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Robert Shulman, MD: Interventions to Help Community Members of All Ages with Trauma

Part of Rush University Medical Center’s efforts around helping people with trauma and/or PTSD is working with the community—whether screening children more effectively during pediatric visits, working with families, or advising schools. Ongoing adverse events in inner city communities can cause young children, adolescents, and adults to experience trauma and PTSD, but these issues are treatable with professional interventions.

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Apps Can Change Lives

Michelle Ranae Wild in front of silver silos.

Apps can change the life of a person with brain injury. People with TBI and their caregivers don't always realize how much the injury can impact their lives. For someone who is used to be able to do so many things the loss of those abilities is frustrating. Apps can help.

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A Story of a Veteran Using Apps in School

A veteran with TBI started using apps to help her in school while she was getting her master's degree. Soon she found those apps were being incorporated into her every day life, not just when she was in the classroom.

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Managing My Time with a Calendar App After Brain Injury

Kristi Kragthorpe and using calenders after TBI.

Kristi Kragthorpe has found calender apps invaluable since her brain injury. She uses them to remember appointments, but also to keep track of how she's spending her energy.

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Saying Goodbye to the Classroom and Hello to a New Kind of Teaching

After her brain injury, Kristi Kragthorpe had to give up the classroom. The sounds, smells, and speed no longer fit with her new post-TBI lifestyle. But Kristi found a new way to educate others - sharing her knowledge of apps.

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Don’t Use Too Many Apps After Brain Injury

Kristi Kragthorpe uses smartphone apps as aids to help make her life easier after brain injury, but she makes sure not to overwhelm herself with too many.

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I Never Used Apps Before My Brain Injury

Kristi Kragthorpe only used her phone for texts and phone calls until she saw how powerful smartphone apps could be in helping her manage her post-TBI life.

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Going back to school after brain injury

Shelbi talks about going back to school after her accident.

Michael Wight and Elementary School After TBI

After a severe TBI at age 4, Michael Wight is now in fourth grade at Switlik Elementary, where they call him "the mayor." He attends class with other fourth graders and also gets help from a special education teacher, speech therapist, and physical therapist.

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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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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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Accepting Accommodations in College for Invisible Injuries

Bob Duncan talks about his son with at TBI having to swallow his pride and accept the academic accommodations offered at his college.

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Using Technology as a Learning Tool for Kids with Brain Injury

Nicole Wight says using an iPad and a TouchStart computer has helped her son with severe brain injury make significant strides in his learning.

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Can People Go Back to School After a Brain Injury?

Dr. Heechin Chae says most people with TBI can return to school but may have to develop new ways to study and learn.

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With TBI, Sometimes We Don't Know What We Don't Know

Families and schools need to communicate in order to make sure potential injury-related learning problems are not overlooked in a child with TBI.

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At Home and at School: Working as a Team to Help a Child with TBI

Listening, showing empathy, being respectful, and opening up to creative collaboration are all key ways parents and teachers can work together to help a child with brain injury.

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How Parents Can Best Work with the Teachers of their Child with TBI

Dr. Ann Glang talks about how parents can approach and work with teachers to ensure success in school for their child with brain injury.

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Being Flexible and Creative in Helping Children with TBI Navigate School

Dr. Ann Glang talks about how school teachers and staff in collaboration with parents can help a child with TBI have a fulfilling and successful experience during school and beyond.

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How Schools Can Prepare to Work with Children with TBI

Kids with TBI have similar challenges to kids with other disabilities, but they also have uneven skill profiles, meaning they may be strong in one area or academic subject but deficient in another.

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Helping Teachers Working with Children with TBI

Teachers and staff need a knowledge and understanding of brain injury and what modifications kids with a brain injury may need in order to help their students most effectively.

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College Students with TBI Need to Learn How They Learn Best

To succeed in college, students with TBI need to learn what specifically they need in order to do well academically.

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Programs in High Schools Can Help Teens with TBI Set New or Different Goals

Many high schools offer programs in technology or culinary arts, for example, that are one way for teens with TBI to learn some skills as jumping off places for future career opportunities.

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For Adolescents with TBI, Getting Help with Plan B

If a student with TBI fails in college, go back to your family and circle of support to see what went wrong and what you can do differently to succeed in college or work.

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Educating Parents and Students on Academic Needs Post-TBI

Everyone wants to see a teen with TBI graduate with his class, but not tapping into all available support services like special ed or vocational rehab before graduating can set that person back later.

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