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The Role of Family in a Child's Recovery from Brain Injury

Hospital Executive Amy Mansue talks about the essential role the entire family plays in a child's recovery from TBI — from being able to care for and push the child during rehab therapy to reinforcing those therapies in the home.

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Miscommunication in Couples After Brain Injury

As a caregiver, do you ever feel like Charlie Brown’s teacher when talking with your spouse or partner with TBI?

The Expectant Caregiver

"Caregiver expectations can cloud over concrete facts. I now find it amazing how many times I had to be told that we would not go back to our old life before I believed it."

He Never Liked Cake

A brain injury can turn a family's life upside down. Add in adolescence. Read an excerpt from Janna Leyde's coming-of-age story — raw, honest, funny, heart-breaking and heart-affirming.

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The Father He Always Was

Hugh taught the girls how to walk, to ride a bike, to swim and surf. When a car struck him just days after their fourteenth birthday, he slept in a coma after two emergency brain surgeries in three days. One word woke him up: Daddy.

Why Is Mommy Like She Is?

"I used to think that if I was quiet as a mouse, my Mommy would be okay, but that’s not true. My Mom has PTSD." Read this book, written for kids who have a mom with PTSD.

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Why Is Daddy Like He Is?

"I used to think that if I was quiet as a mouse, my Daddy would be okay, but that’s not true. My Mom says my Dad has PTSD." Read this book, written for kids who have a dad with PTSD.

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Home-Based Residential Care Can Help You Care for Your Loved One with Brain Injury

People with TBI should be able to receive services that allow them to live in community-based settings and achieve maximum independence.

Michael Kaplen, Esq.

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Unfreezing Grief

"Growing up with a father with a TBI is complicated, un-ending grief without closure. It’s the opposite of resolution. It’s missing someone like hell who’s still alive and with you."

What Is the Role of the Spouse or Family in Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapist Kristen Maisano talks about how spounes can help further a loved one's TBI-related thearpy because not only are they aware of changes in the person, but they can also bring strategies from the clinic to the home.

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How Are Children Impacted by a Parent with TBI or PTSD?

When a parent is injured or seems different because of a brain injury or post-traumatic stress, sometimes children act out — using actions instead of words to show their confusion and distress.

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How Do You Explain PTSD to Children?

Even as babies, children don't miss a beat; they pick up on their parents' emotions. A parent with PTSD can learn that being honest with himself and his family plus knowing his emotional limitations will help the whole family.

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Reflections on Motherhood

Mother’s Day is a holiday that is meant to be full of love and appreciation, but Rosemary has found that the day itself varies intensely from year to year, depending on family dynamics, age, and life circumstances.

Creativity in Caregiving

Loving wife and teacher Abby Maslin uses her creativity and teaching skills to help her husband recover from a severe TBI.

Family Tips for Homecoming

The happy anticipation of a service member returning from combat deployment often is mixed with a dose of anxiety. Families might be ecstatic, nervous, scared, or confused, or all of the above at once.

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Succession Planning

Rosemary talks about how planning for life’s unexpected emergencies is never easy or comfortable, but in the long run, it can save a lot of heartache.

Help for Couples After TBI

Rosemary's sister once told her, “There’s the truth we tell others, the truth we tell ourselves, and the truth we won’t even tell ourselves” It wasn't until she was in therapy after Hugh's crash that she fully understood her sister's words.

Life Out of Order: A Story of Sibling Loss and Living with TBI

Sally Laux has lost her three brothers — two to death, one to a severe TBI — and yet, as she walks on a landscape of new textures and colors, she somehow continues to find meaning in her life.

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Brooke Brown Talks About Living with Her Husband with TBI and PTSD

"PTSD turns my husband into a monster. But my husband is a hero. He is not a monster."

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Our Roles Flipped After Hugh's Bike Crash

Rosemary explains how the traditional roles of husband and wife did a 180-degree flip after Hugh's TBI and how she managed.

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War-Torn Marriage: Family Shattered by TBI, PTSD Picks Up Pieces

The breaking point came when Sandra Rivera found their 9-year-old son backed against a wall with his arms over his face, shielding himself from her husband’s screaming.

Never Would I Have Believed...

Looking back over the 10 years since her husband sustained a severe TBI, Rosemary realizes what she has learned and how she has grown.

The Dangers of Creating "Vulnerable Child Syndrome"

Parents need to balance their awareness of a child's mild TBI with letting that worry get in the way of the child's normal development.

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The Process of Dealing with Loss and Grief After a Brain Injury

Sometimes people come to think of acceptance as a dirty word, but learning to grieve for the old person and embrace the new one post injury is crucial.

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The Importance of Constituent-Specific TBI Support Groups

Joining a TBI support group with others dealing specifically with the same issues can make a world of difference.

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