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Val LougheedNorthern Lights Canada
Real Work * Real People * Real Results
Access Awareness
Trauma, Rehabilitation and Recovery –
~ Keep Your Fork ~
1-800-361-4642 * www.northernlightscanada.ca * [email protected]
“You don’t want your impairments to define you – you want them to inform you.”
(Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)
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Agenda
•Beginning …
•Middle …
•End …
Access Awareness
1. What does it mean to recover?
2. What can I do to recover and return to a life that includes work?
3. What can we do to facilitate access and ability?
Rated PG-113
People Strongly Cautioned!
May contain bad language, brief nudity, sexual overtones, and drug usage.
Beginning
1978
Sept. 9, 2003 - morning
Sept. 9 – p.m.
Sept. 15 2003 – Jan. 19 2004
Journey Back to Life
February 2004 – Present
Starting Point
The
Re-organization
of Self
March 2004
“In the aftermath of traumatic life events … [the] sense of self has been shattered.”
(Herman, 1992, p. 61)
“An existential crisis …”
(Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)
The First Step is a …..
Losing My Grip
My IWRPAugust 2004
VIDEO CLIP Seven of Nine…
resistance is futilehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvA9VBSGow
07 -- 33
Middle
Research
Middle
Narcotic Pain Killers
Paul Bach-y-Rita – 1934 – 2006
Scientist and Rehab Doctor
Neuroplasticity - 1969
TraumaPersonal Experience
• Listen to me
• Understand me
• Respect me
• Are competent
I trust (love, feel safe with, will try hard for) people who:
METHODS OF HELPING
VIDEO CLIP Esther
SternbergDr. Esther Sternberg Demo
Reel – YouTube; 00 -- .36
Cortisol and Immune Cells
Sternberg, 2001; p. 112
Scaling the Canyon
Access Awareness
Resilience Ability to return to original form after
being bent (bounce back)
Thriving in constant change, ability to be:
• Flexible
• Creative
• Adaptable
• Learn from experiencehttp://www.resiliencycenter.com/articles/5levels.shtml
Access Awareness
Rehabilitation (habiter – to live inside)
“Rehabilitation is the learning to live inside not only one’s body, however it is after an injury or illness, but inside one’s very being.”
(Kabat-Zinn, in Meili, 2003; p. 241)
Access Awareness
RecoveryCuring Focus on the illness/
impairment [outside]
Healing Focus on the person [inside]
Crombez, October; 2003
Be Still
Sept., 2005
Waskesiu
Breast Cancer Reconstructive Surgery
March 2006
Convocation M.Ed. -- June 2006
Back in “a” SaddleSeptember 2007
• Officially change role/ title
• Re-organize NL
• Work part-time
Access Awareness
1. What does it mean to recover?
2. What can I do to recover and return to a life that includes work?
3. What can we do to facilitate access and ability?
Keep Your Fork
Northern Lights Canada is a person-centred organization committed to providing innovative, responsive links to real work.
We offer 4 major divisions of service: • Vocational Rehabilitation Services • Employment Services • Employer Services• Corporate Training
For more information, please contact us: 1-800-361-4642
www.northernlightscanada.ca
Voc Rehab Canada (VRCAN) is a national consortium of experienced regional vocational rehabilitation companies. VRCAN provides customers with single-point access to VR services anywhere they are needed in Canada, whether on an individual service or contract basis.
Member companies include:Argus Management Consultants,
Inc. Sandra Preeper & Associates
Advantage Rehabilitation Consultants Ltd.
Rehabilitation Alternatives Limited / Vocational Alternatives Software
OPTIMA Rehabilitation CVE Inc.
Northern Lights Canada Occupational Rehabilitation Group of Canada (ORGOC)
Western Rehabilitation Specialists Inc.
Diversified Rehabilitation Group
Genesis Rehabilitation Ltd. Rehabilitation FocusFor more information, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-361-
4642