Brain Injury and Behavior

Behavior can be one of brain injury’s most perplexing challenges, but not all problems belong to the person who has been injured. Spouses, children, friends, family and bosses, even therapists and caregivers are equally susceptible to changes in behavior.

This innovative and comprehensive book helps you understand the intricate factors that cause behavior after brain injury. It shows how a person’s behavior is affected by other events and circumstances as much as the actual injury. It helps the many people, places and resources that are involved with the individual be more responsive and effective. It is ideal for training and staff development as well as for case consultation, service planning and program development.

The accompanying workbook helps readers apply each chapter's information to their unique situation and create personalized plans of action. The material is equally useful in training, staff development and therapeutic sessions. Extensive worksheets help families, clients and clinician's document the effects of brain injury, develop strategies, implement programs and services, and be effective advocates. Above all, it provides a systematic and comprehensive approach to understanding life with brain injury.

The Workbook’s exercises put the approach, principles and information in the book Understanding Everybody’s Behavior after Brain Injury into action. Whether you are a family member, caregiver, or clinician, the Workbook gives you a comprehensive history of the individual with a brain injury, organizes historical information, examines abilities and challenges, identifies key stakeholders and involved persons, builds communication strategies, and develops positive goals and support plans.

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This innovative and comprehensive book helps you understand the intricate factors that cause behavior after brain injury. It shows how a person’s behavior is affected by other events and circumstances as much as the actual injury. It helps the many people, places and resources that are involved with the individual be more responsive and effective. It is ideal for training and staff development as well as for case consultation, service planning and program development

The Workbook’s exercises put the approach, principles and information in the book Understanding Everybody’s Behavior after Brain Injury into action. Whether you are a family member, caregiver, or clinician, the Workbook gives you a comprehensive history of the individual with a brain injury, organizes historical information, examines abilities and challenges, identifies key stakeholders and involved persons, builds communication strategies, and develops positive goals and support plans.

Behaviors in students with brain injuries are often the most frustrating, confusing and problematic issue for educators and parents at home and in school. This manual explains how brain trauma can affect behavior in a student. It provides a systematic step by step approach to using applied behavior analysis to address challenging behaviors in students with brain injuries. The manual comes with a CD with all worksheets and forms.