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The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) -  Return to School Strategies Courses

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The Center on Brain Injury Training and Research (CBIRT) Webinars 

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Access recorded versions of CBIRT's webinars featuring experts in the field of brain injury including: Gerard Gioia, PhD, Michael Koester, MD, Audrey McKinlay, PhD, David Kracke, JD, Jim Chesnutt, MD, Ryann Watson-Stites, PhD, and Susan Davies, EdD.

TBI State Partnership Mentor Grant - Brain Injury Webinar Series

February 2021| Eastern Oregon Brain Injury Webinar Series Part 3

January 2021 | Caitlin Synovec, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH

Accommodating Brain Injury in Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations

December 2020 | Eastern Oregon Brain Injury Webinar Series Part 2

November 2020 | Eastern Oregon Brain Injury Webinar Series Part 1

October 2020 | Caitlin Synovec, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH

Screening for Brain Injury in Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations

August 2020 | Laurie Ehlhardt Powell, PhD, CCC-SLP

Staff TBI Skill Builder: Online Training for Frontline Staff Serving Adults with Moderate-Severe TBI

August 2020 |Carolyn Lemsky, PhD

January 2020 | Carolyn Lemsky, PhD

October 2019 | John D. Corrigan, PhD

TBI Educational Team Webinars

Click here to view our most recent Team webinars.

If you would like the handouts and Power Point slides that accompany the presentations, please contact: pereza@cbirt.org

May 2021 | Angela Ciccia, PhD, CCC-SLP

May 2021 | Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH

March 2021 | Jennifer Lundine, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS

February 2021 | Elizabeth Powers, OD

January 2021 | Sharon Grandinette, MS, Ed, CBIST

January 2021 | Winston Cornwall, Civil Rights Education Specialist, PhD

December 2020 | Debra Fitzgibbons, OTAP Coordinator

November 2020 | Douglas Gomez, PhD

Working with Children with IDDs in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Service Providers Perspectives

November 2020 | Melissa McCart, Ed.D & Ryann Watson-Stites, PhD, ABPP/CN, Pediatric Neuropsychologist

New Member Training 2020

October 2020 | Amy Szeliga, ASD Consultant

Distance Learning Resources for Students with Learning Differences

September 2020 | Bethany Bowers

August 2020 | Melissa McCart, EdD, Linda Brown, EdD & Bethany Bowers, EdD

May 2020 | Sam Johnson, PhD & Jim Chesnutt, M.D.

Implementation of Max's Law in Oregon High Schools

March 2020 | Jim Wright, M.A., CCC-SLP

January 2020 | Jean Blosser, CCC-SLP, EdD, ASHA Fellow

January 2020 |Julie Haarbauer-Krupa, PhD

November 2019 | Laurie Kahn and Daniel Cullen

October 2019 | Michelle Ranae Wild

Using Apps to Help Executive Function Issues in School and Everyday Life

September 2019 | Christina Karns

Growing Gratitude and Altruism in the Brain

June 2019 | Ben Smith

Introduction to the 5-Step Competing Schedules Model of Evidence Based Behavioral Support (EBBS)

May 2019 | Winston Cornwall

April 2019 | George Sugai, PhD

February 2019 | Gerard Gioia, PhD

February 2019 | Melissa McCart, DEd

January 2019 | Cathy Jensen

Functional Behavior Assessment for Students with Brain Injury

October 2018 | McKay Sohlberg, PhD, CCC-SLP

September 2018 | Ricky Rodriguez, M.Ed., ATC, CSCS, ITAT

May 2018 | Laurie Ehlhardt Powell, PhD & Michelle Wild

April 2018 | Viviane Ugalde, MD

March 2018 | Laurie Gutmann Kahn, PhD

February 2018 | Kenji Carp

January 2018 |Roberta DePompei, PhD

November 2017 | Viviane Ugalde, MD

October 2017 | Sue Hayes

September 2017 | Michael Koester, MD

May 2017 | Gerard Gioia, PhD

April 2017 | Audrey McKinlay, PhD

January 2017 | Jim Chesnutt, MD

December 2016 | Winston Cornwall, Civil Rights Education Specialist

November 2016 | Susan Davies, EdD

October 2016 | Ryann Watson-Stites, PhD

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Check Your Health- Preventing Falls and Traumatic Brain Injuries

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In Utah, falls are a significant concern. In 2021, falls led to 64,387 emergency room visits, and in 2022, they sadly resulted in 457 deaths. Among Utahns aged 65 and older, over 22,000 emergency room visits were due to falls. A positive note to this is that most falls can be prevented.

Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBIs can range from mild concussions to severe head injuries and can have lasting effects on a person's cognitive and emotional well-being. There are free services in Utah to help those living with TBIs.

There are several risk factors for falls, including a lack of regular exercise, poor nutrition, misuse of medications, older age, and in-home hazards such as insufficient lighting, slippery surfaces, uneven floors, loose throw rugs, clutter on the floor, and the absence of handrails and grab bars.

Fortunately, there are effective ways to reduce the risk of falls. Here are some tips:

1. Regular exercise and stretching improves strength, balance, and coordination, helping you stay on your feet.

2. Consult your healthcare provider to assess your risk of falling and report any previous falls.

3. Review your medications with your healthcare provider or pharmacist, as some medications or combinations may increase fall risk.

4. Remove tripping hazards like throw rugs and clutter at home, especially in walkways and on stairs. Install grab bars near toilets and in showers, and ensure adequate lighting indoors and outdoors.

5. Open communication with your family is crucial. Tell them about your concerns and ask for their support in preventing falls. Their awareness can make a significant difference.

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Ohio State University TBI Identification Method

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The Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID) is a standardized procedure for eliciting lifetime history of TBI via a structured interview. The instrument is based on Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2003) case definitions and recommendations for TBI surveillance. The OSU TBI-ID was designed to use self- or proxy-reports to elicit summary indices reflecting TBI's occurring over a person's lifetime. While self-report is not an ideal for determining how much compromise a person's brain may have incurred as a result of lifetime exposure to TBI, it is for now the gold standard for both research and clinical uses.

How does the OSU TBI-ID work and get scored?

The validity of the OSU TBI-ID is not based on elicitation of a perfect accounting of a person's lifetime history of TBI. Instead, the OSU TBI-ID provides a means to estimate the likelihood that consequences have resulted from one's lifetime exposure. We recommend additional consideration be given to the potential effects of this exposure when:

WORST - there has been one moderate or severe TBI (i.e., any TBI with 30 minutes or more loss of consciousness)

FIRST - TBI with any loss of consciousness before age 20

MULTIPLE - had 2 or more TBIs close together, including a period of time when they experienced multiple blows to the head even if apparently without effect

RECENT - a mild TBI in recent weeks or a more severe TBI in recent months

OTHER SOURCES - any TBI combined with another way that their brain has been impaired

Why is it important to screen for TBI?

Research indicates that a person's lifetime history of TBI is useful for judging current cognitive and emotional states, particularly behavior associated with the executive functioning of the frontal parts of the brain (e.g., planning, impulsivity, addiction, interpersonal abilities). Due to how TBI damages the brain, more exposure (i.e., a worse history of lifetime TBI) increases the likelihood that an individual will struggle with current life stressors, whatever they are. A person who has compromised functioning in the frontal areas of the brain:

adapts less well in new or stressful situations

has greater problems following through on recommendations from professionals

has more difficulty making lifestyle changes, particularly when rewards are in the future

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BrainLine | All About Brain Injury and PTSD

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Protect Your Loved Ones from Falling

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CDC Traumatic Brain Injury in Prisons and Jails: Prisoners with TBI - An Unrecognized Problem

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"Let's just say that life after my husband's brain injury turned out very differently than we expected. We don't have a husband or father who works full-time and understands all of life's complex decisions, but we've made adjustments and learned how to cope."

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from "mild," i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness to "severe," i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury ¹.

Brain injuries can happen to anyone, regardless of age and situation. Traumatic brain injuries can have a dramatic impact on a person's ability to lead an active, fulfilling life. TBIs can affect an individual's ability to work, as well as his or her short- and long-term memory, vision, sleep, mood, and movement.

We all have unique brains, which means that injuries to this vital organ will affect each of us differently.

TBI database

Since 1990, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) has collected data on TBIs in Utah through review of hospital discharge data, death certificates, and hospital records. TBIs are included in the database when they result in hospitalization or death with one or more of the following:

Caring for a loved one recovering from a head injury is a selfless act, but it's also challenging - and at times, event overwhelming.

