Upload
winifred-talley
View
36
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. Laughing along the way. Back to Work after TBI/Multiple Trauma. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. Learning Objectives. Name at least three new ideas for successful return to work. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
LAUGHING ALONG THE WAY
Back to Work after TBI/Multiple Trauma
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Learning Objectives
Name at least three new ideas for successful return to work.
Demonstrate the use of at least two compensatory strategies to help ensure successful work re-entry.
Remember at least two funny pitfalls of returning to work to share with your clients so they can avoid those problems in their own journeys.
Who I Was BeforeProgram Director at Touchstone (TNC)
Perfectionist
Wife/No children
Workaholic
Supervisor
In Line Skating Enthusiast
Seamstress
Recreational Therapist
Daughter
Sister
Friend
November 1, 1997
And the Journey Begins…
Life Flight trip to Houston – Memorial Hermann Hospital, The Medical Center
Both lungs punctured, swelling of the brain, 32 fracture sites—Diagnosis: Moderate Brain Injury with Multiple Trauma
Drug Induced Coma for two weeks – “in and out”
Loss of who I was- Stripper ?? Actress ??
Learning a new role
And the JourneyContinues
Out of Coma- What happened those two weeks? When can I go back to work?
Never too soon to think about returning to work and what those steps are going to be!
Long Term Acute Care – 3 months Occupational Therapy and Pre-Voc work
Organizing Activities for the other patients Outpatient Therapy
Housework as a training ground Organizing your home to make back to work
easier
Neuropsychological Test
A “road map” to recovery Final report shows strengths and weaknesses
The key is to use your strengths to overcome
your weaknesses!
Practical Application
Back to school for MBA…
“Talk the talk and walk the walk”
Back to work with a modified work schedule: 1 month of 2 hours per day (10 hours a week) 1 month of 4 hours per day (20 hours a week) 1 month of 6 hours per day (30 hours a week) BACK TO FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT!!!
The Journey at a Glance
Wreck and ER
ICU/Coma
Main Floor at Acute Care
LTAC
Outpatient
BACK TO WORK!!!
Back to Work
Organize an at home work station—keep everything together.
Adopt a new “trusted system” for organizing to do lists, calendar, projects, calls, etc. Getting Things Done (GTD), David Allen
Mind Sweep Weekly Review
Day Runner
Structuring Your Work Day
Using outlook or other schedule/calendar to track events, meetings, things that must get done TODAY.
Laminated card== “My current focus: I am now working on ___________. When done, the next item is ___________.”
Use your brain to do the work, not remember what you are supposed to be doing!
Being “In The Moment” at Work
Peaceful Habits by Dr. Jude Theriot Practice Daily Focus on what is happening now, not
things from the past or things in the future. “It is what it is!” Honey Boo-Boo’s mom
Focusing on past can cause grief-instead focus on what you CAN do now.
“Let it go” attitude I’m never going back, the past is in the
past…”
Attitude
Embracing our deficits at work We all make mistakes
My big blunder Stop being your own worst critic! Let your co-workers know what to expect and
how they should react to be helpful.
Technology
It doesn’t make you look disabled! ipad vs. iphone
Hundreds of “aps” to help us out Use Your Own Handwriting Any.DO Runkeeper
Hopefully you have…
Heard at least three new ideas for successful return to work.
Learned about the use of at least two compensatory strategies to help ensure successful work re-entry.
Heard at least two funny pitfalls of returning to work to share with your clients so they can avoid those problems in their own journeys.
It all comes down to this…
Questions/Comments
“Ask me anything—my life is an open book!”