No Going Back is an account of my journey leading to, receiving and then learning to live with severe traumatic brain injury. My book provides insight into the often “hidden” struggles we go through and shows that it is possible to rebuild, recreate, and start life all over again.
Traumatic Brain Injury Improvement through Motivation – Jarvis Rehabilitation Method. The manual is a method to create internal motivation for improvement after a traumatic brain injury. These are specific strategies to maximize improvement in the Social, Cognitive, Physical, and Psychological Dimensions of engagement with life. Included are guiding principles and a specific plan for improvement. The Survivor records objectives, goals, and progress on Improvement Charts in each Dimension. Progress is measured and individualized for each survivor through monthly coaching sessions.
“Learning by Accident is an amazing love story, brain injury story, family story, and inspirational story all in one. The Rawlins’ difficult journey will leave you realizing that anything is possible if you have a strong family.”
- Jeff Ruskan, Chief Executive Officer
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Virginia
“After more than 25 years working in brain injury as an Occupational Therapist, and as much as I know about its aftermath, Learning by Accident provided me with a much richer understanding of the emotional devastation it causes. This book will make you cry, laugh, give thanks, and believe in the power of love.”
Anne McDonnell, Executive Director,
The Brain Injury Association of Virginia
The year 2010 marks a quarter of a century since July 14, 1985, when we learned that Brian, our then 20-year-old son, had sustained a brain injury in a car accident. Injured Mind, Shattered Dreams tells of the first eight years of Brian’s journey and the intimately related journey of our family. Brian is the second oldest of our five children.
Many things have changed. Staples to close an incision are no longer new. The National Head Injury Foundation is now the Brain Injury Association of America. When I first heard Brian’s brain was injured, I frantically searched my bookshelf for information. Today we search the internet.
The caregivers and families of severely injured veterans, many of whom have traumatic brain injury and blast injury, face ongoing emotional and financial pressures. There are thousands of unpaid caregivers, mostly parents, spouses and siblings, who assist vets injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, as they struggle to get through each day.
This book is dedicated to all of the very special children in the world who have struggled to understand why God chose to make them so differently. Despite our physical or mental challenges, God has a very special place for all of us. Just like the giraffe with the extra long neck or the elephant with the unruly trunk, God loves us for who we are.
Sonya’s Story is a revolutionary, easy to use guidebook designed to help both the patient and caregiver. It begins with the truestory of Sonya’s learning experience as she overcame the obstacles of suddenly becoming the caregiver for her mother-in-law, a stroke patient.
Our very own, Marilyn Lash is now featured as an expert author on Ezine @rticles. Read her very first article titled “Five Myths About Traumatic Brain Injury in Children”
From God’s grace and love, through my free will and happiness I propose this book to the world. A dedicated book of faith, containing over 65 years of experience, research and growth, through His blessings and the ability to accomplish with persistence, toward everyday life. Yes, I know this was through God’s grace and I know that within this world we are all alive through and for Him.
Professor Cromer Learns to Read: A Couple’s New Life after Brain Injury chronicles the seven year journey Janet shared with her husband after a cardiac arrest left Alan with a severe anoxic brain injury. Janet details their process of composting a new identity, marriage, and life with meaning and gusto.