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Rehabilitation for Brain Injury and other Neurophysiological Disorders—Require specialized services and early intervention. Without specialized services and early intervention, more significant problems can arise to properly treat address Adjustment issues, stress management, biofeedback, community re-entry, cognitive retraining/restructuring, home-based cognitive retraining, internal case management, consultant, and vocation/transition services for return to school or work for children, adolescents, and adults with "mild" to severe Acquired Brain injury (ABI), unsuspected/undiagnosed brain injury, or other neurophysiological disorders. ABI typically includes traumatic Brain Injury, "Closed Head Injury," Post-Concussive Syndrome, Post-operative Brain Tumor, Anoxia/hypoxia, and Cerebral Vascular Accident, i.e. stroke, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, etc.

Neuro-Rehabilitation

Includes cognitive retraining/remediation, simulations, community re-entry activities, life skills training to assure transfer or generalization in real-life settings, behavioral/social therapies which includes supportive counseling, stress management, biofeedback, and group therapies; family education, vocational services; educational services; maintenance; evaluations; and coordination and case management.

  1. Cognitive rehabilitation therapy is treatment used to increase or improve an individual’s capacity to process and use incoming formation to allow increased functioning in everyday life at home, school, and/or work. This treatment includes both retraining cognitive functions and development of compensatory strategies to alleviate problems caused by deficits in attention, visual processing, language, memory, reasoning/problem solving, and executive functions (e.g., planning, organization, etc.)
  2. Integrative Therapies and Simulations
  3. Home based therapy includes cognitive rehab, computer assisted treatment, and training of family and/or service providers
  4. CounselingSupportive, adjustment issues, vocation/career change, rehabilitation, social skills, behavioral, and educational
  5. Transitional Services
  6. MaintenanceFor those who require on-going treatment or support to maintain their current level of functioning and adjustment—mentoring or "life coaching"
  7. EvaluationsCognitive**, educational, emotional, and vocational testing.**Uses state of the art technology to assist in objective diagnosis and treatment of attentional disorders and conditions that mimic attentional disorders. Objective data can assist medical doctors to titrate medications, measure efficacy of treatment, and monitor progress.
  8. Biofeedback--Headaches, stress related disorders, pain management, and medical conditions, i.e., Raynauds Syndrome
  9. Relaxation Training--Stress management and relaxation training
  10. Education and/or Training—patient/clients, family, and other service persons
  11. Coordination and Case Management
  12. Qualified Expert Witness in Cognitive Rehabilitation

Neuro-Rehabilitation Consulting
  1. Medical records review, review of existing Individual Education Plan and/or Rehabilitation Plan

  2. Development of Rehabilitation Treatment Plan or Individual Education Plan, Patient/client Evaluation, Coordination and Case Management of rehabilitation, education, and vocational services

  3. Counseling and Education for injured patient/client, family, and service providers

  4. Training for patient/client, family, and service providers

  5. Resources/Networking, Educational Presentations, Literature Searches

  6. Work with school systems, public and private agencies, institutions, employers, and individual

Vocational Rehabilitation

Acquired brain injury, Attention Deficit Disorder, some psychiatric impairments, other disabilities

  1. Vocational/Career counseling

  2. Transferable Skills Analysis

  3. Job development and placement

  4. Job training and coaching

  5. Job analysis and ADA compliance review

  6. Vocational Case Management


Forensic-
Rehabilitation and Vocation Services, Vocation Consultant, and Expert Witness-Plaintiff and Defendant

Affiliates with Licensed Neuropsychologists, Psychologists, Neurologists, and Other Rehabilitation Therapists