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- Herausgeber: Loving Healing Press
- Kategorie: Ratgeber
- Serie: 101 Tips
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015
Kelly Bouldin Darmofal suffered a severe TBI in 1992; currently she holds a Masters in Special Education from Salem College, NC. Her memoir Lost In My Mind: Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) tells her story of tragedy and triumph. Kelly will be teaching "TBI: An Overview for Educators" at Salem College. Kelly's "tips" were learned during two decades of recovery and perseverance; they include: Ways to avoid isolation and culture shock post-TBI Tips for staying organized in the face of instant chaos Strategies for caretakers and teachers of TBI survivors Life philosophies that reject despair How to relearn that shoes must match Why one alarm clock is never enough, and A breath of humor for a growing population with a "silent illness"--TBI
Those who suffer from TBI should benefit from Kelly Darmofal's advice. She speaks often of the value of a sense of humor in dealing with TBI symptoms and quotes Viktor Frankl who believed that humor was one of the "...soul's weapons in the fight for self preservation." I strongly recommend her work.
--Dr. George E. Naff, NCC, LPC, Diplomate in Logotherapy
Kelly is a wonderful resource about TBI for survivors, caregivers, teachers, and the entire community. The wisdom gained from her own experience makes her believable; the frankness and sense of humor that she reveals as she writes makes her authentic... Kelly and her publications have become a trusted resource for our clients who are surviving from a TBI.
--Barbara Saulpaugh, Regional Executive Director, CareNet Counseling, an affiliate of Wake Forest Baptist Health
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101 Tips for Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injury: Practical Advice for TBI Survivors, Caregivers, and Teachers.
Copyright © 2015 by Kelly Bouldin Darmofal
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Darmofal, Kelly Bouldin, 1977-
101 tips for recovering from traumatic brain injury : practical advice for TBI survivors, caregivers, and teachers / Kelly Bouldin Darmofal; foreword by Dr. Frank Balch Wood.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-61599-282-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-61599-283-6 (ebook)
1. Brain--Wounds and injuries--Treatment. I. Title. II. Title: One hundred one tips for recovering from traumatic brain injury.
RD594.D37 2015
617.4’81044--dc23
2015028820
Published by
Loving Healing Press
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Contents
Foreword by Dr. Frank Balch Wood
Introduction
Tips For TBI Survivors
Tips for Friends and Caregivers
Tips for Teachers of TBI Survivors
Read: Even if Reading is Nearly Impossible
Kelly Bouldin Darmofal’s speech for CareNet (May 2015)
About the Author
Foreword
Kelly Bouldin Darmofal’s account is unique, yet widely applicable: she teaches any who have suffered TBI—and all who love, care for, and teach them—insights that are not only novel but revolutionary...
Like Job, she learned the hard lesson of a faith that ultimately made her both “thankful to my non-intervening God,” as she put it, and for that reason, resolute in becoming the person she now is. Her experiences exemplify that providence can’t be preached—to self or others—apart from persistent self-actualization.
Warnings against inflexible educational bureaucracy abound in her descriptions of narrow-minded teaching. Yet, she recognizes good teaching so well that she becomes a teacher herself and models what all teachers must emulate: respect for students as persons in all their idiosyncratic potential. She understands mediocrity as the great millstone around the neck of education.
The book is not simply worth reading; it is necessary reading for patients, poets, professors, preachers, and teachers.
Dr. Frank Balch Wood
(Frank Wood is professor emeritus of neurology-neuropsychology at Wake Forest School of Medicine and an ordained Baptist minister.)
Introduction
The following “tips” were compiled by TBI survivor, Kelly Bouldin Darmofal, whose memoir Lost in My Mind: Recovering from TBI was published in 2014 by Modern History Press. Some insights come from her mother/primary caretaker, Carolyn Bouldin, a teacher who choreographed Kelly’s reentry into public high school. Both Kelly and Carolyn experienced first-hand the perils and hardships experienced post-TBI by millions of Americans; TBI is a “silent illness,” many say, and the symptoms include long and short term memory loss, the inability to think and speak rapidly, the loss of muscle control, and other impairments that vary according to the severity of the TBI. Their life strategies may or may not apply to all TBI survivors, but they exemplify probable issues those with TBI may confront. Kelly’s main advice is “Never give up!”
Tips For TBI Survivors
1.REALIZE YOU ARE NOT ALONE because in America there are at least 2.5 million new cases of TBI yearly.
2.Let your fears motivate you to NEVER GIVE UP… face what you fear, one obstacle at a time.
3.DENIAL can both hurt and help you; however, you must learn to accept your body’s recovery pace.
4.SMILE at those who think they understand TBI while encouraging you to accept less than you desire from life.
5.ASSUME NOTHING – the disabilities of each TBI survivor are unique, yet similarities do exist. You will need to discover for yourself if you recall basic skills, such as matching shoes and clothing or reading and writing from left to right.
6.KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW IQ AND RETROGRADE AMNESIA - Not knowing basic things doesn’t indicate low IQ…it may indicate retrograde amnesia, or long-term memory loss.
7.DEVISE UNIQUE WAYS TO RELEARN FORGOTTEN SKILLS -
For example, you could sing rap lyrics to improve slow speech patterns.
8.SEPARATE YOUR WARDROBE INTO OUTFITS THAT YOU CAN SEE - Things in the back of the closet may be forgotten. For the TBI survivor, if you can’t see it, it may not exist!
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