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Helping Parents of a Teen with TBI Move Forward

It can be painful for parents of a teen with TBI to accept the many layers of change.

Helping Preteens with TBI Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin

Dr. Mariann Young talks about a program that focuses on preteens with brain injury that helps them learn skills and strategies while having fun.

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Often a Brain Injury Requires a Life-Long Plan

Dr. Mariann Young talks about how a TBI needs ongoing assessment for everyone in the family as people age and roles change.

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Adolescents with TBI: A Dream Deferred?

"I wish I were in wheelchair, then people would understand that something's wrong with me," said a patient of clinical psychologist Mariann Young.

How to Deal with Friends Falling Away After a Brain Injury

For an teenager with TBI, losing friends is devastating. Dr. Mariann Young talks about how she works with injured teens as well as their friends to help them deal with the changes that come with a brain injury.

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Reading Social Situations After a Brain Injury

For teens with TBI, the process going through the stages of normal development is disrupted or forever altered. Dr. Mariann Young talks about how to help teens and their parents navigate adolescence.

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The Risks of Wanting to Fit In as a Teen with TBI

The Risks of Wanting to Fit In as an Teen with TBI

"Kids with TBI are desperate to fit in with their peers, which can make them incredibly vulnerable," says clinical psychologist Mariann Young.

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Acceptance of Post-Injured Self: Kindly, Gradually, Slowly

Clinical psychologist Mariann Young talks about the importance of being in a safe group like a support group or a Special Olympics team to help build confidence post-TBI.

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Advice for Young Adults with TBI Entering the Workforce

Clinical psychologist Mariann Young talks about the agencies and services available for teens with TBI to help them transition into the workforce.

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Helping the Siblings of Kids with TBI

Siblings often feel angry, guilty, confused in the wake of their brother or sister's brain injury. Dr. Mariann Young talks about how to help siblings understand the changes in their family.

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How Schools Can Help Kids with TBI

Lots of ways schools can help kids with TBI — from providing note-takers to assigning a lunchtime buddy.

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Maturing Sexually as an Adolescent with a Brain Injury

Dr. Mariann Young talks about the importance of educating adolescents with TBI about sex when they are ready to hear it and understand that issues of sexuality and intimacy are not black and white.

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Letting Your Adolescent with TBI Have Independence with Limits

Clinical psychologist Mariann Young talks about how parents need to let their injured adolescent still be an adolescent while setting limits and creating a structure to keep the child safe.

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Living (Happily) with Uncertainty

Caregiver Abby Maslin finds that focusing on the question “What is good about right now?” helps with the uncertainty of family life with a brain injury.

Churning Out the Miles

Can you bike along the same street where you were hit by a car? BrainLine blogger David Grant talks about when he first got back on his bike post-TBI.

Is It Okay to Engage in Heavy Lifting After a Brain Injury?

Oftentimes balance issues influence restrictions about lifting heavy objects after a brain injury.

Nathan Zasler, MD

Topic:

Concussion / Mild TBI

Rehabilitation

Why Does Everything Hurt So Much After Brain Injury?

More than 50 percent of people suffer from chronic pain disorders in the years following a brain injury. Getting the right treatment can be complex, but doable.

Brian D. Greenwald, MD

Topic:

Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury

Helping Your Child with TBI Navigate the Academic and Emotional Demands of School

For a kid with a TBI, the rigors of school — from academics to playing in the playground — can be tough, but there are strategies to help.

Jacquelyn Borg, PhD

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Can We Find One Hundred Ways to Beat Stress?

"Caregiving is stress personified. It’s anticipatory stress, stress in the moment, and stress that feels never-ending," writes Rosemary Rawlins. Here she brainstorms some stress busters.

Thinking ...

A sister looks back at how her brother's severe brain injury continues to affect her life and that of her family.

Ten Ways to Make College More Friendly to Veterans

Karen Gross, who served as a senior policy advisor to the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, writes about the opportunities and challenges facing returning veterans when

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The Only Thing Holding Me Back

When I think I’ll never be happy again, I need to stop for a moment and think some more because the only thing holding me back is me.

If the Whooping Crane Can ...

TBI Blogger Kara Swanson talks about how people with TBI can be like the whooping cranes that were in danger of extinction but learned to soar again.

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Soul Kitchen: Some Thoughts on Food and Cooking After Brain Injury

Su Meck, who lost her entire memory when a ceiling fan fell on her head, was sent home to feed and care for her family.

How Drumming Brought Me Back to Life After Brain Injury

"Drumsticks are such familiar objects to me — almost like extensions of my own body — that I knew they’d serve as a crucial part of my recovery."