Psychosocial Process Journal

Tiffanie A. Brashear, PA, and Diana H. Rintala, PhD
Abstract
Background/Objective: Service dogs are trained to help individuals with disabilities maximize function and enhance social participation. This pilot study obtained an estimate of the proportion of veterans with spinal cord injuries (SCI) receiving care from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center who were interested in information about, […]

Pat Dorsett, MD and Patricia Fronek, BSW
Abstract
    Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate […]

John W. DenBoer, MA and Sigmund Hough, PhD, ABPP
Abstract
     This case study explored the challenge of using verbal feedback with an individual following simultaneous with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury (SCI/TBI) with visual impairment. A man in his late 20’s received a severe open head injury and T5 ASIA B ischemic spinal […]

Briana Bowen, MSW Student, Ellen Cloyed, LISW
Boschen, K. (2005). The impact of being a support provider to a person living in the community with a spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50(4), 397-407.
     Quantitative data was collected from a convenience sample of 100 self-selected spinal cord injury patients and their support providers (informal […]

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     Mather LifeWays, based in Evanston, Illinois, and founded in 1941 by entrepreneur and humanitarian Alonzo Mather, is committed to providing a continuum of living and care; making neighborhoods better places for older adults to live, work, learn, contribute, and play; and identifying, implementing, and sharing best practices for wellness, workforce issues, […]