Impact of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and How to Treat
About 80-90% of all TBI’s are classified as mild (or a concussion). The incidence of mild TBI …
Career Development and Employability Dimensions
Career development can be defined as the total constellation of economic, sociological, psychological, educational, physical and chance factors …
Helmet and Bike Safety
With the sun shining and the summer months approaching, it is time to pull out your bike from the garage and enjoy a bike ride. But before you do this, you need to learn …
The Minor Injury Guideline
The Minor Injury Guideline (MIG) is probably one of the most critical of the amendments that were made to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) in September …
Repeatable Battery for Neuropsychological Status (RBANS): A Screening Tool Following Head Injury
The RBANS is a brief standardized screening tool to measure …
Multiple Errands Test (MET)
Executive functioning involves the ability to plan and reason, organize, decision making, problem solving, task flexibility and execution. The …
How to Ergonomically Optimize your Office Space to Avoid Back Pain
Low back discomfort/sprain/strain is a common symptom following a motor vehicle …
The Contextual Memory Test (CMT): A Memory Screen Following TBI
Following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), individuals are most often first to notice and mention difficulties with their …
Success Story: The Journey of Yoga to Relaxation and Happiness
Following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, an individual might be experiencing emotional disturbances along …
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has long been considered the “gold standard” for treatment of major depression and anxiety (Tsang, Siu & Lloyd, 2011) …
The Career Occupational Preference System
Frequently, the clients we work with at GLA are unable to return to their pre-accident employment due to physical, cognitive, and/or …
Homonymous Hemianopsia and Visual Neglect following a TBI
Following an injury to the right side of the brain, an individual’s visual field might be affected. Some vision problems …