Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

 

Books

 

Abrahamson, Pat. Brain Injury: A Family Tragedy. HDI, 1997.

 

Aaseng, Nathan, and Jay Aaseng. Head Injuries. NY: Franklin Watts, 1996. 112p.

 

Acorn, Sonia, ed. Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families and Caregivers. U. of Toronto Pr., 1998.

 

Bauer, Bernhard L. Severe Head Injuries. Springer, 1997.

 

Begali, Vivian. Head Injury in Children and Adolescents. 2d ed. Wiley, 1997.

 

Bellenir, Karen, ed. Head Trauma Sourcebook. Omnigraphics, 1997.

 

Blosser, Jean L. Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Singular Pulishing Group, 1994.

 

Brain Injury: A Guide for Families. HDI Publishers, 1996.

 

Brain Injury: A Home-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program. HDI Pubs., 1997.

 

Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury: Diagnosis, Assessment and Intervention. Pro-Ed, 1997.

 

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury. A Functional Approach. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes, 1991.

 

Communications Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Management of Cognitive, Language, and Motor Impairment. Austin, TX: PRO-ED, 1991.

 

DeBoskey, Dana S. Coming Home: A Discharge Manual for Families of Persons with a Brain Injury. HDI Pubs., 1996.

 

Dell Orto, Arthur E. Head Injury and the Family. GR/St. Lucie Pr., 1997.

 

Doman, Glenn. What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child. Avery, 1994.

 

Dyer, Wayne W. A Promise is a Promise: An Almost Unbelievable Story of a Mother's Unconditional Love and What it Can Teach Us. Hay House, 1996.

 

Goldberg, Alan L., ed. Acquired Brain Injury in Childhood and Adolescence. Charles G. Thomas Pub., 1996.

 

Gronwall, Dorothy. Head Injuries: The Facts. Oxford UP, 1996.

 

Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury. Brain Trauma Found., 1995.

 

Guilmette, Thomas J. Pocketguide to Brain Injury.  San Diego:Singular Publishing Group, 1997.

 

Helping Ourselves: A Guide for Brain Injury Support Groups. Brain Injury Assoc., 1998.

 

Houston, Janet. Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Teens. Hanover, NH: NH Emergency Medical Services for Children, 1999.

 

Lehmkul, L. Don, ed. Brain Injury Glossary. HDI Pubs., 1996.

 

Leon-Carrion, Jose. Dano Cerebral: Guia para Familiares y Cuidadores. Siglo 21 Editores, 1994.

 

Levin, Harvey, ed. Frontal Lobe Function and Dysfunction. Oxford UP, 1996.

 

Marion, Donald W. Traumatic Brain Injury. NY: Thieme, 1999.

 

McKerns, Dorothy. Therapeutic Education for the Child with Traumatic Brain Injury from Coma to Kindergarten. Tucson: AZ Communication Skill Builders, 1993.

 

McMahon, Brian T., and Randall Evans, eds. The Shortest Distance: The Pursuit of Independence for Persons with Acquired Brain Injury. Winter Park, FL: G.R. Pr., 1994. 156p.

 

Mindell, Amy. Coma: A Healing Journey. Lao Tse Pr., 1999.

 

Morningstar, Louise R. Journey Through Brain Trauma. Taylor Pub., 1997.

 

Orton, Arthur, E., et al. Head Injury and the Family. Winter Park,FL: G.R. Pr., 1994. 246p.

 

Osborn, Claudia L. Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of head Injury From the Inside Looking Out. Kansas City, MO: A. McMeel, 1998.

 

Quinn, Deborah A. Conquering the Darkness: One Woman's Story of Recovering from a Brain Injury. Paragon House, 1998.

 

Rife, Janet Miller. Injured Mind, Shattered Dreams: Brian's Journey from Severe Head Injury to a new Dream. Cambridge, MA: Brookline, 1994.

 

The Role of the Family in TBI Rehab. HDI Pubs., 1996.

 

Schoenbrodt, Lisa and Romayne A. Smith. Communication Disorders and Interventions in Low Incidence Pediatric Populations. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, 1995. 250p.

 

Sellars, Carole Wedel. Pediatric Brain Injury. A Practical Resource. Tucson: AZ Communication Skill Builders, 1993.

 

Senelick, Richard C., and Cathy E. Ryan. Living With Head Injury: A Guide for Families. San Antonio,TX: Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio, 1991. 149p.

 

Smith, Louise Margaret. Family Support Programs and Rehabilitation: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury. Plenum, 1995.

 

Stoler, Diane Roberts. Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Avery Pub. Group, 1998.

 

Sturm, Christopher. Head Injury: Information and Answers to Commonly Asked Questions. Quality Medical Pubs., 1998.

 

Swet, Peter. Cracking Up: Nice Day for a Brain Hemorrhage. Hazelden, 1998.

 

Swiercinsky, Dennis P., ed. Traumatic Head Injury: Cause, Consequence and Challenge. Rev. ed. Brain Injury Association of Kansas, 1993.

