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Support Groups

Bridging the Gap Support Group - Tuesdays in person and on Zoom
Support Group Meeting for survivors, caregivers, family and friends — 9:00 AM
Caregiver Meeting — 11:00 AM
For more info, please call Celeste Palmer at (909) 260-0980.

Glendora After Stroke Support Center - A free, weekly support program for stroke survivors and their families. Meetings are held on Wednesdays at the La Fetra Senior Center in Glendora, California, and feature fun activities in a safe, welcoming environment.
(909) 241-0445 - Julie John, Director
info@afterstrokers.org

Life After Stroke: New Beginnings
The stroke support group of Pomona Valley Hospital, held in Claremont at Pomona Valley Health Center on Monte Vista.
Meetings are held every fourth Thursday of the month from 10 to 11:30 AM.
For more information please email Stroke.Support@PVHMC.org.
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St. Jude Brain Injury Network - A program of St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, TBI OC serves survivors of brain injury. "We can help you pick up the pieces." This active community provides classes at no charge on Cognitive Rehabilitation, Regulating Emotions, and Music Therapy. Help is also provided on reintegration into the community, education, and housing.

Jodi House - Jodi House EMPOWERS brain injury survivors to not merely survive, but THRIVE. No one is ever turned away from Jodi House because of the inability to pay. The Santa Barbara based group provides day programs, caregiver support, and connections to a host of resources.

Daily Strength - Brain Injury Support Group
A forum offering free, anonymous support from people just like you. Includes health articles and community advisors.

Hey Peers
Daily web-conferencing peer support groups for people experiencing mental health difficulties who are looking for live, confidential support and "I've been there" understanding. SGC groups come via smart phone, tablet, or computer. No driving to a brick and mortar location. Groups can be easily accessed from anywhere.

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Books

NEW! Brain & Life Magazine
Looking for information and resources to help you keep your brain healthy? The official publication of the American Academy of Neurology. Subscriptions are free, or read it online.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Ways to Think Positive
by Amy Newmark
Amazon.com
These writers are fabulous role models for all of us--real people who have used a positive attitude to create happier lives!
Everyone can benefit from a little more positive thinking. Your attitude is a powerful tool that can help you react to the ups and downs of life and even change what happens next.
Prepare to be inspired! In this important new collection from Chicken Soup for the Soul, you'll read 101 true, personal stories that will give you practical, proven methods for:

• manifesting positive outcomes
• using the power of gratitude
• freeing yourself through forgiveness
• stepping outside your comfort zone
• turning adversity into opportunity
• navigating the grieving process
• bringing joy back into your life
• reaching out and connecting
• finding your inner strength
• managing health challenges
• finding the silver lining
• facing your fears
• powering forward
• keeping the faith!

Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better
by Wendy Suzuki, PhD
Amazon.com
A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide--a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.
Wendy discovered that there is a biological connection between exercise, mindfulness, and action. With exercise, your body feels more alive and your brain actually performs better. Yes--you can make yourself smarter. In this fascinating book, Suzuki makes neuroscience easy to understand, interweaving her personal story with groundbreaking research, and offering practical, short exercises--4 minute Brain Hacks--to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn new skills, and function more efficiently.
Taking us on an amazing journey inside the brain as never before, Suzuki helps us unlock the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our brains, or bodies, and, ultimately, our lives.

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande
In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Is it better to fight the good fight or live a good life?
Amazon.com

Being With Rachel: A Personal Story of Memory and Survival
by Karen Brennan
Amazon.com

Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice
edited by Nathan D. Zasler, M.D.l Douglas I. Katz, M.D.; and Ross D. Zafonte
Amazon.com
Google Books - Read the entire textbook for free!

Brain On!: Mental Fitness Strategies for Sharpening Focus, Boosting Energy, and Winning the Workday
by Deb Smolensky
Amazon.com
If you want to be more mentally prepared for each workday, then brain on!
The most powerful technology ever known is already in place--your brain. As incredible as that organ is, it hasn't received an update. Your brain is meant to keep you safe (and it does that very well!), but you must improve your operating system to reach your goals, find joy, and get results at work.
Negativity occurs when you're not conscious about how you use your brain. This leads to overwhelm, distraction, burnout, and other workplace stressors. In Brain On!, Deb Smolensky is your coach to retrain your brain through strategies that will help you improve your mental fitness and find your way through the complex and changing world. As one of the leading authorities on human performance and workplace well-being, Smolensky knows that just as we need to work out our muscles to get physically stronger, our brains need exercise to be more resilient and aware.
Whether you are an ambitious individual wanting to stay energized, efficient, and fulfilled, or an organizational leader who wants to elevate your workplace culture, Brain On! is your manual for improving your mindset and being victorious each workday.

