Tips for Caregivers: How to Support Common Post-TBI Symptoms

Individuals living with traumatic brain injury may experience a variety of post-injury symptoms. For caregivers, navigating these symptoms and understanding how best to support individuals experiencing them can be challenging. This caregiver webinar will focus on developing strategies related to common post-TBI symptoms.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe common post-TBI symptoms
• Discuss common behaviors following TBI
• Identify strategies for caregivers to support individuals experiencing common post-TBI symptoms and behaviors

Speaker:

David Rothman, PhD, ABPP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at VCU Health System and serves as faculty in the outpatient rehabilitation psychology service at Virginia Commonwealth University. He previously worked in the inpatient brain injury service at Sheltering Arms Institute. Dr. Rothman earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from The College of New Jersey and his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Central Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs and his fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center.

Includes 1 ACBIS CEU.