 

TBI Tool Kit. Burns, Pamela, ed. HDI Pubs., 1994.

 

Traumatic Head Injury in Children. Broman, Sarah, ed. Oxford UP, 1995.

 

Winslade, William J. Confronting Brain Injury. Yale UP, 1998.

 

Young, G. Ryan, ed. Coma and Impaired Consciousness: A Clinical Perspective. McGraw-Hill, 1998.

 

Journal Articles:

 

Anderson, V., et al. "Recovery of Intellectual Ability Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood: Impact of Injury, Severity and Age at Injury." Pediatric Neurosurgery vol. 32, no.6, June, 2000, pp. 282-290.

 

Brain Injury Source. HDI Publishers, 1997- Quarterly.

A must for any professional with an interest in brain injury.

 

Eck, M. "Through the Labyrinth. The Twists and Turns of Brain Injury. American Journal of Nursing, vol. 100, no. 9, Sept., 2000, p. 25.

 

Maroon, J.C., et al. "Cerebral Concussion in Athletes: Evaluation and Neuropsychological Testing." Neurosurgery, vol. 47, no.3, Sept. 2000, pp. 659-669.

 

Ninth Annual Rothman Research Institute Conference. "Traumatic Brain Injury: Diagnosis, Outcome and Rehabilitation." Brain Cogn., vol. 44, no.1, Oct. 2000, pp. 1-18.

 

Rocchio, Carolyn. "Pets: A Motivational Tool for Persons with Brain Injury." Family News and Views, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan., 1998.

 

Rocchio, Carolyn, "The Positive Approach to Coping With Life After Brain Injury." Family News and Views, vol. 4, no. 6, June, 1997.

 

Smith, J.E. and D.L. Smith. "No Map, No Guide. Family Caregivers' Perspectives on Their Journeys through the System." Care Management J, vol. 2, no.1, Spr., 2000, pp. 27-33.

 

 

 

Videos:

 

Coma. Brain Injury Association.

 

Families Living with Brain Injury. University Hospital School, University of Iowa. [n.d.]

 

Making Life Work After Head Injury (available in Spanish). Brain Injury Association of Florida.

 

Never Give Up. TBI Project. University of Kansa medical Center, Dept. of Special Education.

 

Returning to School Following TBI: A Guide for School personnel, by Pamela Waalan. Richmond, VA: Dept. of PM& R/MCV, National Information Clearinghouse.

 

Sleep Disorders Related to TBI, by Rahul B. Sangal. Northville, MI: Simkins & Simkins.

 

Think Twice. Brain Injury Association of Colorado.

 

Trying a Mild Head Injury Case and Reading a Neuropsychological Report. Northville, MI: Simkins & Simkins.

 

The Unseen Journey: Minor Head Trauma. Houston: HDI Publishers.

 

Viviendo con los Effectos de Lesion Cerebral: Tres Familias Hispanas (In Spanish with English subtitles). Ontario Brain Injury Association.

 

You, Me Community: Connecting the Pieces. Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Association.

 

Web Sites:

 

Brain Injury Association. http://www.biausa.org/

 

            BIA of Colorado http://www.biacolirado.org/

 

BIA of Maryland http://www.biamd.org/

 

           

 

Brain Injury Information Network http://www.hom.tbinet.org/

 

Brain Injury Information Page http://www.tbilaw,com/

 

Brain Injury Vision Care http://www.eyeassociates.com/norst.htm

 

Brain Injury Waikato Districts http://www.whis.nzl.ort/

 

Center for Outcome measurement in Brain Injury (COMBI)  http://www.tbims.org/combi.html

 

Coma Waiting Page http://www.waiting.com

 

Family Care Giver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org

 

Headinjury.com http://www.headinjury.com

 

Head Injury Clinic http://www.headinjuryclinic.com/

 

Head Injury Hotline http://www.headinjury.com/

 

National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury http://neuro.pmr.vcu.edu/

 

North Carolina Neuro- Law & Traumatic Brain Injury Attorneys http://ncneurolaw.com

 

Perspectives Network http://www.tbi.org/

 

Southern Prairie Brain Injury Team http://www.aea.us/sped4.htm

 

TBI ChatRoom and Homepage http://www.tbichat.org/

 

TBI Model Systems http://www.tbims.org/

 

** Outstanding Resource -- Federally funded programs that focus on: 1. Developing and demonstrating a model system of care for persons with TBI, stressing continuity and comprehensiveness of care; and 2. Maintaining a standardized national database for innovative analyses of TBI treatment and outcomes. There are 17 centers, each of which provides a coordinated system of emergency care, acute neurotrauma management, comprehensive in-patient rehabilitation and long term interdisciplinary follow up services. The site includes general information about the systems, facts and figures about TBI and related links.

 

TBI Net http://www.mssm.edu/tbinet

 

Traumatic Brain Injury http://www.tbiinfo.com/

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide http://www.neuroskills.com/

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide http://www.tbiguide.com/