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Northeast Center for Special Care Podcasts are programs related to traumatic brain injury, neurorehabilitation, spinal cord injury, ventilator care and weaning, respiratory care, assistive technology, and community reintegration. Primary Format : Medical Language : English Also Listed as: City : Lake Katrine State/Province : NY Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Northeast Center for Special Care Podcast Podcasts Methings.com listings of Northeast Center for Special Care Podcast Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Northeast Center for Special Care Podcast Movement Disorders and TBI Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD. Time: 2857 In this program Dr. Nathan Zasler discusses the different kinds of movement disorders common after an brain injury including risk, severity, and how movement disorders may very with the type of brain injury a person has. Evaluation of movement disorders as well as treatment options are considered in this informative Podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neuro-Optometry and Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Neera Kapoor, O.D., M.S., FAAO, B.Sc, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Raymond J. Greenwald Rehabilitation Center, SUNY- Optometry, New York. Time: 28:56 Synopsis: Vision is one of our most important senses and it is vulnerable to impairment after a traumatic brain injury. In this program our Guest Dr. Neera Kapoor who gives an overview of Neuro-Optometry and discusses why if differs from Ophthalmology and Optometry and t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Balance and Dizziness After Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD Time: 31:30 Synopsis: Issues of balance and dizziness are common after a traumatic brain injury. Problems with balance can cause an individual to feel unsteady, woozy, or have sensations of movement, spinning, or floating. Dizziness, can affect a person with TBI when their head is placed in certain positions, it can be triggered by loud noises and is often accompanied by headaches. In this edi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sexuality After Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD Time: 30:10 Synopsis: Issues surrounding sexuality and sexual performance are common after traumatic brain injury. Sometimes this is a difficult subject for survivor, physician, spouse or partner to discuss. Dr. Nathan D. Zasler and program host Gerry Brooks present a frank and informative discussion about this topic including: reduction in sexual drive, erectile dysfunction, physical problem ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sleep Disorders and Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD Time: 33:07 Synopsis: Sleep disorders are common after a traumatic brain injury. Sleep apnea, insomnia and other sleep disturbances can affect a TBI survivors quality of life and have the potential to make recovery more difficult as well as aggravate other TBI symptoms. Dr. Zasler presents an overview on sleep disorders after traumatic brain injury and treatment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spasticity After Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD Time: 30:42 Synopsis: Spasticity is a condition that can occur after a traumatic brain injury. It can affect the functioning of a person, sometimes keep them from performing activities of daily living as well as have a negative impact on the quality of life. What is spasticity and how is it treated? Our Guest Dr. Nathan D. Zasler and host Gerry Brooks discuss. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Impairments of Consciousness Part 3 - Treatment Modalities Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD Time: 37:30 Synopsis: The final installment of our three part series on impairments of consciousness. Our guest Dr. Nathan D. Zasler, discusses assessment tools, treatment modalities, ethical issues, factors in continuing or discontinuing treatment as well as what is on the horizon for treatment in the future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Sarah M. DeWard, MS, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Time: 26:56 Synopsis: Domestic Violence is a pattern of coercive behavior aimed at gaining and maintaining power and control over an intimate partner. Sarah DeWard talks about domestic violence, its patterns and types of abuse. The conversation shifts to focus on individuals who have a traumatic brain injury which is either preexisting or as a result of abuse, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Impairments of Consciousness, Part 2: Consciousness and the Brain Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Nathan Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM, CIME, Medical Director, The Tree of Life Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center in Glen Allen, VA., Editor of the journal: "Brain Injury," and chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association. Time: 32:25 Synopsis: In the second part of our three-part series we present a primer on basic brain functions ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shaken Baby Syndrome - A Parent's Perspective Host: Kathy McCormick, RN, CBIS, WWC, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Catherine Sanders, Director and Founder of Shaken Baby Prevention, Inc. Time: 35:37 Synopsis: Shaken Baby Syndrome is a form of child abuse that can cause traumatic brain injury, developmental delays, paralysis, severe motor