Caring for a loved one recovering from a head injury is a selfless act, but it's also challenging-and at times, even overwhelming

Chances are you have a lot more questions than answers, especially when a person you care about seems so different after their injury. The Utah Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Fund offers free coaching services to TBI survivors, and can help eliminate some stress on family members. Our brain injury experts understand the challenges you're facing as a caregiver, and can help you find the information and resources you need to best support your loved one's definition of success. Talk to someone who understands how to help.

The TBI Fund was established by the Utah State Legislature to help Utahns who have suffered from a TBI. The TBI Fund is overseen by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, and we work closely with brain injury experts in the community. Our caring, trained brain injury experts can help you find the resources you need to facilitate your loved one's return to work, school, hobbies, and other activities through a process called resource facilitation. Call us for free information about the best way to support the recovery process, and to determine if the loved one you're caring for is eligible to receive other free services like neuropsychological testing or ongoing coaching. Our brain injury coaches will help your loved one set goals and figure out what assistance is need to reach those goals. They will contact your loved one every week to see how things are going and offer encouragement and help.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Fund in Utah

Established by the Utah State Legislature in 2008, the TBI Fund seeks to educate and empower those whose lives have been impacted by the effects of a traumatic brain injury. Individuals with a TBI may receive help with resource facilitation or neuropsychological testing through the TBI Fund. Resource facilitation is a process that involves working with caring, trained experts who understand what someone with a TBI is going through. These experts provide short-term support to help the person with the TBI and their family members meet their goals and successfully return to school, work, or other daily activities.

Brain Injury Alliance Utah (BIAU)
Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals with brain injury by supporting, educating, inspiring, advocating, and engaging a global community.

Our vision is a world in which everyone with a brain injury has the resources and support they need to thrive.

Contact: 1338 South Foothill Drive, Unit #240

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

(801) 709-1420

braininjuryutah.org

ashley@biau.org
Neuroworx
Neuroworx provides specialized neurological physical, occupational, and speech therapy for adults and children experiencing conditions causing paralysis. Individualized one-on-one care, while applying neuroplasticity principles to optimize each outcome, is the core of our treatment philosophy. Our therapy treatment plans are customized for each patient and continually evaluated and updated to accelerate progress and promote functional ability.

Contact: 90 West Albion Village Way

Sandy, UT 84070

(801) 619-3670

neuroworx.org
Phoenix Services
Our goal is to move each person toward independent living and dignifying work in the community. We have succeeded when a person becomes a contributing member of his or her community, and when a community, in turn, becomes more empathetic and accepting of the diversity found in all human beings.

Contact: 1129 South State Street, #100

Clearfield, UT 84015

(801) 825-4535

phoenixservices.org
Roads to Independence
Roads to Independence is a non-profit organization committed to serving individuals with disabilities in Weber, Morgan, and Davis counties. Services provided include, advocacy training, independent living services, assistive technology loan bank, life skills training and recreation.

Contact: 3355 South Washington Boulevard

Ogden, UT 84401

(801) 612-3215

rticil.org
University of Utah (UofU) Sugarhouse Outpatient Clinic
Helping you recover from stroke, concussions, and traumatic injuries. Our Sugar House therapy services clinic is the only Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accredited, outpatient multidisciplinary neurologic specialty clinic in Utah.

As an outpatient rehabilitation center, we help you and your loved ones do what's most important to take are of themselves, work, be active in your community, get back to school, and even drive again. We work with a multitude of patients from age 14 and up.

Contact: 1280 East Stringham Avenue

Salt Lake City, UT 84016

(801)581-2121

healthcare.utah.edu
Utah Independent Living Center (UILC)
The UILC is a non-residential facility that provides services which enhance the independence of people with disabilities. The UICL was the first independent living center in Utah and has been serving the communities of Slat Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties since 1982. We are consumer controlled with a majority of staff and board members being people with disabilities.

Contact: 3445 South Main Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84115

(801) 466-5565

uilc.org

Utah Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Brain Injury (BI) Rehabilitation Fund

Established by the Utah State Legislature in 2008, the TBI Fund seeks to educate and empower those whose lives have been impacted by the effects of a traumatic brain injury. Individuals with a TBI may receive help with resource facilitation or neuropsychological testing through the TBI Fund. Resource facilitation is a process that involves working with caring, trained experts who understand what someone with a TBI is going through. These experts provide short-term support to help the person with the TBI and their family members meet their goals and successfully return to school, work, or other daily activities.

