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Making Life Work After A Head Injury is an excellent three-part video series developed by the Brain Injury Association of Florida. Each Video can be purchased for $9.95 or the three-part set can be purchased for $25. A family manual titled Making Life Work: A Family Guide for Life at Home is available for $7.95. This Manual provides suggestions for many of the issues covered in the tapes. It serves as a reference and additional source of assistance to help families and survivors create new and productive lives as they live with the challenges of brain injury. OverviewIn this inspiring series, three families discuss lessons they have learned, and the coping strategies and specific techniques they have found successful over the years in rebuilding their lives with a family member who has a severe brain injury. Although the "survivors" in this series are all young adults who are totally dependent upon their parents, the experiences and approaches of these families would benefit any family or significant others who are faced with the challenges that brain injury brings. ContentThe series shows how families use structure, consistency, and repetition to help the recovery process continue in the home. In unique ways, the members of each family work as a team in coping with their own feelings and behavior as well as those of their family members with the injury. PART ONE focuses on the experience of "coming home" and the feelings and strategies used in preparing for a life time commitment to this situation. PART TWO discusses how families cope with problems such as emotional outbursts, mood swings, social inappropriateness, depression, and impulsiveness. PART THREE touches on life skills and community involvement issues, such as leisure and recreational activities, social and sexual isolation, household management, community resources, managing money, financial planning, and guardianship. Contact the Brain Injury Association of Florida at: |
