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Written by Marilyn Colter
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 02:07 |
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Just hours after posting my previous blog entry, I ran across a news article about "Pathways: From Brain Injury to Hope." This documentary, just released in October, 2009, follows the progress of four brain-injured patients during their stay at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Filmed by Tiffany Verzaal, whose daughter, Alexis, suffered shaken baby syndrome at her day care, the documentary will be appearing at film festivals across the country. Here's a clip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ftzHc9_g
I hope you will help spread the word about this film and see it when it comes to your area.
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Written by Marilyn Colter
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 01:45 |
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People just don't understand what the real consequences of brain injury are, do they? Brian Reid recently asked readers of his Washington Post column, "On Parenting," whether the growing number of news reports about brain injuries attributed to football had caused them to consider youth football in a new light. Most readers who responded didn't seem too concerned.
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Written by Marilyn Colter
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Friday, 28 August 2009 23:33 |
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, applauded the spouses and families of brain injured soldiers for their help in healing the many brain-injured soldiers coming home. He spoke at the 2009 International Brain Mapping and Interoperative Surgical Planning Society's award ceremony at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. It was good to see military families getting the credit they're due for the enormous sacrifices they've made and their importance in their brain injured family members' care and recovery. Mullen also called for a push to find new and better treatment for brain injuries. Read the article here.
http://military-online.blogspot.com/2009/08/chairman-honors-wounded-soldier-for.html |
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Written by Marilyn Colter
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Wednesday, 02 September 2009 05:54 |
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With a $50,000 grant in hand, speech language pathologist Sarah Hamrick Powell, at Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital in South Carolina, hopes to improve the life of brain injured students returning to school.
Among her goals is the improvement of communication between teachers and families as well as training for teachers about how to deal with the diverse learning problems TBI students encounter when they come back into the classroom after a brain injury. Powell will be developing educational materials for both families and teachers in order to make it easier for information to flow between schools and families.
Good luck to Powell, Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital and the schools their TBI students attend. It's steps like this that will bring our kids learning success after brain injury. |
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Written by Marilyn Colter
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 08:53 |
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Did you read about the Florida mom who's put her mind to helping other families of brain injury victims by making their stay in the trauma center just a bit more comfortable? Tracy Porter, whose 16-year-old son was brain injured in a car accident, spent long hours in a trauma center, without a change of clothing, cold and uncomfortable for five days while her son was there. Now she has created a company, Mothers Against Brain Injury, Inc. that packs totebags filled with blanket, pillow, snacks and basic amenities that are given to other brain injury families when they find themselves in the trauma center.
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