Head Injury Information on Family Issues
Head injury and disability information for the family
These books on head injury and disability offer information and support for a parent, spouse, grandparent, sibling, son or daughter. A brain injury affects all members of the family. There are books with information for coping with the immediate and long-term effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). There are also books on raising a child with special needs and living as an adult with a disability.
This section for families includes information on...
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Rebuilding family life after brain injury
- Stategies for coping with stress and caregiving
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Emotional trauma after severe head trauma
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Personal journies of life after brain injury
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Helping children understand brain injury
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Post traumatic stress disorder
Products
Parents and Educators as Partners
Workbook for parents of children and youth with acquired brain injury shows how to work more effectively as partners with educators by applying 6 essential skills used by professional case managers. Included with the manual is a CD with over 60 pages of printable worksheets.
Item:
PEPW
Price: $25.00
Family Rehabilitation Activity Manual
Brain injury rehabilitation manual with functional activities specifically designed for families for use at home and in community.
Item:
FFRM
Price: $38.00
Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Parent's Guide
Book guides parents through the effects of brain injury in children from hospital care to rehabiltiation to returning home and going to school. Details the consequences of head trauma on learning, thinking, speech, language, cognition, communication and behavior.
Item:
CTBI
Price: $20.00
Take Two: After Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain injury DVD on rehabilitation and educational challenges of three youths with brain injury returning to school.
Item:
TTWO
Price: $20.00
Still Friends? Friends Still!
Brain injury DVD features adolescents talking about how a brain injury changes relationships among friends.
Item:
STFR
Price: $20.00
Life Goes On
Brain injury DVD highlights the effects of a brain injury on development by featuring Darnell who was injured as a teenager and Ariel, who was injured as a child.
Item:
LGO
Price: $20.00
A Saga of Poems
Book of poetry by Michael Grego, survivor of a traumatic brain injury, is a collection of poetry written before and after the collision that altered his life.
Item:
SAGA
Price: $12.00
Crooked Smile
Book on rehabilitation and recovery of her adolescent son after a traumatic brain injury discusses family dynamics, brain injury treatment, school transitions, entry to special education, and changing relationships with peers after head trauma.
Item:
CRSM
Price: $20.00
Head Cases
Book on brain injury, blast injury and PTSD features chapters on adults, children and veterans discussing changes in memory, self-image, violence, suicide, family stress and war in Iraq.
Item:
HECA
Price: $15.00
Healing Together
Book for couples coping with effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from war, brain injury, violence, accidents, crime or health problems.
Item:
HEAL
Price: $17.00