Brain Repair
by Donald G. Stein, Simon Brailowsky, and Bruno Will
Amazon.com

The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by Norman Doidge
Amazon.com

The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
by Norman Doidge
Winner of the 2015 Gold Nautilus Award in Science & Cosmology
Author of The Brain that Changes Itself, Norman Doidge comes out with a revolutionary new book which shows how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. The Brain's Way of Healing describes natural, noninvasive avenues into the brain provided by the energy around us — in light, sound, vibration, and movement — that can awaken the brain's own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects. Doidge explores cases where patients alleviated chronic pain; recovered from debilitating strokes, brain injuries, and learning disorders; overcame attention deficit and learning disorders; and found relief from symptoms of autism, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and cerebral palsy. Doidge uses stories to present cutting-edge science with practical real-world applications, and principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain's performance and health.
Amazon.com

The Brain Wellness Plan
by Jay Lombard and Carl Germano
Amazon.com

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries: 101 Stories of Hope, Healing, and Hard Work
by Amy Newmark (Author), Dr. Carolyn Roy-Bornstein (Author), Lee Woodruff (Foreword)
featuring a story by our own Celeste Palmer
Amazon.com

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy: 101 Stories about Creating Your Best Life
by Amy Newmark and Deborah Norville
Featuring a story by our own Carol Lake!
Amazon.com
Everyone can use a little more positive thinking--to create an even better life. Your attitude is a powerful tool, and these stories from real people show you how to think yourself into a more fulfilling, happier life.
As co-author Deborah Norville says, "Change your thoughts and you'll change your world. Sometimes you need an example to follow, a how-to that works for you. These stories can help you do just that."
In this collection, you'll read stories about:

• making every day count through mindfulness and thankfulness
• trying new things and stepping outside your comfort zone
• simple phrases that could change your life
• turning lemons to lemonade and finding the silver lining in every situation
• finding your inner strength and turning adversity into opportunity
• counting your blessings and using the power of gratitude
• rebooting your life and living with passion and purpose
• how volunteering and making a difference can turn your life around
• strategies that work for bringing joy back into your life
• techniques for managing cancer and other health challenges.

Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
by Diane Roberts Stoler and Barbara Albers Hill
A comprehensive guide for improving memory, focus, and quality of life in the aftermath of a concussion.
Often presenting itself after a head trauma, concussion — or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) — can cause chronic migraines, depression, memory, and sleep problems that can last for years, referred to as post concussion syndrome (PCS).
Neuropsychologist and concussion survivor Dr. Diane Roberts Stoler is the authority on all aspects of the recovery process. Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is a lifeline for patients, parents, and other caregivers.
Author's Website | Amazon.com

Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
by Diane Roberts Stoler and Barbara Albers Hill
Amazon.com
Google Books - Read the first 179 pages for free!

Cracked: Recovering after Traumatic Brain Injury
by Lynsey Calderwood
Publisher's Website | Amazon.com

Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
by Leonard Mlodinow
Author and theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow elaborates on how using elastic thinking in an ever-changing world, or in any period of transition, can be constructive to one's success in confronting change.
Amazon.com

The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
by Clark Elliott, Ph.D.
In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians — one an optometrist emphasizing neurodevelopmental techniques, the other a cognitive psychologist — working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. Within weeks the ghost of who he had been started to re-emerge.
Author's Website | Amazon.com

I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
by Su Meck with Daniel de Visé
The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury--and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: "[A tale] of triumph in the search for identity" (The New York Times Book Review).
In 1988, Su Meck was twenty-two and married with two children when a ceiling fan fell and struck her on the head, erasing all her memories of her life. Although her body healed rapidly, her memories never returned. After just three weeks in the hospital, her physicians released Su and she returned home to take care of her two toddlers. What would you do if you lost your past?
Adrift in a world about which she understood almost nothing, Su became an adept mimic, gradually creating routines and rituals that sheltered her and her family from the near-daily threat of disaster — or so she thought. Though Su would eventually relearn to tie her shoes, cook a meal, read, and write, nearly twenty years would pass before a series of personally devastating events shattered the "normal" life she had worked so hard to build, and she realized that she would have to grow up all over again.
In her own indelible voice, Su offers a unique view from the inside of a terrible injury as she "recounts her grueling climb back to normalcy...in this heart-wrenching true story" (O, The Oprah Magazine). Piercing, heartbreaking, but finally uplifting, I Forgot to Remember is the story of a woman determined to live life on her own terms.
Amazon.com

I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?
by Suzy Becker
Amazon.com
Google Books - Read the first 155 pages for free!

