Adults with Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Definition

A TBI is a brain injury caused by sudden damage to the brain. It can happen when an object goes through the skull and into the brain. An example is a gunshot to the head. Or TBI can happen after a blow to the head. For example, if you hit your head on the floor when you fall.

Services

• strengthening intact cognitive skills and communication modalities and behaviors to support and augment functional independence in activities of daily living;
• compensating for cognitive-communication impairments by teaching compensatory strategies to support the individual and his/her family;
• training use of a multimodal communication system (e.g., spoken language, gestures, sign language, picture communication, speech-generating devices [SGDs], and/or written language) that is customized according to the individual's abilities and the contexts of communication;

Right Hemisphere Brain Damage (RDH)

Definition

A person with RHD may have trouble communicating with others because of this damage. In many cases, the person with RHD is not aware of his or her problems.

Services

Our clinicians will treat the deficits that accompany this type of disorder. Mostly we treat non-figurative language disorders and work on pragmatic social skills.