TBI and Behavior: Knowing It’s Time for Help

NeuroInternational’s NeuroBehavioral Support Services are provided to TBI survivors in a variety of settings and are guided by an experienced  board certified behavior analyst.

Our programs are designed to provide safety, structure, supervision, companionship and teaching to persons with social deficits and neuro-behavioral issues associated with brain injury and related sequelae.

One-on-One Behavioral Support and Supervision

The behavior program offers 1:1 supervision (if needed) on our main campus and is co-managed by a support team of highly experienced brain injury clinicians including a Psychiatrist, Neuropsychologists, Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Behavior Specialist, Substance Abuse Counselor / Therapists, and other professionals. Our program is designed to identify and reinforce pro-social behaviors while reducing behaviors that hinder community inclusion, relationship building, independence and quality living. Above disciplines include consultants and partner providers.

NeuroInternational’s staff-secured program is not a punitive model and we recognize the dignity and rights of our clients as essential to the success of our mission.

A More Effective NeuroBehavioral Model Focused on Neurological Impairment

Our program is not a traditional mental health program as it focuses primarily on the needs of persons with neurologic impairment. Our staff recognize that the client comes first and that they (staff) are simply visitors in a place where others live. Our staff knock before entering doors, honor special requests when possible, and go above and beyond to ensure that every client feels safe and cared for in “their home”.

Susan Parker-Singler, MS, BCBA (Behavior Analyst Consultant / PCM Trainer)

“As a behavior analyst and a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team, I analyze individuals’ behaviors that are presenting barriers to increased independence (or treatment outcomes). Once the function of these behaviors has been identified I work with the individual, their family, and other members of the team to establish an individualized behavior plan. The most important aspect of my job is to establish a positive relationship with my client in order to better assist them with reaching their goals.

No two brain injuries are alike. Each person’s life is impacted differently following a brain injury, therefore each behavior plan must be tailored to the individual’s needs and preferences. In many circumstances individuals may do and say things that they never would have done prior to the injury. For example, an individual who was described as easy going and quiet may now be physically and verbally aggressive toward family members and co-workers. It is important to determine exactly why someone is engaging in these behaviors in order to establish an appropriate treatment.

For example, if it is determined that an individual is agitated because they do not want to do difficult physical therapy exercises, treatment may include teaching the person to ask the therapist for a break from the exercise, or to identify the environmental and biological precursors to the unwanted behavior. Each of us is unique and who we are and what we do is effected by a complexity of our physiology and life experiences. Family and other caregivers are a key part of an individual’s life, and how they respond to an individual following a brain injury is just as or more important than what a rehab professional does to help. When developing an individualized behavior plan it is imperative that family and other caregivers understand the plan and feel comfortable implementing it. Family training is a key component of our treatment model and ensures that outcomes will be long lasting.”

NeuroBehavioral Hospital and Crisis Stabilization Program

“One of the Nation’s Only Locked Neurobehavioral Hospital Partnership Programs”

NeuroInternational has partnered to offer a unique neurobehavioral hospital program in which patients receive hospital-based behavioral care led by our interdisciplinary treatment team.

This program is specially designed for persons with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with brain injury. Once the person is stabilized on medication or detoxed from illicit drugs (if applicable), then he/she may transfer to one of our community-based residential programs.

NeuroBehavioral Hospital Services Include:

  • Expert Neurobehavioral Treatment Team
  • Intensive Assessment, Medication Management, Labs
  • 24 Hour Nursing and Physician Access
  • Locked NeuroBehavioral Stabilization Unit / Baker Act Receiving Unit
  • Locked Drug and Alcohol Detox Unit
  • Crisis Intervention / Acute Respite Unit
  • Continuity of Care and Least Restrictive Programming in Community
  • Transitional and Supported Living Step-Down