Brain Injury and Concussion Tool Kits

Special collection of 5 DVDs and 1 CD on students with acquired brain injury helps educators, children, youth, families, and therapists recognize the developmental impact of brain trauma on learning, behavior, and social skills. Personal accounts and professional commentary illustrate the challenges and barriers for children and youth after brain injury.

This comprehensive collection discusses the impact of brain injury across all ages from preschoolers to adulthood. They are ideal for in-services, group discussion, disability awareness and brain injury education for educators, students, support staff and families. The Media Tool Kit on Students with Brain Injury is a helpful and important resource for hospitals, rehabilitation programs, schools, agencies and brain injury associations.

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.

Pediatric version of the Attention Process Training Program has therapeutic activities on attention for children and students with traumatic brain injury, ADD, ADHD, and brain tumors.

Special collection of books and tip cards on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and blast injury helps families and veterans understand symptoms, develop coping strategies, and support their children. Includes 3 books, 12 tip cards.

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Concussion is a brain injury and it occurs to youths in all sports and recreation programs. The Sports Concussion Tool Kit provides athletic trainers and coaches with a comprehensive concussion program. Specifically designed for middle and high schools as well as community recreation programs, it has been developed by national experts in concussion assessment and management. Because concussions can have physical, cognitive and emotional consequences that extend beyond the playing field, the Sports Concussion Tool Kit is a full educational package that covers:

• designing a concussion policy in schools and communities
• educating athletic staff about signs and symptoms of concussion
• monitoring student athlete's recovery from a concussion
• adhering to return to play guidelines after a concussion
• communicating with parents about concussion symptoms and recovery
• collaborating with educators on classroom supports

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.

Many individuals struggle with depression after brain injury. This Tool Kit helps individuals, families and clinicians recognize symptoms and triggers ranging from mild depression to effects of PTSD.

A brain injury has special challenges for adolescents who are already in critical stages of brain maturation and development. The transition from childhood to adulthood is complex and often difficult. An acquired brain injury makes this even more challenging.

This Tool Kit provides families with…

• Information on cognitive and behavioral issues for teenagers with brain injury.
• Strategies to help adolescents with social skills and peer relationships
• Planning for transitions within school and after high school