Brain Injury Professionals
This person examines, diagnoses, and treats eye and vision problems
this TBI survivor wears many hats; author, editor, keynote speaker, etc.
Amy Zellmer
The most common complaint after brain injury
What is fatigue?
The brain is divided into...
What are lobes?
This can help strengthen the connection between our mind and body
What is yoga?
These professionals assist with school expenses, gaining and maintaining employment and advocating for employment related supports
What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
The inability to consolidate information about ongoing events; hard time with new learning
This can be impacted by a brain injury, impairing the ability to know the dangers of certain activities and to make the right decisions.
What is Judgement?
The brain has this many lobes that work together as the brain's control center
What is Four?
These games can help regain memory
What are cards?
These professionals can diagnose and treat memory, cognition, and language difficulties after a brain injury.
What are speech-language pathologists?
This scale is the most common tool to measure the level of consciousness and severity of brain injury
What is Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
These are the 3 types of brain injury
What are mild, moderate and severe?
What is diffuse brain injury
Family, friends and caregivers can gain a better understanding of brain injury and coping skills if they are given this...
This therapist can help with cognitive, sensory and motor dysfunction.
What is a Music Therapist?
The brains ability to adapt and change is known as...
What is neuroplasticity?
What is impulse control?
Often times these changes are noticed after brain injury and include things such as irritability, mood swings, depression and anxiety.
What are behavioral?
It is helpful if all individuals working with a survivor during recovery exhibit this
People with this special certification know a ton of information about brain injury and are good resources!
What are CBIS (certified Brain Injury Specialists)?
Difficulty comprehending speech
What is Wernicke's aphasia?
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD is a result of this damage to the ear structure changing the way sound is processed within the brain
What is hearing loss?
This can only show skull factures after a brain injury
What is an X-Ray?
These make returning to work or school easier following a brain injury
What are accommodations (or assistance)