right Brain Damage

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides simplified breakdown of the basic differences between left and right brain damage with a specific focus on aphasia, alexia, dyscalculia, apraxia, agnosia, left neglect, insight, inhibition, music, and symbols.
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Group Therapy: How to Manage Energy After a Brain Injury (Spoon Theory)

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The “Spoon Theory” was created by Christine Miserandino to help explain how brain injuries affect a person’s energy resources. This group activity can help lead a discussion about what daily mental and physical activities “use spoons” and which activities “replace/gain spoons” for energy conservation. This activity encourages a person to identify the specific daily tasks that use/gain spoons and plan weekly responsibilities using this strategy. A word bank is also provided to help give ideas about daily activities to consider for energy conservation.
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Group Therapy Activity: Grief and Acceptance with Brain Injury

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
A brain injury can forever change the lives of the person with a brain injury and their family members. Naturally, survivors will experience grief with this lifestyle change. Carole J. Starr’s book To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury served as a guide for this important group discussion and personal reflection treatment tasks.
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Functional Time Management

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Time management is an important and complex executive functioning skill that impacts the ability to navigate day to day life. This therapy material works on addressing time management skills that may be difficult for individuals with cognitive deficits, in a meaningful and relevant way.
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Functional Fine Motor Tasks

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Addressing fine motor coordination can often feel tedious, and rote fine motor training during treatment may feel as if it comes at the expense of addressing other skills. This session material is full of functional ideas for fine motor coordination training to incorporate into treatment sessions that also address a client’s level of function in other areas, and examples of how many daily tasks use fine motor skills.
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Following Directions Task (Using iPad or iPhone)

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This structured therapy task targets auditory comprehension and the ability to follow directions through a series of verbal instructions that walks a patient through completing various functional tasks on an iPad or iPhone.
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