Table of contents

I.  Understanding the Effects of Concussion, Blast and Brain Injuries: A guide for families includes...

Section on Helping Families

1.    Life after Brain Injury: A guide for families

2.    Emotions: Hope after brain injury

3.    Loss, Grief and Mourning

4.    Helping Sons and Daughters: When a parent has a brain injury

5.    Life Changes: When a spouse or partner has a brain injury

6.    Caregiving after Brain Injury

7.    Families as Managers of Care and Services

Section on Concussion and Trauma

8.    Coma

9.    Concussion in Adults

10.  Post Traumatic Headache

11.  Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Section on Medication

12.  Guide to Medications after Brain Injury

13.  How Medications Work after Brain Injury

Section on Behavior and Cognition

14.  Myths and Facts about Behavior after Brain Injury

15.  Minding Behavior: Challenges in adults after brain injury

16.  Behavior at Home: Managing challenges in adults

17.  Behavior Programs and Behavior Problems

18.  Communicating with an Adult after Brain Injury

19.  Memory after Brain Injury

20.  Changes in Self Awareness after a Brain Injury

Section on Life in the Community

21.  Adults Living with Brain Injury

22.  OOPS! Social skills after brain injury

23.  Coping with Survival after Brain Injury

24.  Aging with a Brain Injury

25.  Substance Abuse: After brain injury

26.  Sexuality: After brain injury

27.  Undiagnosed Brain Injuries in Youth and Adults

Section on College and Working

28.  Going to College

29.  Adults with Brain Injury: Myths and stereotypes

30.  Thinking about Work: Services that can help

31.  Back to Work? Options after a neurological disability

32.  Work: Myths and Facts about Hiring

II.  Books with a personal message include…

-  To Iraq and Back by Bridget Cantrell and Chuck Dean ~ 2005

-  In Harms’ Way: Help for wives of military men by Aphrodite Matsakis ~ 2005

III. Manuals for individuals and families include…

-  PTSD Workbook by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula ~ 2002

-  Brain Injury: It is a Journey by Flora Hammond & Tami Guerrier ~ 2006

-  The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook by Doug Mason ~ 2004

IV. Rehabilitation activities

-  Survival Kit: A planner and organizer by Debbie Leonhardt ~ 2002

-  Family Functional Rehabilitation Activities Manual by Barbara Messenger and Niki  Ziarnek ~ 2004