dysfunction, spasticity, blindness, seizures, and it can cause death. One out of four victims of SBS dies. Our guest, Catherine Sanders is the parent of a child w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neuroscience for Everyone! Host: Rick Soshensky, MA, CMT, NRMT. Guest: Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, University of Washington. Time: 35:37 Synopsis: What is Neuroscience? Dr. Chudler provides an overview and discusses his helpful website: Neuroscience for Kids where visitors can learn more about the brain and central nervous system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seizure and Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD. Time: 28:59 Synopsis: Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of seizure disorder. In this program host Gerry Brooks discusses seizure with our guest Nathan D. Zasler, MD. An overview of seizures is presented and important questions are answered: what is a seizure, what is the difference between a seizure and a behavior?, what is the progression of post-traumatic epilepsy, how are seizu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Service Dogs Host: Rick Soshensky, MA, MT-BC, NRMT, Director of the Fine and Performing Arts Program, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Kimberly Carnevale, founder: Canine and Abled Time: 27:43 Synopsis: Kimberly Carnevale is a traumatic brain injury survivor. Because of seizures and ambulation issues Ms. Carnevale partners with a service dog. After a number of experiences of access denial with her service dog in public areas she started an organization called Canine and Abled. Ms. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Head Cases - Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest:   Michael Paul Mason, Author, Brain Injury Case Manager. Time: 26:21 Synopsis: A discussion of the new book Head Cases - Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath, with author Michael Paul Mason. Mr. Mason talks about what led him to write the book. There is a frank discussion of the state of brain injury rehabilitation in the US and suggestions on how people could work ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Impairments of Consciousness Part One - Introduction to the States of Consciousness Including the Vegetative State Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Nathan Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM, CIME, Medical Director, The Tree of Life Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center in Glen Allen, VA., Editor of the journal: "Brain Injury," and chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association. Time: 32:25 Synopsis: Impairments of Consciousness and States of Consciousness Including the Vegetative State, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mothers Against Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Tracy East-Porter, founder and Executive Director of Mothers Against Brain Injury Time: 24:14 Synopsis: Tracy East-Porter is the mother of a teenage son who is a brain injury survivor. She discusses her experience of remaining with her son in the trauma center during those critical days after his injury. Ms. East-Porter explains what led her to found Mothers Ag ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Providing Community Based Services to Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Paul Scarpati, MS OTR/L Guests: Joseph Abdulla, George Griffith, Karina Davis-Corr, Cortland Community Reentry Program Time: 28:40 Synopsis: New York State is recognized as a leader in the nation of providing community-based services to individuals with traumatic brain injury. Cortland Community Reentry Program has been providing those kinds of services for over seventeen years. Our guests discuss how people with TBI are supported in the community, the kinds of servic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Pain in the Brain - The Problem of Headache After Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Nathan Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM, CIME, Medical Director, The Tree of Life Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center in Glen Allen, VA., Editor of the journal: "Brain Injury," and chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association. Time: 36:27 Synopsis: Dr. Nathan Zasler discusses headaches related to traumatic brain injury including the different kinds of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When Should TBI Rehabilitation be Discontinued? Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Nathan Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM, CIME, Medical Director, The Tree of Life Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center in Glen Allen, VA., Editor of the journal: "Brain Injury," and chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association. Time: 33:54 Synopsis: Dr. Nathan Zasler discusses the stages of brain injury rehabilitation, whether it is possible to define ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Positive Behavioral Supports in Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs, Northeast Center for Special Care Guest: Thomas E. Pomeranz Ed.D., President and CEO of Universal LifeStiles, Indianapolis, IN.br /> Time: 31:42 Synopsis: Dr. Pomeranz discusses the use of positive behavioral supports with individuals who have a traumatic brain injury, antecedents such as environment, interactions, etc. Dr. Pomeranz talks about what the individual is communicating through behaviors and gai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website