Brain Injury Difficulty Problem Solving and Planning
Most of us at some time have trouble trying to work out how to solve a problem. Or maybe we can’t seem to make a decision, or we make a decision and then think “Why did I ever do that”. Brain injury,...
View ArticleStrategies for Organisation Planning and Problem Solving After Brain Injury
Difficulties with organizing, starting things (initiating), putting things in the right order (sequencing), making plans and sorting out priorities are common cognitive outcomes of brain injury,...
View ArticleTo Say or Not To Say – After Brain Injury Part 1
Recently I have received several letters from people living with brain injury wanting to know how to handle people who say hurtful things, or who say things that are supposed to be motivating but are...
View ArticleTo Say or Not To Say – What to Say After Brain Injury – Part 2
Tips on What ‘To Say’ When a Person Has A Brain Injury or Other Life Changes. The previous article “To Say or Not To Say – After Brain Injury Part 1” looked at what people say that sometimes can be...
View ArticleWondering Who You Are
When I first began working with people with brain injury I read many memoirs about living with brain injury. It helped me understand brain injury and how it is experienced. After many years I no...
View ArticleChanged Decision Making After Brain Injury
Decision making after brain injury is commonly affected particularly after Frontal Lobe damage. Decision making is an executive function. That is a fancy brain term that makes these functions sound...
View ArticleTips for Making Decisions After Brain Injury
Making the right choices. Making good decisions. Clear and simple strategies for making decisions after brain injury. While researching last weeks article on Changed Decision-Making After Brain...
View ArticleThe Brain and Executive Function. What is Executive Function?
“What exactly is executive function?” Oh I still ask myself that question when trying to understand the brain and executive function. We know it’s important – it is what enables us to play a chess...
View ArticleManaging Celebrations after Brain Injury
Image created by inky2010 Celebrations after brain injury can be tricky. This article is updated and reposted each year before the end of year. Timed for when Christmas, Hannukah, New Year and other...
View ArticleLiving With Brain Injury
Quote by Rabbi Dr Milton Pine Over the years I have often thought about a paper presented at a Head Injury Council of Australia (HICOA) Conference during the 1990s. Written by Rabbi Dr Milton Pine the...
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