Smile and Jump High! the True Story of Overcoming a Traumatic Brain Injury4 reviews Donald J. Lloyd, Shannon L. Kehoe, ... Starlight Pr, 2001 For anyone having to come to grips with recovering + Great book! + Success is Possible Smile And Jump High!: The True Story Of Overcoming A Traumatic Brain Injury is the moving and compelling testimony of Shannon, a young woman who suffered a near-fatal auto accident. A devastating brain injury forces Shannon to embark on a grueling four-year journey of gradually re-learning simple ...             The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. ...105 reviews Norman Doidge Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Giving it a Try + One of the Revolutionary New Books on Brain Change + Human brain life + The Brain That Changes Itself. + Neuroplasticity: The Changeable Brain             I Told the Mountain to Move: Learning to Pray So Things Change22 reviews Patricia Raybon SaltRiver, 2006 A Thought Provoking Book + True and Tried, Ms. Raybon will ignite your prayer life! + Awesome Inspiring + I Told the Mountain to Move + I Told The Mountain To Move             My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)119 reviews Jill Bolte Taylor Thorndike Press, 2008 Unique view of our energy bodies + A Must Read + Personal Account and Great Advice + What did my grandmother feel after her stroke?             Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief10 reviews Pauline Boss Harvard University Press, 2000 A Brave Step into an area people don't want to acknowledge + how to deal with undefined losses + No book is going to take away the loss + Ambiguous Loss             Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind95 reviews V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee Harper Perennial, 1999 engaging and intrguing + An Exciting and Entertaining Foray into the Mind + Are there phantoms in our brain or is our self a phantom? + Good for those considering Cognitive Science as a major + And the point is....             Listening in the Silence, Seeing in the Dark: Reconstructing Life after Brain Injury Ruthann Knechel Johansen University of California Press, 2002 Traumatic brain injury can interrupt without warning the life story that any one of us is in the midst of creating. When the author's fifteen-year-old son survives a terrible car crash in spite of massive trauma to his brain, she and her family know only that his story has not ended. Their efforts, Erik's own efforts, and those of everyone who helps bring him from deep coma to new life make up a ...             Retraining Cognition: Techniques and Applications Rick Parente, Douglas J. Herrmann Pro-Ed, 2003 Towson State University, Towson, MD. Textbook on cognitive rehabilitation therapy, for psychology and rehabilitation students. Discusses therapeutic methods and their theoretical foundations in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and speech and language therapy.             Fighting for David: A True Story of Stubborn Love, Faith, and Hope beyond Reason6 reviews Leone Nunley, Dean Merrill Tyndale House Publishers, 2006 Love in it's purest form + A must read for all Neurology medical schools and hospitals + A Mother's Healing Power + This should be required reading! + Faith in Action             In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing112 reviews Lee Woodruff, Bob Woodruff Random House, 2007 How One Minute Can Change Lives! + A Brutally Honest Look Into A Public Figure's Joys and Trials + A Modern Miracle + A very moving story             Brain, Heal Thyself: A Caregiver's New Approach to Recovery from Stroke, Aneurysm, And Traumatic Brain ...9 reviews Madonna Siles, Lawrence J. Beuret Hampton Roads Pub Co, 2006 Seven Stars! + a must read if you want to help someone recover + One of the most important self-help books on the market I do not remember the excrutiating pain I was apparently in when I had my brain aneurysm. Nor do I recall my months of recovery in hospitals and the nursing home. But I am very grateful that my friend and caregiver never gave up on using her emotion-based approach to brain rehab. I typed the ...             Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out60 reviews Claudia L. Osborn Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2000 Brain Fog Unfogged -- A Feat in Communication + Essential for the patient and the family + From a Fellow Survivor + Both a doctor & brain injury patient...             Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines2 reviews Mark Ylvisaker, Timothy Feeney Singular, 1998 A truly collaborative approach to brain injury rehab + This one is a gotta have When we were organizing a community reentry program for adults with brain injury eight years ago, this book became our bible. Based on rich research in the area of positive behavioral supports for students with behavioral challenges, and focused primarily on the brain injury community, the book ...             Where is the Mango Princess?47 reviews Cathy Crimmins Vintage, 2001 Well-written, Powerful and Excellent! + Cynical, Thoughtful and Scary + wonderful book + Very moving memoir             Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology2 reviews Jenni A. Ogden Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 I wish she had more books out there! + Interesting and very informative Ms. Ogden's writing has a touch of Oliver Sacks-like quality. Not only does she describe each patient's clinical assessment in terms of scores on neuropsychological testing batteries, but she also describes the processes by which the patients cope with their medical problems and how they affect ...             The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. ...105 reviews Norman Doidge Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Giving it a Try + One of the Revolutionary New Books on Brain Change + Human brain life + The Brain That Changes Itself. + Neuroplasticity: The Changeable Brain             Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines2 reviews Mark Ylvisaker, Timothy Feeney Singular, 1998 A truly collaborative approach to brain injury rehab + This one is a gotta have When we were organizing a community reentry program for adults with brain injury eight years ago, this book became our bible. Based on rich research in the area of positive behavioral supports for students with behavioral challenges, and focused primarily on the brain injury community, the book ...             Fighting for David: A True Story of Stubborn Love, Faith, and Hope beyond Reason6 reviews Leone Nunley, Dean Merrill Tyndale House Publishers, 2006 Love in it's purest form + A must read for all Neurology medical schools and hospitals + A Mother's Healing Power + This should be required reading! + Faith in Action             Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out60 reviews Claudia L. Osborn Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2000 Brain Fog Unfogged -- A Feat in Communication + Essential for the patient and the family + From a Fellow Survivor + Both a doctor & brain injury patient...             Retraining Cognition: Techniques and Applications Rick Parente, Douglas J. Herrmann Pro-Ed, 2003 Towson State University, Towson, MD. Textbook on cognitive rehabilitation therapy, for psychology and rehabilitation students. Discusses therapeutic methods and their theoretical foundations in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and speech and language therapy.