Articles from San Diego Brain Injury Foundation Newsletters

1. Brothers and Sisters: Brain Injury is a Family Affair
2. The Protective Barrier by Daniel Gardner, M.D.
   View the nature and severity of problems resulting from head injury as determined by a protective barrier (as discussed by neuropsychologist Thomas Kay, Ph.D.) comprised of biological, psychological, and social factors. And it is individual differences in the components of the protective barrier that explain why similar neurological insults produce inconsistent outcomes. 
3. Grieving Your Losses Workshop "Grief is not about fixing something. Grief is feeling a hole in our hearts."
4. Brain Injury Medication -- by Daniel Gardner, MD
5. Making A Comeback -- More than three years ago, yacht broker Bob Wilson was savagely beaten during a robbery. Despite brain injuries and a dim prognosis, the San Diego man, with the help of his devoted wife, has returned to work--and to living.
6. Rocking out, with Jan Berry, TBI Survivor - Jan Berry, of the popular 60's rock duo, Jan & Dean, suffered a brain injury nearly 30 years ago in a car accident. After years of rehab, he continues to tour with Jan & Dean
7. Depression in Brain Injury  
   -- by Daniel Gardner, M.D.
8. Rebuilding  a Personality After Brain Injury  
   -- by Brian Stokert, MA

9. The Benefits of Volunteering after an Acquired Brain Injury
   -- by Lisa A. Carulli, MS, CRC

10. Attorney Judith Copeland Speaks on Powers of Attorney, Conservatorships, Trusts, and Other Legal Issues Affecting Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Families
    -- by Arlette C. Ballew, Interim Executive Director

11. Preparing for a Return to Work: The Value of Internships
    by Greg Cusick, San Diego Community College District's WorkAbility Program. Internships: Internships are an excellent way to  transition into the workforce.

12. "Out of theMist" Barbara Welsh-Osga, Ph.D, Clinical & Consulting Psychologist 

13. Aphasia—Enhancing Communication
    by Diane Johnson, Speech Pathologist
14. What to Get…………?
    Gift ideas for brain injury survivors
    By Heike Kessler-Heiberg, MA-CCC, Associate Professor, Acquired Brain Injury Program, Mesa College

15. Writing Your Own Script & The Dignity Of Risk
    Bob & Ellen Wilson, SDBIF Members 

16. How to Make Your Dendrites Grow and Grow by Daniel Golden, Adapted from Life Magazine

17. Consider One Hand Typing Before Adaptive Technology by Lilly Walters, best selling author, and one hand typist.
18. Proud to be a Survivor!
    About 70 survivors and their families attended the March meeting to hear six survivors tell their stories of recovery from a brain injury.
19. It Is Not What's Gone - But What's Given
    SPEECH FROM Jim Abbott, one-handed famed professional baseball pitcher
20. Helping brain injury survivors and their families
    Article by Jim McBride appearing on the Opinion page of the San Diego Union-Tribune Oct. 17, 2003

     

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San Diego Brain Injury Foundation
Email: Director of Operations
P.O. Box 84601
San Diego, California 92138-4601
(619) 294-6541

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