My motto is "Let's Get To Work!" (cognitively, emotionally and vocationally); I go full out to help my clients reach for their maximum potential.
Through my 20+ years working to help people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and other cognitive issues, I’ve learned many invaluable lessons on cognitive recovery, including the cognitive, emotional and vocational aspects. I excel...
Ashley's Mom (Deborah), once a police officer, is now a computer professional who balances her work life and her very busy home life as the single parent of four unique children.
Deborah's birth son, Chip, is 18 years old and will be going off to college in the Fall of 2009. When Chip was 5 years old, Deborah adopted her daughter, Ashley. Ashley, now 14years old, was born 14 weeks...
The Adapted Life is a blog is for parents of children with physical, cognitive and developmental disabilities who want to live a normal family life in a household likely filled with assistive technology (AT), paperwork and appointments. I am a parent of a teen with cerebral palsy who uses AT for communication, mobility and learning. I am also the founder of www.SayitwithSymbols.com, a web...
I am the mother of 4 girls, my oldest being a teenager with severe autistic spectrum disorder, severe-profound cognitive impairments, and a seizure disorder. Though currently I am a stay-at-home Mom, (and aspiring writer) I have my Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology and have worked extensively with the developmental disabled population, with parent training in behavior management , and with...
Individual and Family Psychotherapy. Parenting and Adolescence Issues, Parental Skills Development, Anxiety and Depression Regulation, Relaxation and Stress Management. Treatment for Chemical Dependency, Motivational Approach to Sobriety and Recovery Maintenance. Individualized Relapse Prevention Planning. Specialized care for Developmental Disabilities. EMDR Therapy, Dual Recovery Workshops,...
I am Dr. Jagdish Vankar, MD Psychiatry. I strive to provide holistic, ethical and satisfying management of mental health disorders for all age groups.
Services available for:
* Depression, Mania, Schizophrenia, Sleep disorders, Stress Induced disorders and Anxiety disorders such as Panic attacks, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Phobias.
* Epilepsy, Migraine and other headaches
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I'm a writer, mostly essays on a variety of subjects, but often on the place of people with disabilities in society. My own journey as a person with a disability is chronicled in a memoir, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio, which was published Fall 2008 by The University of Iowa Press.
Simply put, I am a single father raising a severely disabled teenage daughter. The adventure is fraught with stumbles, prejudices, hills to climb, lows and highs. I offer them all is straightforward language.
