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A Suggested Book
List from
Brain Injury Survivors and Their Caregivers
GUIDES,
WORKBOOKS, & TEXTBOOKS:
1. The Mild
Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook
By Douglas J.
Mason
Very thorough.
Gives an overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI), then breaks it
down into all of the individual problems associated with TBI …
anatomy of the brain, what happens to the brain after TBI, measuring
the severity, setting goals, medical care, physical aspects of TBI,
how the senses are involved, cognitive issues and emotions.
Throughout this book there are a lot of mental exercises … mazes,
number and letter searches, abstract puzzles, etc.
2. Brain
Disorders Source Book
By Cicala
A thorough book
on brain injury.
3. Brain
Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice
By Katz Zasler
and Zafonte
A comprehensive
guide to all aspects of the management issues involved in caring for
the person with brain injury – from early diagnosis and evaluation
through the post-acute period and rehabilitation.
4. Brain on
a String (And Other Strategies for Staying Organized When Gray
Matter Isn’t Working Like It Used To)
By P.J.Long,
Psychotherapist
A book to help
you stay on top of everyday chores.
5.
Living With Brain Injury: A Guide for Families
By Richard
Senelick, MD & Karla Dougherty
The authors
believe that there is a life after brain injury.
They provide a
guide to help you accomplish this.
6. The Brain
That Changes Itself --- Stories of Personal Triumph From the
Frontiers of Brain Science
You will find
this book in the Science aisle. Dr. Doidge provides a summary of the
current revolution in neuroscience. He explores the the fact that
the age-old distinction between the brain and the mind is changing,
as the power of positive thinking finally gain scientific
credibility. Various stories about recoveries, treatments, and new
methods are presented
and used to
explain the fact the the brain can be “rewired” and “remapped”.
7. Head
Injury: The Facts, A Guide for Families and Caregivers
By Dorothy
Gronwell, Phillip Wrightson, and Peter Waddel
Explains that a
person injured with a brain injury can gradually rebuild a
meaningful life
again.
8. Missing
Pieces: Mending the Head Injury Family
By Marilyn
Colter
This book will
help your family know that there are thousands of other people just
like yourselves that have been through this same experience.
Provides hope and understanding.
BOOKS FROM
SURVIVORS OF BRAIN INJURY:
1. Smile
and Jump High (The True Story of Overcoming a Brain Injury)
By Daniel J.
Lloyd and Shannon L, Kehoe
Starlight Press
Monroe, GA 770-266-7791
2. Over My
Head: A Doctor’s Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking
Out
By Claudia L. Osborn
3. My
Reality Check Bounced: Humor from a Brain Injury Perspective
By Brain Injury
Survivors Editorial Board
Edited by: John
Youngbauer, Mandy Goodnight, Jeanne Hetherington
4. Coping
With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
By Diane Roberts
Stoler, Ed. D. and Barbara Albers Hill
Dr. Stoler is a
brain injury survivor. This book covers every aspect of brain
injury such as: how the brain works; how the brain can
be injured; procedures used to diagnose and treat the brain; common
physical, mental, and psychological symptoms of brain injury;
suggestions for coping; advice on financial, insurance, family
matters, the rehabilitation process and possible outcomes; etc.
5. In An
Instant (A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing)
By Lee and Bob
Woodruff
This is the true
story of how ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff sustained a brain injury
in January 2006 while in Iraq, and how he and his family coped with
his injury and recovery process. This is a frank, compelling, yet
heartfelt account. Their story is told from both Lee (his wife) and
Bob’s perspectives.
6. I’ll
Carry the Fork, Recovering a Life after B.I. (Brain Injury)
By Kara L.
Swanson
A moving, first
person account of living with TBI.
7. When Life
Doesn’t Stick To The Game Plan …because the doctor has bad news
By Carol A.
Hacker
Note: This book
may be purchased by calling, faxing, or emailing Carol Hacker:
770-410-0517 or
Fax 770-667-9801
carol@carolahacker.com
All profits from
this book are donated to the brain injury cause.
Carol is a brain
tumor survivor. She sensitively shares her personal story of
diagnosis and recovery along with practical tips and techniques.
8. How to
Conquer the World With One Hand and an Attitude
By Paul E.
Berger and Stephanie Mensh
An inspiring
uplifting story of stroke recovery. (A stroke patient’s brain
injury
is very similar
to other brain injuries.)
9. Recovery
In Poetry
By Debbie Renfro
A beautiful book
of poetry written by a brain injury survivor to help with her
recovery
process.
Read Debbie’s
book at:
www.recoveryinpoetry.com
10. Rambling
Down Life’s Road
By Kevin Pettit
Provides
unedited excerpts from his diary following his brain injury. This
book is meant to give you a view from the inside out of what it’s
like to have a traumatic brain injury, to encourage you to
avoid having and causing a brain injury, and to get you to laugh.
11. In
Search of Wings
By Beverley
Bryant
Beverley
describes her efforts, following a brain injury, to adapt her work
as a gymnastics judge and ultimately to find a new profession to
regain her self-esteem and confidence.
12. To
Wherever Oceans Go
By Beverley
Bryant
An inspiring and
true story of recovery. It is the fabric of one woman who refused
to set limits on her potential.
13. Brain
on a String (And Other Strategies for Staying Organized When Gray
Matter
Isn’t Working Like It Used To)
By P.J.Long,
Psychotherapist
A book to help
you stay on top of everyday chores.
14. Gifts
from the Broken Jar
By P.J.Long,
Psychotherapist
Tells the
quieter tale of savoring the ordinary and discovering life’s
wonders.
15. Every
Good Boy Does Fine
By Tim Laskowski
Tells story of
wanting to fit into the world without being pitied, looked down
upon, or repulsed.
16.
Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury
By Lynsey
Calderwood
17. TBI
Hell: A Traumatic Brain Injury Really Sucks
By Geo Gosling
A recent college
greaduate who is single, explains his “TBI Torture” of being
surrounded by young cute women, but being in no shape to impress
them.
BOOKS FROM CAREGIVERS (Of Brain Injured
Survivors):
1. In An
Instant (A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing)
By Lee and Bob
Woodruff
This is the true
story of how ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff sustained a brain injury
in January 2006 while in Iraq, and how he and his family coped with
his injury and recovery process. This is a frank, compelling, yet
heartfelt account. Their story is told from both Lee (his wife) and
Bob’s perspectives.
2. Where Is
the Mango Princess?
By Cathy
Crimmins
A poignant
memoir of brain injury recovery, told by a caregiving spouse.
3. A
Change of Mind
By Janelle
Biagion
Janelle recalls
the complex and confusing world of brain injury she and her
family entered when her husband was injured in a motorcycle crash
while on duty as a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman.
4. Ketchup
on the Baseboard
By Carolyn
Rocchio
Tells the
personal story of Carolyn’s family’s journey after her son, Tim,
sustained a brain injury. Chronicling his progress over more than
20 years, she describes the many stages of his recovery along with
the complex emotions and changing dynamics of her family and their
expectations.
5. Being
With Rachel: A Story of Memory and Survival
By Karen Brennan
Written by
Rachel’s husband, this book describes what they went through, and
his feelings and emotions.
6. Crooked
Smile: One Family’s Journey Toward Healing
By Lainie Cohen
A family’s son
is injured, and is not given a good prognosis. This book tells his
recovery process.
7. A Three
Dog Life: A Memoir
By Abigail
Thomas
A wife, Abigail,
tells the story of her husband’s injury.
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