What is the TBI Fund?
The TBI Fund is a payor of last resort, meaning individuals have no other financial means available to obtain these services. However, everyone who calls the Utah TBI Fund for help receives a free intake assessment and consultation from a trained brain injury coach. Individuals may also qualify to receive help with physical, occupational, and speech therapy or equipment needed for daily living through the Utah Traumatic Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund.
Read annual reports showing the impact of the TBI Fund here. Donations
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the TBI Fund, send checks or money orders to:

Jake Hennessy
Office of Fiscal Operations
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 144002
Salt Lake City, UT 84114

Please make the check or money order to "DHHS-TBI". For questions about the TBI Fund, contact:

Traci Barney
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
(801) 538-9277
tabarney@utah.gov

Recovering from a head injury is both frustrating and difficult. But there is hope. Things can get better-and you're not alone.

Your path to recovery will be much smoother with the right support. The Utah Traumatic Brain Injury Fund offers free coaching services to recovering traumatic brain injury survivors. Our brain injury coaches understand what you're going through, and they can answer your questions and help you find the information you need to keep making progress and reach your definition of success.

Causes of TBI in Utah

There were over 64,000 TBI-related deaths in the United States in 2020. ⁶ That's about 176 TBI-related deaths every day.

TBIs affect the lives of people of all ages. Anyone can experience a TBI, but data suggest that some groups are at greater risk of dying from a TBI or experiencing long-term health problems after the injury.Examples of groups who are more likely to be affected by TBI, include:

Signs and symptoms of a TBI

Some signs of a TBI may include:

Some changes in behavior from a TBI may include:

Traci Barney
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
288 North 1460 West
PO Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2106
(385) 260-4525
tbi@utah.gov

Daniel Musto
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
288 North 1460 West
PO Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2106
(385) 242-5820
tbi@utah.gov

Partners

References

1. CDC Traumatic Brain Injury

2. Utah Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Indicator Based Information System (IBIS). Health Indicator Report of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Accessed 5/17/2021:/ibis.health.utah.gov/indicator/view/TBI.Etiol.html.

3. Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance Program.

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Report to Congress on mild traumatic brain injury in the United States: Steps to prevent a serious public health problem. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003.

5. Utah Department of Health and Human Services. Student Injury Reporting System. Access:http://sir.health.utah.gov/.

6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality data on CDC WONDER. Available at: https://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd.html.

7. Daugherty J, Waltzman D, Sarmiento K, Xu L. Traumatic brain injury-related deaths by race/ethnicity, sex, intent, and mechanism of injury - United States, 2000-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68(46):1050-1056.

8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and Veterans Administration. Report to Congress on traumatic brain injury in the United States: Understanding the public health problem among current and former military personnel. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2013.

9. Stubbs J, Thornton A, Sevick J, et al. Traumatic brain injury in homeless and marginally housed individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health. 2020;5(1):e19-e32.

10. Durand E, Chevignard M, Ruet A, Dereix A, Jourdan C, Pradat-Diehl P. History of traumatic brain injury in prison populations: A systematic review. Ann Phys Rehabil. 2017;60(2):95-101

11. St Ivany A, Schminkey D. Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury: State of the Science and Next Steps. Fam Community Health. 2016;39(2):129-37.

12. Chapital A. Traumatic brain injury: outcomes of a rural versus urban population over a 5-year period. Hawaii Med J. 2007 Dec;66(12):318-21.

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The Disability Law Center (DLC) is a private, non-profit organization designated by the governor as Utah's Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency. Our mission is to enforce and advance the legal rights, opportunities, and choices of Utahns with disabilities.

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Autism Council of Utah (ACU)
The ACU is an independent council working to foster collaboration, communication, and learning among families and agencies. Our aim is to promote access to resources and responsible information for individuals of all ages who have, or are affected by autism, or related conditions.

Utah Medicaid Autism Waiver
Utah Department of Health

The Utah Department of Health Provides guidance on the Utah Medicaid Autism Waiver, including how to join the Autism Waiver Listserv, documents and handouts, information about local providers and the history of the development of the autism waiver.
Utah Registry of Autism and Developmental Disabilities (URADD)
URADD, an organization out of the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry, collects information about the number of individuals in Utah who have autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental disabilities (DDs).

