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Professional help and progressive neurological diseases

      See our Progressive Neurological Disease Home Page for a full list of information about progressive and degenerative neurological disease, and links to information and strategies relating to communication and cognitive functioning.   Professional help and progressive neurological diseases When you have been diagnosed with a progressive neurological illness, it is important to …

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Adapting to Brain Injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Adapting your home and improving your communication environment After a traumatic brain injury, many of the difficulties mentioned in previous …

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Fatigue and Tiredness following Brain Injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Managing Fatigue following Traumatic Brain Injury Fatigue and tiredness following brain injury are very common symptoms. If you do not …

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Attention Skills following Brain Injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   We are all equipped with a very complex and dynamic system of attention. These skills allow us to go through life …

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Social Skills and Behaviour following Brain Injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Changes in a person’s social skills and behaviour following brain injury can be common. Depending on the extent of the …

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Executive Functioning following Brain Injury (planning and initiating tasks)

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Executive functions refer to those skills and abilities that enable us to accomplish goal-directed activities. These are that activities that …

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Memory Problems following Brain Injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   It is common to have memory problems following brain injury. When we hear, see and remember information, the memory process …

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Communication difficulties following brain injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Communication difficulties often occur following brain injury (TBI) or head injury and are often present alongside problems with memory, fatigue, …

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Stroke treatment and rehab

      See our Stroke Home Page for a full list of information relating to Stroke, Dysarthria, Aphasia, and startegies for improving communication.   Stroke treatment and rehab, will often involve the help of a speech and language pathologist / therapist. They are experts in the field of communication and they will be able …

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