Long Term Support in the Community
TO MEET LIFE LONG NEEDS FOR SURVIVORS OF TBI continued...
Why Are Skilled Rehabilitation Specialists Needed?
  1. Proficiency is needed in the use of techniques such as:
    • Cognitive Therapies
    • Quieting reflex
    • Thought stopping
    • Compensatory strategies
  2. Proficiency is needed regarding the basics of therapeutic relationships
    • Maintaining relationships over time
    • Demonstrating unconditional regard for the client
    • Maintaining objectivity
  3. A knowledge base is needed regarding brain injury and its consequences for individual survivors and their families
  4. Communication skills are needed to communicate with families, professionals and community resource
Once they have completed our rehabilitative treatment and training programs additional services are provided for those clients who need them in order to meet their long term needs. These services can also be provided to clients who have received treatment or training from other programs and facilities that do not provide for long term needs. These services are provided with a view to maintaining the progress clients have made through previous treatment and training and to ensure adaptation to changing circumstances. This is achieved through a variety of means including regular monitoring of an individual's situation, regular on-going periodic re-assessment of neuropsychological deficits. On-going monitoring permits early identification of changing environmental or personal conditions, which may indicate the need for additional intervention. Early intervention prevents more serious difficulties and minimizes the extent of intervention needed. Continued services are provided through the minimum hours of service possible each week in order to maintain quality of life.

In order to achieve long term quality of life for individuals who have experienced brain injury it is often necessary to provide services in the community throughout a person's entire lifetime.
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