Brain Injury GPS: Navigating through Recovery, London, ON; June 18, 2010; Trauma Rehab and Recovery Power Point

1. Val Lougheed Northern Lights Canada 1-800-361-4642 www.northernlightscanada.ca [email_address] Navigating Through Recovery ~ Keep Your Fork ~

2. “ You don’t want your impairments to define you – you want them to inform you.” (Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)

6. Rated PG-113 People Strongly Cautioned! May contain bad language, brief nudity, sexual overtones, and drug usage.

7. Beginning My Story

11. Sept. 9, 2003 - morning

12. Sept. 9 – p.m.

13. Sept. 15 2003 – Jan. 19 2004 Journey Back to Life

18. February 2004 – Present Starting Point

19. Identity Disintegration and The Re-organization of Self March 2004

20. “ In the aftermath of traumatic life events … [the] sense of self has been shattered.” (Herman, 1992, p. 61) “ An existential crisis …” (Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)

21. OxyContin ™ Research (Dalhousie, March 2005) 783,762 prescriptions for OxyContin ™ dispensed in Canada Nov. 2003 – Oct. 2004 OxyContin ™ is one of Canada’s 3 most-prescribed narcotic painkillers 2003 OxyContin ™ earns Purdue more than $1 billion U.S. 2002 Approved in Canada 1996 Purdue Pharmacy (USA) launches OxyContin ™ – controlled-release formula 1995 Oxycodone ™ developed in Germany Early 1900’s

22. Sliding Down the Slope

25. ABI – Measuring Loss “ Pre-morbid intelligence is a crucial variable …” Subjective Report – difficulty retrieving words and communicating ideas Objective Report – above-average performance on neuropsychological measures (Prigatano, 1999, p. 59)

26. Losing My Grip My IWRP August 2004

28. Rescued in the Valley of Despair Head Injury Program Oct. – Dec. 2004

30. GRTW – The Plan Jan. 3 – Feb. 7, 2005 (5 weeks)

31. GRTW – The Reality

32. GRTW – The Reality

33. GRTW – The Reality

34. GRTW – The Reality

35. GRTW – The Reality

36. GRTW – The Reality

37. GRTW – The Reality

38. GRTW – The Reality

39. GRTW – The Reality

42. Lesson ASSUMPTIONS REVEAL BIAS

44. Symptom Overlap (co-morbidity) (Michael Sullivan, Centre for Research on Pain and Disability, McGill University, September, 2006) Pain, Trauma, Depression, ABI

46. Oct. 3 – Dec. 11

48. Pain Research 1600’s – Rene Descartes (philosopher)

49. Pain Research 1950’s – Wilder Penfield (brain surgeon)

51. Pain Research Patrick Wall (physiologist) Ronald Melzack (psychologist)

53. Pain – The Future SCN9A (Globe and Mail, March 24, 2007) Glia Cells (Scientific American, November, 2009) Poppy Genes (U of Calgary -- Calgary Sun, March 15, 2010)

59. “ In every encounter, basic trust is in question.” ( Herman, 1992, p. 92) “ Survivors feel unsafe in their bodies – and in any relationship with other people.” (Herman, 1992, p. 160) Rehab & Recovery

64. “… depression [caused by trauma] is not the same as ordinary depression.” ( Herman, 1992, p. 118) Depression

65. “ Emotions are not in the head – they are in every cell in the body.” (Pert (1995), in Bolen, 1996, p. 7) Pscyhoimmunoendocrine Network

69. Back to Wilder Penfield – 1950’s ABI Localizationist

70. Paul Bach-y-Rita – 1934 – 2006 Scientist and Rehab Doctor Neuroplasticity - 1969

71. Michael Merzenich Neuroplastician Neuroplasticity

72. Harnessing the Power

74. “ The words and attitudes of others … are potent. They help or hex healing and recovery.” “ Expectations are powerful.” “ Neutrality can be deadly.” (Bolen, 1996, p. 94) Body-Mind Connection

76. “ Loss of identity can evoke a personal crisis, creating a need for change.” (Ornelas, in Smith & Johnson (Eds), 1997, p. 172) The Re-Organization of Self Identity Research

77. Scaling the Canyon

78. Sept., 2005 Waskesiu

83. Breast Cancer Reconstructive Surgery March 2006

84. Convocation M.Ed. -- June 2006

88. Navigating Through Recovery Rehabilitation (habiter – to live inside) “ Rehabilitation is the learning to live inside not only one’s body, however it is after an injury or illness, but inside one’s very being.” (Kabat-Zinn, in Meili, 2003, p. 241)

89. Navigating Through Recovery Recovery Crombez, October, 2003 Focus on the person [inside] Healing Focus on the illness/ impairment [outside] Curing

90. Be Still

92. Keep Your Fork

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