Brain Injury Adult Veteran Tool Kits

Providing families with information about brain injury is a major step toward helping them understand the physical, cognitive, behavioral and emotional changes as they rebuild their lives.

Designed especially for families when an adult member has a brain injury, this Tool Kit contains books, manuals, a DVD and tip cards on traumatic brain injury. Case managers, life care planners and attorneys can use this tool kit to…

• Educate families about the consequences of brain injury
• Help prepare families to coordinate and manage care and services,/li>
• Use compensatory strategies and therapeutic activities at home
• Explore the impact of the brain injury on employment

Case managers and life care planners will find this Tool Kit valuable for…

• Guiding families and survivors through the complexities of care and services
• Partnering with families and clients in the management and coordination of care
• Increasing the knowledge and skills of families

Filled with practical information on difficult questions of...What happens next? How will we go on as a family? What does this mean? How can I help? A great resource for rehabilitation programs, brain injury associations and community agencies…something for everyone in the family. Includes 6 books.

Customized to meet the needs of troops and veterans, their families and treating clinicians, this Tool Kit is an ideal resource for polytrauma centers, VA hospitals, Vet Centers, military bases, rehabilitation programs, community agencies and Brain Injury Associations. Includes 7 books. All materials are written in practical user friendly style for use by clinicians, therapists, families, veterans and military personnel

This special collection of books and tip cards on brain injury, blast injury and PTSD is designed for chaplains and counselors helping families cope with the emotional impact of a traumatic injury. Two books help counselors and chaplains understand the effects of concussion, blast injury and brain injury by providing information on common symptoms, treatment and recovery. A supply of tip cards (pamphlets) with practical information and coping strategies on grief and loss, marital relationships, depression and caregiving are included for counselors and chaplains to distribute to families, veterans and survivors.

Information for adult survivors of traumatic brain injury provides books, DVD and tip cards on brain injury recovery. Gives tools and strategies for coping with cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, and physical changes after acquired brain injury due to stroke, trauma or blast. The Survivor Tool Kit includes practical tools filled with compensatory strategies, checklists for memory, planning and organization, and tips for adjustment and acceptance. Recommended for adult civilians and veterans affected by TBI. Includes 2 books, 1 DVD, and 15 tip cards.

The Mild Brain Injury Tool Kit is filled with books, workbooks, tip cards and information on symptoms and treatment of concussion and post concussion syndrome in veterans and adults.

Behavior after brain injury is one of the most challenging aspects of treatment and recovery for survivors, families, therapists and clinicians. Supporting positive behaviors, developing social skills, and improving self awareness are immediate and long-term goals for adults with brain injuries in rehabilitation programs, living at home, and in the community. This special collection of manuals and tip cards gives clinicians and family members practical information, tools and strategies to address behavioral challenges and disorders resulting from acquired brain injury.