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1 Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire Information and Resources / Articles Sexuality Coping with Sexual problems after TBI Exploring Family and Caregiver Comfort Zones General Articles: Sexuality Guidelines for discussing sexuality Interventions For The Inappropriate Sexual Behavior Message to give people with disabilities Possible Effects of Disability on Sexuality Reacting To Patients With Sexual Problems Rediscovering Intimacy Rediscovering Intimacy After Head Injury Relationship Issues in Traumatic Brain Injury Rx for Informed Sex Sex after Stroke: Harvard Medical/Spaulding Rehab Hospital Sexual Dysfunction After Brain Injury: Assessment & Treatment Options Sexuality and Substance Abuse in Traumatic Brain Injury Independence Sexuality is a Family Matter TBI and Marital Relationships TBI and sexual issues The dating Game: Etiquette awareness for couples The Effect Of Brain Injury On Marriage The Frontal Lobe and Social Behavior The Three Faces of Love Treatment Model: Sexuality Web Sites for Sexual Health What I Really Want is a Girlfriend: Meaningful Social Interaction After TBI Shaken Baby Syndrome Abusive Head Trauma Child abuse program sheets General Information Parent Tips Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken baby Syndrome (Spanish) Shaken Baby Syndrome in Dublin Statistics Sleep Brain basics Understanding sleep Insomnia : Diagnosis and Management Sleep Aids: everything you wanted to know
2 Sleep disorders General Sleep Disturbances following TBI When you can t sleep Social Security Children's SSI Campaign Action Kit Disability Benefits: A Guide Through the Social Security Maze Disability Report form Guide (SSA-3368) Rights to Appeal Findings Social Security Information & Brochures Spasticity Drug Therapy s General Information Spasticity: Characterization and Treatment Considerations Speech & Language Disorders Becoming a Communication partner Communication & brain injury General Info Reading Rehab Strategies to improve the communication of people with Dysarthria Talking tough Spinal Cord Injury Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury Basics about spinal cord injury Neurological Trauma TBI & Spinal Cord Injury Pain after Spinal Cord Injury Resources for Spinal Cord Injury Sexuality for women with spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injury & Nutrition Spinal Cord Injury finding a rehab Spinal Cord Injury Statistics Understanding & Managing Respiratory Complications after Spinal Cord Injury Understanding Spinal Cord injury & Functional Goals Sports and Traumatic Brain Injury Boxing Information Brain Injury in Athletics Brain Injury in Sports Concussion Articles Concussions: Schools take more Cautious Approach. A Union Leader Article 9/27/09 Diagnosis of Concussion Education, Awareness and Prevention of Brain Injuries in Sports Game over; a football hero & brain injury Getting Involved in the Student after Concussion Got young athletes? Learn about Concussions Hard Knock Lessons from the Concussion Files: NY Times Article
3 Head Injuries/Concussion in Football Horseback Riding: Reducing the Risks of Injury Impact Test: The Best Approach to Concussion Management Management of Concussion NH Laws: Safety of Minors in Athletics Resources Sports Concussion Contacts Soccer Information: Heading the Ball Sports-Related Brain Injury: The impact of the impact US Lacrosse to Promote National Sports Concussion Management Program Winter Sports Injuries What Chris Henry s Brain is Telling us Statistics and Injury- I&R Desk 2004 The Close of a Deadly Year On NH s Highways A Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Lowering Per Se Limit to 0.08 in Five States Analysis of Ejection in Fatal Crashes 1997 Bike Helmet statistics Brain injury statistics Car Accident Statistics Case value of Traumatic Brain Injuries CDC & P : Pre-Lims estimated annual rates & numbers of TBI by state Child safety Seats Statistics Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Disability statistics in NH Disability Statistics report Fatal Accident Summary Reports: 1996, 1997, 1998 Granite State Poll For Dartmouth College Department of Pediatrics Information Needs Report 2009 Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Populations and Statistics and Injuries Injury in New Hampshire Motorcycle Fatal Crashes NH Death Statistics NH Statistical Crash Summary NHTSA Statistics Safe Kids Summer Safety Ranking Report State injury Profile for NH- CDC Statistics on Sports Injuries Survenence for TBI Deaths TBI & Spinal Cord occurrence & mortality in NH- winter 2004 report TBI In The United States TBI in the US Traffic Safety Facts 1996 Wheelchair Users Injuries & Deaths Associated with Motor Vehicle Related Incidents
4 Which In Vehicle Technology Stroke A guide to being a stroke family caregiver Acute Care team approach to the stroke patient Addressing Visual changes following stroke American Heart Association Anti-clotting Agents Explained Antiplatelet Therapy for stroke prevention Arteriovenous Malformation Treatment: A Mayo Clinic Article Arteriovenous Malformations Becoming well again through stress management for caregivers Behavior changes & Stroke Brain Attack: the family s role in care giving Caregiver Tips Caregivers make healthy survivors Common elements of care giving Common Vision problems from stroke or TBI Constraint - Induced Movement Therapy Depression trumps recovery Driving & Visual Problems after a Stroke or head injury Driving after stroke Driving When You ve Had A Stroke Dystonia: It s in the Brain Effects of stroke Emotions & Stroke Enhancing Quality of Life after stroke Exercise & Stroke Facts on stroke Families & Stroke Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke National Heart Association Gait training for the stroke patient General General Articles Stroke Give up hope of a better past Grief & Stroke Have you Heard the Latest Having Fun in Recovery Hemorrhage in the brain Hip Hop Stroke Brain Map Hope Through Research Stroke HOPE: the stroke recovery guide, resources, prevention and recommendations How stroke affects behavior Join a stroke group Keeping your balance Kids and stroke
5 Know Stroke Know the Signs, Act in Time Knowledge is the First Step Legal matters by financial planning associates Life after a Stroke Life after Stroke: Survivor & Caregiver Loneliness of long term caregivers Measuring & predicting walking ability after stroke Muscles Misbehaving Spacisticity after stroke National Stroke Association On the job support for stroke survivors On the road again One sided Neglect Pediatric Stroke Network Personal Stories: Stroke Post Stroke Depression Post Stroke Rehab Preventing another Ischemic Stroke Preventing Stroke Prevention Questionnaire: Are you at risk for stroke Recovering after a stroke Recovery After Stroke: Thinking and Cognition from the National Stroke Assoc 6/09 Recovery- Reaching out Recreation Therapy Return to work following stroke Re-wiring my Brain Signs of Stroke Stages of Care giving Straight talk about driving after stroke Stroke & Caregiver Resources Stroke & Nutrition Stroke & Traumatic Brain Injuries: Similar preventability & consequences Stroke Caregivers Handbook Stroke Conference presentation/vocational Rehab Stroke in Children Stroke in Young Adults-Closing in on the causes Stroke Rehabilitation Stroke Resources Stroke Risk Factors and their impact Stroke Survivors Stories Stroke survivors with the spirit of adventure Stroke Treatment Stroke: Hope through Research (40 pages) Stroke: Recovery & Rehab Stroke: Right vs. left Hemisphere
6 Stroke-20 ways to help recovery Swallowing disorders after a stroke Taking Care- a guide to being a stroke family caregiver The impact on care giving on caregivers The job no One asks for Tips from caregivers who ve been there Tx of depression after stroke Types of Strokes Understanding how stroke affects behavior Understanding Stroke Vision related reading problems after a stroke Vision related side effects When Risk Factors Unite With Arms- 6mth old stroke Swallowing A caregivers Manual Articles Clarifying dysphagia Dysphagia: A survival Guide General Information
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