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Military Traumatic Brain Injury & Family Caregiving: What Families Need to Know (Part 1 of 2)

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Timothy Elliott, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor
Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University

Partnering with:
The Wounded Warrior Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is known as the signature wound of war during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The number of those wounded with TBI and accompanying complications has necessitated major changes in the ways in which the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs treats these injuries. Although family caregivers are to receive education about TBI as early as possible, many families find they need additional and ongoing support.

In this two-part presentation the presenter will review basic information about TBI, its complications and issues family members face living with TBI. The presentation will also provide information about coping and specific problem solving strategies that have been useful to other caregivers living with TBI and additional resources to further enhance caregiver knowledge.

Part Two - 16 May 2013 at 10 a.m. (Central): https://learn.extension.org/events/1053

For additional online TBI resources go to:
http://www.extension.org/pages/68059

https://connect.extension.iast...japqf4ozj/

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