Surviving Brain Injury
b'Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injuries Don\\u2019t Just Learn to Walk or Eat Again \\u2013They May Also Have to Learn How to Live
Guest:, project manager of \\u201cWho Are You Now?\\u201d with Headway East London and author of \\u201cTell Me the Planets: Stories of Brain Injury and What It Means to Survive\\u201d
Waking up from a coma or leaving a hospital is only the first step in surviving a traumatic brain injury. Ben Platts-Mills has worked with people that have suffered accidents, assaults, and other forms of trauma to help them understand and live with disabilities that can affect their sense of identity as well as physical or mental capacities.
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Brain Damage and Criminal Behavior
Guest: Kim Gorgens, Professor, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver
Traumatic brain injuries are much more common in prison populations than in the population at large. What does this teach us about rehabilitation and recividivism?'