Is this Normal?

August 4th, 2009  |   Categories: Featured, Free PDF Downloads  |   No Comments  |   Print This Post Print This Post

So What’s Normal?

By Jason and Susannah Ferguson

This short but practical TBI booklet guides survivors, family members and caregivers toward a better understanding of brain injury. It gives an overview of the likely changes seen in daily life as well as expectations for the future. Even persons with cognitive and visual impairments will be able to use this booklet as it has user friendly language, large type, short checklists and colorful graphics.

Topics include:

  • Expectations after TBI
  • Behavioral/psychological changes
  • Role changes
  • Loss of social network  
  • Memory problems
  • Helpful tips
This booklet can be very helpful as a discussion tool between family members and survivors on the consequences and effects of a brain injury on the family unit. Therapists and caregivers may find it useful as a tool for encouraging self-awareness and insights into the physical, behavioral, cognitive and social effects of TBI. The authors correctly note that most books finish with “THE END”, but in this case Jason and Susannah note that it is just the beginning as you start the journey of recovery after a traumatic brain injury.

Lash and Associates is distributing these publications via free downloadable PDF files. Users may print and download publications and are encouraged to inform others of this resource by referring them to http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/tbi-family-guide/  

The guide was developed by Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community
Integration of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury ©Memorial Hermann|TIRR, 2006
Houston, TX

Is this Normal?

By Jason and Susannah Ferguson

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