Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Tool Kit

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Tool Kit

Gail Denton, Ph.D., William Frey, Ph.D., Douglas J. Mason, Psy.D., Ron Savage, Ed.D., and Nathan Zasler, M.D.

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.

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Full Description

This Tool Kit is filled with resources and information on mild traumatic brain injury or concussion. It includes 2 workbooks and 10 tip cards on concussion symptoms and post traumatic headache. It is a great resource for civilians, veterans and their families as well as libraries and clinical programs in civilian and military settings.

Products included in this kit:

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook
  • BrainLash
  • Concussion in Adults (10 tip cards)
  • Post Traumatic Headache (10 tip cards)
  • Details
    Item MBIK
    Pages Full Kit inlcudes 2 workbooks and 10 tip cards.
    Year New Edition ~ 2010

Authors

Gail Denton, Ph.D.

Both a psychotherapist and a brain injury survivor, Dr. Denton wrote Brainlash to make sense of her experience and to share what she learned along the way. She presents a way of understanding the depth and breadth of the road ahead for everyone involved in the process of recovery after mild brain injury.

William Frey, Ph.D.

Dr. Frey is an Associate Professor of Psychology BA Villanova University, MA University of Vermont Experimental/perception, Ph.D. University of Vermont Clinical. His research includes Psychotherapy with Traumatic Brain Injury Patients.

Douglas J. Mason, Psy.D

Dr. Mason is a neuropsychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of people with cognitive dysfunction. He completed his internship at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville TN, and his residency at Duke University in Durham, NC. He has served on the state of Florida’s Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Council.

Ron Savage, Ed.D.

He is Vice President of Lash and Associates Publishing/Training Inc. and President of the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS). Dr. Savage specializes in the impact of brain injury on behavior and learning in children, adolescents and young adults. His international recognition as author and presenter is based on practical experience as a rehabilitation clinician and educator. Dr. Savage is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of the International Pediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS).

Nathan Zasler, M.D.

Dr. Zasler's reseach is in medical rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation of post concussive disorders, neurotrauma and neurorehabilitation. He is CEO and Director of the Concussion Care Centre of Virginia and Tree of Life Services, Inc. He also serves as a Professor at the University of Virginia, Medical College of Virginia and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

Contents

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook

This workbook helps individuals and families understand the effects of mild brain injury. It is filled with exercises to help people deal with the cognitive effects as well as the psychological and emotional difficulties that can accompany changes in memory, attention and communication after brain injury.

There is an easy to understand overview of mild traumatic brain injury and description of symptoms and post concussion syndrome. The reader is given checklists and forms to record symptoms and set goals. Clear explanations guide the reader through the anatomy of the brain and what happens to the brain after a mild brain injury.

There are specific chapters on physical aspects, the senses, attention, memory, cognitive communication, visuospatial processing, depression, and anxiety. The author provides overviews of clinical information in user-friendly language for readers on each topic. Every chapter has multiple exercises for the reader to apply this information and personalize it.


BRAINLASH Maximize your recovery from mild brain injury

This book will help families, individuals and caregivers understand the consequences of a mild traumatic brain injury. Written by a psychotherapist who coped over many years with the effects of several mild brain injuries, it provides clear and practical information with many tools and strategies that can be applied to daily life. Life style changes are described in detail and address all family members. There are clear explanations of how executive functions may be affected including attention, communication, inhibitions, and thought processes. There is a very useful toolbox of techniques and compensatory strategies.

Changes in both the physical body and emotional wellbeing of an individual are addressed. This book will provide insights and reassurance to individuals and families who are trying to make sense of their altered world after “mild” brain injury.


Concussion in Adults

Tip card helps users recognize symptoms and monitor recovery after a concussion. Describes types of concussion and identifies early and persistent symptoms. It lists strategies to help deal with effects of concussion. An 8 week checklist/chart lists physical changes and cognitive and behavioral changes to monitor symptoms and track progress. Ten Tip Cards on Concussion in Adults are included in the Tool Kit..

Post Traumatic Headache

Many individuals have headaches after a neck or head injury. Effects range from temporary to long term discomfort, from mild symptoms to severe pain. Explains methods of assessment used by physicians and gives tips for management of headaches after head injury. Describes common types of headaches after trauma with suggestions for treatment and pain management.

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