I'll Carry the Fork
by Kara L. Swanson
Amazon.com

Keep Your Brain Alive
by Lawrence C. Katz and Manning Rubin
Amazon.com
Google Books - Read the first 19 pages for free!

Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal
by Anthony William
Anthony William, Medical Medium, has helped tens of thousands of people heal from ailments that have been misdiagnosed or ineffectively treated or that doctors can't resolve. He's done this by listening to a divine voice that literally speaks into his ear, telling him what lies at the root of people's pain or illness, and what they need to do to restore their health. His methods achieve spectacular results, even for those who have spent years and many thousands of dollars on all forms of medicine before turning to him. Now, in this revolutionary book, he opens the door to all he has learned over his 25 years of bringing people's lives back: a massive amount of healing information, much of which science won't discover for decades and most of which has never appeared anywhere before. Medical Medium reveals the root causes of diseases and conditions that medical communities either misunderstand or struggle to understand at all. It explores all-natural solutions for dozens of the illnesses that plague us, including Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, adrenal fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, hormonal imbalances, Hashimoto's disease, multiple sclerosis, depression, neurological conditions, chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease, blood-sugar imbalances, colitis and other digestive disorders, and more. It also offers solutions for restoring the soul and spirit after illness has torn at our emotional fabric. Whether you've been given a diagnosis you don't understand, or you have symptoms you don't know how to name, or someone you love is sick, or you want to care for your own patients better, Medical Medium offers the answers you need. It's also a guidebook for everyone seeking the secrets to living longer, healthier lives. "The truth about the world, ourselves, life, purpose — it all comes down to healing," Anthony William writes. "And the truth about healing is now in your hands."
Author's Website | Amazon.com

Mindstorms: The Complete Guide for Families Living with Traumatic Brain Injury
by John W. Cassidy, M.D.
Amazon.com

Missing Pieces: Mending the Head Injury Family
by Marilyn Colter
Publisher's Website | Amazon.com

My Life, Deleted: A Memoir
by Scott Bolzan, Joan Bolzan and Caitlan Rother
After slipping and hitting his head, Scott was diagnosed with one of the most severe cases of profound retrograde amnesia on record. Now, with unflinching candor, he and his wife, Joan, tell the inspiring story of how they faced a real-life nightmare, and then started anew.
Family's Website | Amazon.com

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
Book Website | Amazon.com

Neuroplasticity: Exercises to Improve Cognitive Flexibility, Conquer Trauma & PTSD, Change Bad Habits, Eliminate Depression, and So Much More
by Adrian Winship
Author Adrian Winship explains how applying findings and strategies based on neuroplasticity can improve quality of life.
Amazon.com

Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out
by Claudia L. Osborn
Amazon.com
Locked inside a brain-injured head looking out at a challenging world is the premise of this extraordinary autobiography. Over My Head is an inspiring story of how one woman comes to terms with the loss of her identity and the courageous steps (and hilarious missteps) she takes while learning to rebuild her life. The author, a 45-year-old doctor and clinical professor of medicine, describes the aftermath of a brain injury eleven years ago which stripped her of her beloved profession. For years she was deprived of her intellectual companionship and the ability to handle the simplest undertakings like shopping for groceries or sorting the mail. Her progression from confusion, dysfunction, and alienation to a full, happy life is told with restraint, great style, and considerable humor.

Parenting Myself
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Amazon.com

Recognizing the Hero Within: Inspiring True Stories of Personal Empowerment
by Carol C. Lake
Amazon.com
You are the Hero of your own story. In this anthology, numerous writers — including our own Celeste, Breanne, Suzanne, and Carol herself — share their true stories of overcoming obstacles on their path to recognizing the Hero within themselves. Rock bottom has built more heroes than privilege has. Be kind to yourself, get to know yourself, become a better version of yourself.
Life's journey involves navigating through experiences, challenges and victories that shape our identities and guide us toward our chosen path. Most individuals have greater capacities than they realize, and learning about the accomplishments of others can empower one to embrace their own capabilities. Keeping a hopeful perspective clears the way for sustained achievement.
My own Hero story began when I was a teenager in the aftermath of a severe coma after being hit by a car. I prevailed over the barriers in my path, and know that you can do it too. This book is a compelling compilation of courageous narratives designed to ignite inspiration and propel you forward in your own journey. What about you, have you become the Hero in your story?

Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury
edited by Walter M. High, Jr; Angelle M. Sander; Margaret A. Struchen; and Karen A. Hart
Amazon.com
Google Books - Read the first 143 pages for free!

Relentless: How a Massive Stroke Changed My Life for the Better
by Ted W. Baxter
Author's Website | Amazon.com

Seeing the Mind: Spectacular Images from Neuroscience, and What They Reveal about Our Neuronal Selves
by Stanislas Dehaene
Amazon.com
A lavishly illustrated and accessibly explained deep dive into the major new findings from cognitive neuroscience.
Who are we? To this age-old question, contemporary neuroscience gives a simple answer: we are exquisite neuronal machines. Each of our dreams, thoughts, and feelings arises from a pattern of activity in our brain. In Stanislas Dehaene's Seeing the Mind, we learn not only that the mind maps onto the brain, but that it is just a complex electrical motif on the tapestry of our neurons. In this richly illustrated and highly accessible book, Dehaene uses the power of brain images to tell the story of centuries-old efforts to understand who we are, and how it is possible that our thoughts emerge from just three pounds of flesh.
Seeing the Mind is divided into one hundred topics, each described by a spectacular full-page color image and, on the facing page, a brief text that explains what this image means and why it matters. By weaving together images and text, the bookbrings readers into the intimacy of their own brains. As Dehaene explains, "All the gorgeous biological processes that you are about to discover are taking place, right now, inside your own brain."
A modern cabinet of curiosities, Seeing the Mind is an intriguing and memorable read that will astonish readers with a direct, face-to-face meeting with themselves — and with the material stuff of their thoughts and dreams.

The Smile on My Forehead: Memoir of My Life with a Brain Injury
by Jennifer Mosher
Amazon.com

Supercharge Your Brain: How to Maintain a Healthy Brain Throughout Your Life
by James Goodwin
Amazon.com
Simon & Schuster's website
The brain is our most vital and complex organ. It controls and coordinates our actions, thoughts and interactions with the world around us. It is the source of personality, of our sense of self, and it shapes every aspect of our human experience.
Yet most of us know precious little about how our brains actually work, or what we can do to optimise their performance. Whilst cognitive decline is the biggest long-term health worry for many of us, practical knowledge of how to look after our brain is thin on the ground.
In this ground-breaking new book, leading expert Professor James Goodwin explains how simple strategies concerning exercise, diet, social life, and sleep can transform your brain health paradigm, and shows how you can keep your brain youthful and stay sharp across your life. Combining the latest scientific research with insightful storytelling and practical advice, Supercharge Your Brain reveals everything you need to know about how your brain functions, and what you can do to keep it in peak condition.

TBI Hell: A Traumatic Brain Injury Really Sucks
by Geo Gosling
Amazon.com
Google Books - Read the first 110 pages for free!

A Three Dog Life: A Memoir
by Abigail Thomas
Author's Website | Amazon.com

The Traumatized Brain
by Vani Rao and Sandeep Vaishnavi
Amazon.com
A traumatic brain injury is a life-changing event, affecting an individual's lifestyle, ability to work, relationships - even personality. Whatever caused it - car crash, work accident, sports injury, domestic violence, combat - a severe blow to the head results in acute and, often, lasting symptoms. People with brain injury benefit from understanding, patience, and assistance in recovering their bearings and functioning to their full abilities.
In The Traumatized Brain, neuropsychiatrists Drs. Vani Rao and Sandeep Vaishnavi - experts in helping people heal after head trauma - explain how traumatic brain injury, whether mild, moderate, or severe, affects the brain. They advise listeners on how emotional symptoms such as depression, anxiety, mania, and apathy can be treated; how behavioral symptoms such as psychosis, aggression, impulsivity, and sleep disturbances can be addressed; and how cognitive functions like attention, memory, executive functioning, and language can be improved. They also discuss headaches, seizures, vision problems, and other neurological symptoms of traumatic brain injury.
By stressing that symptoms are real and are directly related to the trauma, Rao and Vaishnavi hope to restore dignity to people with traumatic brain injury and encourage them to ask for help.

