The Link Between Behavior and Head Injury Success

by Eane Huff, MS

Need a map to START to make recovery easier?

S uccessful T oolsA ssisting R ecovery andT herapy

Do we go across Therapy St. to get to Exercise Lane?

Directions we take influence getting the best of our recovery!

There is a better way to head injury recovery!

Sequence of Needs to be a recovery leader?

Needs in recovery are best expressed in Maslow’s Hierarchy!

Needs-Oriented Recovery

More Fulfillment and Higher Quality of Life with Maslow’s Hierarchy!

Head Injury is made easier by concentrating on needs!

Plan Your SuccessAnticipate Recovery NeedsDetermine Where you want to go!(Collins, Lanham, and Sigford, 2000, pg. 1140)

Satisfying Needs leads to

• Gratefulness

• Optimism

• Accomplishment

• Hopefulness

“These feelings cause the brain to release chemicals that help you feel better and have more efficient brain function” Amen, 2005, p. 152).

You increase your recovery outcome by using Maslow’s

Hierarchy of Needs!

How do we satisfy these needs?

7 skills to fulfill Physiological Needs

-skills to make you who you want to be!

Skills broken down into acronyms for memory!

Using the acronym makes it easier to remember!

Multiple skills let you use skills that make sense to you!

Your Recovery is made:

• E very • A cronym • S upports • Y our Recovery

Which is more important?

Learn HABITS to succeed!Habits can be your guiding

behavioral force!H abituate-the process of using

HABITS in recoveryA ctionize-turning knowledge into

action with a habitB elieve-in the process of

HABITS helping recovery!I ncrease your abilities! HABITS

can add to recovery!T wenty one days Grow a Habit

in Twenty one daysS ucceed in turning behavior into

habits!

HEADS UP!

• H arnessing and• E mploying• A daptive• D irectives to• S ucceed in • U nparalleled• P erformance

Any Questions??????????

Works Cited

Amen (2005). Making A Good Brain GREAT. Harmony Books: New York.

Collins, Lanham, and Sigford. (2000). Reliability and Validity of the Wisconsin HSS Quality of Life Inventory in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Head Trauma / Rehabilitation. August 24, 2000.

Easy Button Graphic (n.d). Retrieved on February 22, 2010, fronm http://www.quantum360.co.uk/Portals/0/images/easy%20image.jpg.

Eating Cereal (n.d.) Retrieved on February 23, 2010 from http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0511-0809-2413-3225.html

Exercise bike Graphic. (n.d).Retrieved on February 20, 2010, from http://www.clipartguide.com/_named_clipart_images/0511-0809-1817-5758_Yellow_Stationary_Exercise_Bike_Clipart_clipart_image.jpg on February 20, 2010.

Food Graphic. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://foodzine.diskobox.net/cheapeats/mamas-food.jpg on February 20, 2010.

Eating Lunch (n.d.) Retrieved on February 25, 2010, from http://www.freeprintablecoloringpages.net/samples/School/Boy_Eating_Lunch.png

Eating Dinner (n.d.) Retrieved on February 25, 2010, fom http://search.aol.com/aol/imageDetails?s_it=imageDetails&q=dinner&img=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic-domain.zorger.com%2Fsamantha-at-the-worlds-fair%2Fhungry-angry-unhappy-man-waiting-for-dinner-poor-service-bad-review-restaurant-pen-ink-drawing.png&site=&count_override=20&host=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic-domain.zorger.com%2Fsamantha-at-the-worlds-fair%2Fhungry-angry-unhappy-man-waiting-for-dinner-poor-service-bad-review-restaurant-pen-ink-drawing.php&width=116&height=130&thumbUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-partners-tbn.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3ANAHclziJMdrgxM%3Apublic-domain.zorger.com%2Fsamantha-at-the-worlds-fair%2Fhungry-angry-unhappy-man-waiting-for-dinner-poor-service-bad-review-restaurant-pen-ink-drawing.png&b=image%3Fq%3Ddinner%26page%3D7%26count_override%3D20%26s_it%3Dtopsearchbox.imageDetails%26oreq%3D67dae87042874e5ea1524d28a9ded365%26imgsz%3D%26oreq%3D86c3f9ff0d5e4f64ba13756cec4ebb2f&imgHeight=500&imgWidth=448&imgTitle=waiting+for+%3Cb%3Edinner%3C%2Fb%3E+poor&imgSize=23415&hostName=public-domain.zorger.com

Huff (2009). Heads Up: Finding Possibility and Purpose with Head Injury Outskirts Press: Colorado.

Works Cited (cont.)Leader Graphic *n.d). Retrieved on February 22, 2010, from http://search.aol.com/aol/imageDetails?

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Needs (Collins, Lanham, and Sigford, 2000, pg. 1140)Star Graphic (n.d.). Retrieved on February 22, 2010 from:

http://aolsearcht11.search.aol.com/aol/imageDetails?s_it=imageDetails&q=star&img=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Ff%2Ff0%2FStar_Ouro.gif&site=&count_override=20&host=http%3A%2F%2Fjeffpmanassero.teachfor.us%2F&width=150&height=143&thumbUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-partners-tbn.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AEtY6X631BxyDYM%3Aupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Ff%2Ff0%2FStar_Ouro.gif&b=image%3Fq%3Dstar%26page%3D2%26oreq%3D39c3449ad474454a531b001237d9961%26s_it%3Dtopsearchbox.image%26imgsz%3D%26count_override%3D20%26oreq%3D923f1e4b4a3f48ccb2d975afcf0bfa96&imgHeight=1218&imgWidth=1280&imgTitle=beautiful+%3Cb%3Estar%3C%2Fb%3E-looking&imgSize=181903&hostName=jeffpmanassero.teachfor.us

Teethbrushing Graphic (n.d). Retreieved on February 22, 2010 from http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/images/brushing_teeth_-_clip_art.jpg

Up Arrow (n.d.). Retrieved on February 23, 2010 from http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/misc/up-arrow.jpg