Join us at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 7 for a 60-minute webinar on Caregiving and Coping with TBI, presented by Timothy Elliott, Ph.D.
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.
Living with TBI can present many difficulties for families, as concomitants can include problems with regulating negative moods, displays of aggressive behavior, memory loss, and physical symptoms such as recurrent headaches and fatigue. Family members are often at a loss in their attempts to understand these behaviors and assist their loved one in day-to-day routines and during times of stress.
In this presentation the Dr. Elliott will review basic information about TBI, its complications and issues family members face living with TBI. The presentation will provide information about coping and specific problem solving strategies that have been useful to other caregivers living with TBI. Service providers will also benefit from learning the utility of problem-solving strategies, and how to help family caregivers learn these approaches. Additional resources will be provided to participants.
Presenter
Timothy R. Elliott, Ph.D., ABPP, is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint faculty appointment with the School of Rural Public Health at the Texas A&M Health Sciences Center. He obtained his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987. After his internship at the Seattle Veterans Administration Medical Center in Seattle, WA, he served on faculty with the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has also been a faculty member with the School of Medicine and with the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
His research has examined adjustment processes among persons living with chronic and disabling health conditions, with particular emphasis on the role of social problem-solving abilities and other factors that predict adjustment following disability. This work has resulted in over 200 professional publications and federal grant funding for over 15 years (including support for five randomized clinical trials). His research team pioneered the use of long-distance technologies in providing problem solving training to family caregivers of persons with acquired disabilities, including the first randomized clinical trials of a psychological intervention for family caregivers of persons with spinal cord injuries, and for family caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injuries. In 2006, he was featured in the instructional DVD entitled, Caregiving, as part of the Psychotherapy Video/DVD Series on Relationships published by American Psychological Association.
He is a member of the Defense Health Board’s Neurological/Behavioral Health subcommittee to provide advice on psychological/mental health issues and neurological symptoms or conditions among service members and their families. He served as Editor for Rehabilitation Psychology (2006-2011), published by the American Psychological Association. Currently, he is the Editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychology. He was co-editor of the first edition of the Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology (2000). He is a Fellow of three APA divisions and holds board certification (ABPP) in rehabilitation psychology.
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