Unscripted: A Guide to Living Spontaneously After Amnesia & Brain Trauma
by Celeste Palmer and Chef Myron Norman
Celeste Palmer is like a Phoenix. When she loses 50 years of her memory after a driver ran a stop sign and crashed into her vehicle, Celeste was forced to start over-literally. Now, years after amnesia and becoming one of the world's most recognized brain trauma educators, Celeste has called upon her own mentee, Chef Myron Norman, to reveal the most intimate details about her recovery and the tools she needed to rise to the top.
Amazon.com

Unthinkable: A Mother's Tragedy, Terror and Triumph through a Child's Traumatic Brain Injury
by Dixie Coskie
Amazon.com

Where Is the Mango Princess?
by Cathy Crimmins
Amazon.com

Whole Brain Living
by Jill Bolte Taylor
Amazon.com
For half a century, we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our left brain houses our rational thinking. Now neuroscience shows that it's not that simple: In fact, our emotional limbic tissue is evenly divided between our two hemispheres. Consequently, each hemisphere has both an emotional brain and a thinking brain. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor presents these four distinct modules of cells as four characters that make up who we are: Character One, Left Thinking; Character Two, Left Emotion; Character Three, Right Emotion; and Character Four, Right Thinking.
Everything we think, feel, or do is dependent upon brain cells to perform that function. Since each of the Four Characters stems from specific groups of cells that feel unique inside of our body, they each display particular skills, feel specific emotions, or think distinctive thoughts. In Whole Brain Living, Dr. Taylor shows us how to get acquainted with our own Four Characters, observe how they show up in our daily life, and learn to identify and relate to them in others as well. And she introduces a practice called the Brain Huddle - a tool for bringing our Four Characters into conversation with one another so we can tap their respective strengths and choose which one to embody in any situation.
The more we become familiar with each of the characters in ourselves and others, the more power we gain over our thoughts, our feelings, our relationships, and our lives. Indeed, we discover that we have the power to choose who and how we want to be in every moment. And when our Four Characters work together and balance one another as a whole brain, we gain a radical new road map to deep inner peace.
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist. In 1996 she experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Her memoir, My Stroke of Insight, documenting her experience with stroke and eight-year recovery, spent 63 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list and is still routinely the number-one book about stroke on Amazon.

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
by Charan Ranganath
Amazon.com
A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering. Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, he reveals the surprising ways our brains record the past and how we use that information to understand who we are in the present, and to imagine and plan for the future.
Memory, Dr. Ranganath shows, is a highly transformative force that shapes how we experience the world in often invisible and sometimes destructive ways. Knowing this can help us with daily remembering tasks, like finding our keys, and with the challenge of memory loss as we age. What's more, when we work with the brain's ability to learn and reinterpret past events, we can heal trauma, shed our biases, learn faster, and grow in self-awareness.
Including fascinating studies and examples from pop culture, and drawing on Ranganath's life as a scientist, father, and child of immigrants, Why We Remember is a captivating read that unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives. When we understand its power-- and its quirks--we can cut through the clutter and remember the things we want to remember. We can make freer choices and plan a happier future.

Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us
by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Amazon.com
Many of us think of the arts as entertainment--a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross show how activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture, and more are essential to our lives.
We're on the verge of a cultural shift in which the arts can deliver potent, accessible, and proven solutions for the well-being of everyone. Magsamen and Ross offer compelling research that shows how engaging in an art project for as little as forty-five minutes reduces the stress hormone cortisol, no matter your skill level, and just one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years. They expand our understanding of how playing music builds cognitive skills and enhances learning; the vibrations of a tuning fork create sound waves to counteract stress; virtual reality can provide cutting-edge therapeutic benefit; and interactive exhibits dissolve the boundaries between art and viewers, engaging all of our senses and strengthening memory. Doctors have even been prescribing museum visits to address loneliness, dementia, and many other physical and mental health concerns.
Your Brain on Art is a portal into this new understanding about how the arts and aesthetics can help us transform traditional medicine, build healthier communities, and mend an aching planet.
Featuring conversations with artists such as David Byrne, Renée Fleming, and evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson, Your Brain On Art is an authoritative guide to neuroaesthetics. The book weaves a tapestry of breakthrough research, insights from multidisciplinary pioneers, and compelling stories from people who are using the arts to enhance their lives.

