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 * vlougheed@northernlightscanada.ca

“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?

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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