Obtaining and maintaining employment after brain injury is one of the many obstacles patients face as they return to the community. Programs such as Resource Facilitation at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana and the Supported Employment program at the Department of Veterans Affairs provide a foundation of assistance to support and boost competitive employment in the community while maintaining a patient-centered, individualized approach. Success of these programs supports the value of patient-centered care in management of TBI as well as the impact of multidisciplinary approaches. References
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Author Bios Devan Parrott, PhD, is the Director of the Research, Training, and Outcome Center for Brain Injury at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana and Adjunct Assistant Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine Summer Ibarra, PhD, is the Clinical Director of the Rehabilitation Neuropsychology and Resource Facilitation departments at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana and Adjunct Assistant Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Indiana University School of Medicine Wendy Waldman, BSW, CBIST, is a local support network leader for the Department of Resource Facilitation at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana. She has been working with brain injury for 15 years and is a certified brain injury specialist trainer through ACBIS (Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists through Brain Injury Association of America). Terri K. Pogoda, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health.
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