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Medical and Other Facilities

Advanced Hyperbarics	Jay Hocking, CHT, DMT-A - Program Director Phone: (714) 527-4000 Email: info@AdvancedHyperbarics.com
Dr. Edward J. Barnoski ~ Neuropsychologist	Neuropsychological Associates of Long Island Website: NeuroPsychDoc.com 475 East Main St, Suite 201 Patchogue, New York Phone: (631) 366-3369 Fax: (631) 366-2043 Email: DrBarnoski@gmail.com
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare	255 East Bonita Avenue Pomona, CA 91767 Phone: (909) 596-7733 Website: www.CasaColina.org
The Center for Rehabilitation Medicine at Northridge Hospital Medical Center	18300 Roscoe Boulevard Northridge, CA 91325 Phone: (818) 908-8677 Website: www.NorthridgeHospital.org
Dr. Ray Chen ~ Acupuncture	Acupuncture and Pain Clinic 491-A N. Central Ave. Upland, CA 91786 Phone: (909) 946-8306 Dr. Chen is a highly respected acupuncturist, with over 30 years of experience. Acupuncture is an integrative therapy widely used to treat stress, pain, anxiety, and depression. Most insurances accepted. Summer Hours: Tuesday and Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Claremont Place	120 W. San Jose Avenue Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 447-5259 Website: www.ClaremontPlace.com
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital	2415 De La Vina Santa Barbara, CA 93105-3819 Phone: (805) 687-7444 Website: www.CottageHealth.org/services/rehabilitation
Setareh Derakhshan, DC ~ Neuro-Chiropractor	Your Health In Motion Integrative Wellness Center 456 W. San Jose Ave, Suite A Claremont, CA Phone: (909) 257-7958 221 E. Walnut Street, Suite 275 Pasadena, CA Phone: (626) 765-0555 Email: info@yourhealthinmotion.com Website: yourhealthinmotion.com
Lorena Ensign ~ State Certified Massage Therapist	Call or text Phone: (909) 214-7660
Eye Care Institute at WesternU Health ~ Optometrist	• Pomona Dr. Valerie Quan Alma at front desk Website: www.westernuhealth.com/pomona/services/eye/ 795 E Second St, Suite 2 Pomona, California 91766 Phone: (909) 469-8602 Fax: (909) 469-5228 • Century City Dr. Tina Macdonald: low vision specialist Laura at front desk Website: www.westernuhealth.com/los-angeles/ 2080 Century Park East, Suite 800 Los Angeles, California 90067 Phone: (310) 271-0120
Mary Beth Fletcher ~ CranioSacral Therapy	Claremont, CA Phone: (909) 625-6947 Email: marybethfletcher8@gmail.com
Encompass Health (formerly HealthSouth Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital)	5001 Commerce Drive Bakersfield, CA 93309 Phone: (661) 323-5500 Website: EncompassHealth.com
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Rehabilitation Neuropsychology Faculty Practice Website: https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/brain-injury/patients-families/clinical 5 East 98th Street, B-15 New York NY 10029 Phone: (212) 241-2221 or (888) 241-5152 Email: birc@mountsinai.org
The Leon S. Peters Rehabilitation Center	2823 Fresno Street Fresno, CA 93721 Phone: (559) 459-3957 Website: www.communitymedical.org/home
Loma Linda Medical University East Campus	11234 Anderson Street Loma Linda, California 92354 Phone: (877) LLUMC-4U Website: LomaLindaHealth.org
Long Beach Memorial Rehabilitation Center	2801 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806 Phone: (562) 933-2000 Website: www.MemorialCare.org
Martin McLeod, D.C. ~ Chiropractor	411 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 621-1208
