Created in initially as a resource for individuals with TBI who were stuck in state psychiatric hospitals as a result of inadequate funding for community services, this program currently supports over individuals with brain injury who have significant needs related to behavior, cognition, physical impairment, and or behavioral health conditions. Available services include residential habilitation, day habilitation, supported employment, individual support services, and case management.
Training focuses on why it is important for programs and providers to incorporate brain injury screening into intake and assessment practices.
In addition to learning how to conduct a brief brain injury screening, training attendees learn how to incorporate person centered, brain injury informed accommodations and supports to help individuals who are living with a history of brain injury engage in and benefit from services such as mental health and substance use treatment.
Ending opioid addiction and the overdose crisis in America is one of the four primary focus areas Secretary Azar identified for HHS and is particularly relevant to the TBI community. Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Get instructions for navigating this site Search Search. June 19, The to-be-developed treatment is an intensive, game-like rehabilitation program leveraging a combination of VR and eye-tracking technologies to implement an oculomotor exercise protocol based on smooth eye pursuit.
This ability is fundamental to spatial explorations that are required in learning, reading, and way finding. Conventionally, smooth eye pursuit exercise for treating visual neglect requires intensive and close supervision from therapists. VR technology combined with eye tracking can reduce therapist burden. Research participants will experience a VR session of smooth eye pursuit exercise and share their feedback. The study will reveal the feasibility and benefits of applying new technologies to rehabilitative treatment activities.
Research participants will also undergo functional and structural neuroimaging studies of the brain. The study outcomes will broaden the understanding of spatial processing and visual cognition as functions of brain connectivity and advance the development of treatments targeting head trauma-related visual dysfunction. Funding: Department of Defense, U. For information on ongoing rehabilitation research studies at Kessler Foundation, contact: [email protected]. Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility, and long-term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord.
Kessler Foundation leads the nation in funding innovative programs that expand opportunities for employment for people with disabilities. For more information, visit KesslerFoundation. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.
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