Doug Major, O.D. ~ Optometric Vision Therapy	Optometric Care Associates Website: www.oca2020.com • Los Osos, California 2231 Bayview Heights Dr. Phone: (805) 528-5333 Fax: (805) 528-7723 • Paso Robles, California 1112 Vine St. Phone: (805) 238-1001 Fax: (805) 237-1057 • Templeton, California Central Coast Vision and Learning with Drs Nancy J. Major and W. Ross Major 1050 Las Tablas Road, Suite 4 Phone: (805) 239-7488 Fax: (805) 738-3130 Email: ccvisionlearning@gmail.com
Ida MatAris, L. Ac. ~ Acupuncturist	Healing Circle Community Acupuncture 12598 Central Ave, Unit 113 Chino, CA 91710 Phone: (909) 590-4183 Email: HealingCircleAcupuncture@gmail.com Website: HealingCircleCommunityAcupuncture.com
Dr. Bradley Meltzer ~ Neuro-ophthalmologist	Eye Vision Associates Website: www.EyeVisionAssociates.com 271 Smithtown Boulevard Nesconset, New York Phone: (631) 588-5100 Fax: (631) 588-5185 Email: BRMeltzer@EyeVisionAssociates.com (Do not send personal health information by email.)
New Beginnings Community Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation	12-B Platinum Court Medford, NY 11763 Phone: (631) 286-6166 Website: www.nbli.org
Amy Newmark, PT, NCS ~ Physical Therapist	Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation 1798 N. Garey Avenue Pomona, CA 91767 Phone: (909) 865-9810 Email: amy.newmark@pvhmc.org
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center and Trauma Center	1798 N. Garey Avenue Pomona, CA 91767 Phone: (909) 865-9500 Website: www.pvhmc.org
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center	7601 East Imperial Highway Downey, CA 90242 Phone: (310) 940-7022 Website: www.rancho.org
The Rehabilitation Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center	751 South Bascom Avenue San Jose, CA 95128 Phone: (408) 885-5000 Website: www.scvmc.org/health-care-services/rehabilitation
Rising Star Optometry	Vision therapy, video visits available if you live in a different area Website: https://risingstaroptometry.com/ San Francisco: 2369 Ocean Avenue, Suite 3 San Francisco, CA 94127 San Rafael: 361 Third Street, Suite C, Montecito Plaza Wellness Center San Rafael, CA 94901 Phone: (415) 459-2020 Email: office@risingstarvision.com
Jen Rosen ~ Cranio Sacral Therapy	Phone: (909) 374-3637 Email: jenrosesun@gmail.com
Ryan's Reach R&R ~ Adult Residence for Disabled Brain Injury Survivors	1321 Lear Lane Tustin, CA 92780 Phone: (949) 246-4328 Website: www.RyansReach.com Temporary care in a community-based home in Central Orange County. Visit the home to learn more about our programs and services, and take a tour.
Karen Salter-Moss, PhD ~ Neuro-Psychologist	219 N. Indian Hill Blvd, Suite 100 Claremont, CA 91711 Parking behind building, Handicap space available Phone: (909) 624-6005
St. Jude Brain Injury Network	101 E. Valencia Mesa Drive Fullerton, CA 92835 Phone: (714) 871-3280 Website: https://www.sjbin.org/
Stanford Hospital and Clinics	Blake Wilbur Building, 900 Blake Wilbur Drive Stanford, CA 94304 Phone: (650) 725-8823 Website: StanfordHealthcare.org/
Dr. Douglas Stephey, O.D., M.S. ~ Neuro-Optometrist	208 W. Badillo St. Covina, CA 91723 Phone: (626) 332-4510 Email: dstephey@verizon.net Easy to work with, very knowledgeable about brain injury and vision issues and the corrections that work i.e.: yoked prism assessment and color tinted lenses. Very proactive in working with insurance.
Dr. Wynn N. Tran ~ Neuro Rehab, Developmental Optometry, and Vision Therapy	Heal My Eyes Optometry Website: HealMyEyes.com • Walnut Creek Office 1844 San Miguel Dr #300C Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: (888) 551-9991 Fax: (510) 995-8376 • Corte Madera Office 45 San Clemente Dr, Suite B130 Corte Madera, CA 94925 Phone: (415) 927-1211 Fax: (415) 927-1811
Dr. Angela Yi, Ph.D. ~ Neuropsychologist	1420 North Claremont Blvd, Suite 209C Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 480-8065 Website: www.FoothillsNeuroPsych.com

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Services

Help for TBI survivors, families, providers	Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado 1325 S. Colorado Blvd, Bldg B, Ste 300 Denver, CO 80222 Phone: (303) 355-9969 Toll Free: (800) 955-2443 Fax: (303) 355-9968 Email: Info@BIAColorado.org Website: BIAColorado.org
Ida MatAris, L. Ac. ~ Acupuncturist	Healing Circle Community Acupuncture 12598 Central Ave, Unit 113 Chino, CA 91710 Phone: (909) 590-4183 Email: HealingCircleAcupuncture@gmail.com Website: HealingCircleCommunityAcupuncture.com
Brain Efficiency Tutoring	Brain Boosters Center for Success Mary Kay Chesher - Director Phone: (909) 621-0777 or (909) 931-9000 Website: www.CentersForSuccess.com
Chiropractor	Martin McLeod, D.C. 411 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 621-1208
Concussion Support	Concussion Care Studio Michelle Goin Email: concussioncarestudio@gmail.com
Education and Assessment	Orange Education Center (OEC), Santiago Canyon College Division of Continuing Education As part of Santiago Canyon College's Division of Continuing Education, the Orange Education Center provides free classes in English as a Second Language (ESL), adult basic education, Programs for Older Adults, Adults with Disabilities, and more. The OEC also offers additional services, such as assessment services, personal, academic, and career counseling, and orientation services. Website: www.nld.org/orange-education-center-santiago-canyon-college
Hyperbaric Treatment	Advanced Hyperbarics Jay Hocking, CHT, DMT-A - Program Director Phone: (714) 527-4000 Email: info@AdvancedHyperbarics.com
In-Home Care	Right At Home Dan McGuire - Owner In-home care and assistance for loved ones - everything from bathing to medical care, light housekeeping to companionship. Phone: (909) 466-5472 Email: info@rahrancho.com Website: www.rahrancho.com
Legal	Jason L. Gaudy - CEO, Attorney At Law 267 D Street Upland, CA 91786 Phone: (909) 982-3199 Email: jason@gaudylaw.com Website: www.gaudylaw.com
Living Assistance Services	Visiting Angels 131 E. Foothill Blvd. Glendora, CA 91741 Phone: (800) 365-4189 Website: www.VisitingAngels.com/
Massage	Lorena Ensign State Certified Massage Therapist Call or text Phone: (909) 214-7660
Personal Tracking Code	If I Need Help Erin Wilson Worried that a loved one may wander off? Get a personal QR code on a patch or dog-tag with contact information. Phone: (661) 524-6732 Email: Erin@IfINeedHelp.org Website: IfINeedHelp.org
Salt Therapy Spa	Salt Oasis 11940 Foothill Blvd, Suite 111 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 Phone: (909) 291-7258 Website: SaltOasis.com
Senior Living Advisors	Senior Solutions Professionals Delores Peich - Owner, Elder Care advisor 99 East C Street, Suite 204 Upland, CA 91786 Cell: (909) 229-1087 Office: (909) 931-2822 Email: dpeich@SeniorSolutionsPros.com

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Websites

	NEW! In-Home Support Services - For California residents only: This program provides in-home assistance to eligible aged, blind, and disabled individuals as an alternative to out-of-home care and enables recipients to remain safely in their own homes.
	Begin Again Ranch - helping Brain Injury Survivors and their families rebuild confidence and tackle new challenges. This horse ranch in Colorado is a safe and contained environment for you to identify, accept and overcome the obstacles on your road to recovery. Terri and her equine co-facilitators will guide you on your journey of self discovery.
	Brainline.org - preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury. BrainLine is a national multimedia project offering information and resources about preventing, treating, and living with TBI. BrainLine includes a series of webcasts, an electronic newsletter, and an extensive outreach campaign in partnership with national organizations concerned about traumatic brain injury.
	BrainlineMilitary.org - Help for service members, veterans, national guard, reserve, and their families dealing with traumatic brain injury.
	Brainstorming4Us - offering encouragement and resources for families and survivors who have been thrown into the unknown world of traumatic brain injury.
	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - The Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai (BIRC-MS) is committed to discovering treatments that will enhance the quality of life for those living with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Our research focuses on improving the lives of people with TBI and learning more about long-term outcomes. We have several ongoing studies that are recruiting participants, which are described in detail on our website.
	Jumbled Brain - TBI-survivor Michelle Munt's blog contains many helpful articles, and she provides coaching and consultation for those looking for solutions to their situation.
	National Center for Learning Disabilities - Use this interactive tool to detect potential signs of LDs or an attention issue in your child or student. Then use the resources provided to learn more. This site also offers many other resources.
	President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition - Learn more about how to be fit and active while eating healthy.
	Social Security Benefits - information about monetary assistance for people with disabilities.
	Hey Peers - Daily web-conferencing peer support groups for people experiencing mental health difficulties who are looking for live, confidential support and "I've been there" understanding. SGC groups come via smart phone, tablet, or computer. No driving to a brick and mortar location. Groups can be easily accessed from anywhere.
	We Connect Now - connecting and integrating college students with disabilities as a virtual community with a voice on important issues. The We Connect Now website has been up and serving college students with disabilities since April of 2008.

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