National
Autism Internet Modules (AIM)
AIM is designed to provide high-quality information and professional development for anyone who supports, instructs, works with, or lives with someone with autism. Each module guides you through case studies, instructional videos, pre- and post-assessments, a glossary, and much more. AIM modules are available at no cost.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

The CDC has provided essential information about autism screening and diagnosis, treatments, and current research as well as free materials that can be used to raise awareness of early signs of autism and autism prevalence.
National Autism Center at May Institute
The National Autism Center is May Institute's Center for the Promotion of Evidence-based Practice. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating evidence-based information about the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), promoting best practices, and offering comprehensive and reliable resources for families, practitioners, and communities.
The National Professional Development Center (NPDC) on Autism Spectrum Disorder

NPDC on Autism Spectrum Disorder was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education from 2007-2014. The work of the NPDC was a collaboration among three universities-the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the MIND Institute, University of California-Davis. The goal of the NPDC was to promote the use of Evidence-based Practices (EBPs) for children and youth with ASD, birth to 22 years of age. This was accomplished through a comprehensive professional development process at state and local levels.

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- Anyone who has ever enjoyed watching sports will typically concede that part of the appeal is absolute wonder at the skill, drive, courage, and commitment it takes to perform at the highest levels.

Today's guest embodied all of those attributes as an extreme skier until a traumatic brain injury ended her competitive career.

She's Jamie MoCrazy this week on "Story in the Public Square".

(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) Hello and welcome to "Story in the Public Square", where storytelling meets public affairs.

I'm Jim Ludes from The Pell Center at Salve Regina University.

- And I'm G. Wayne Miller, also with Salve's Pell Center.

- This week we're joined by Jamie MoCrazy, an extreme skier and motivational speaker who joins us today from Utah.

Jamie, welcome.

- Hi, thank you so much for having me.

I'm excited to have this conversation.

- Well, we're excited to have this conversation with you too, and there's a lot that we wanna talk about, but I wanna start with you and your career and what led you to extreme skiing in the first place.

Let's start with when you were a child.

Were you always athletic, and what drew you to athletics?

- Awesome, you know, I just love talking about myself.

(all laughing) So, that's a good thing with what I do in life.

I have always been very competitive.

Actually, when I was nine years old, I won state championships in ski racing, and the very same year, I won state championships in gymnastics, and I was interviewed by the Connecticut Post, if anyone's from Connecticut.

I was interviewed by the Connecticut Post, and I said in my interview, my dream fantasy was to combine skiing and gymnastics.

At the time, slopestyle and half-pipe skiing didn't exist.

- Wow.

- Slopestyle is when you go down and you're judged on an overall impression, and you have multiple jumps and rails, and half-pipe skiing is when you go through the tube and you do tricks.

Shaun White kind of made that famous as a snowboarder, but it didn't really exist, X Games and stuff like that in skiing, and so that was my sports fantasy.

And then when it came to life and I started competing in slopestyle and half-pipe, my career took off.

I was traveling around the world, I had won junior world championships, I was going to X Games.

I actually became the first woman in the world to do a double flip at X Games.

So, life seemed like it was moving along pretty well when I was a child.

- Well, so you know, anybody who has ever seen any of the events that you're talking about, I watched them and I'm sort of breathless and a little terrified.

When you started doing those kinds of events, what's the adrenaline like?

Are you afraid?

Are you nervous?

Are you anxious?

What's the energy like?

- There is a lot of adrenaline.

Actually, what sums it up is when I was six years old and I was competing in gymnastics, I was super proud of myself because I wasn't nervous at all at one meet.

And then I had the worst performance ever.

And so my coach said, "Jamie, you need to have those nerves and you need to funnel that into excitement.

It can turn into anxiety or excitement, but you need the nerves, and turn it into excitement."

So I've kept that with me throughout my whole life.

So with competing, I had the butterflies, and you know, you have the adrenaline, but you turn that into excitement for it, which is the same thing now with public speaking.

Like when I'm going on a stage in front of 1,000 people, before, I have to slow down my breath, I have butterflies in my stomach, and then I walk on stage and perform.

And if you don't have that adrenaline and those nerves, you're not gonna perform at your highest level.

- So, you were on track for the Olympics after this incredible career already as a young person.

And then came April 11th, 2015.

You were skiing in Whistler, British Columbia, and you had an accident.

Tell us about that.

Tell us what happened.

- I was going up to World Tour finals with my little sister.

It was actually the first time she had made it to compete in World Tour finals in half-pipe.

And this day was the slopestyle day.

And on competition day, my first run, I ended up in fourth place.

And now, you guys don't know me very well, but I'm very competitive, and if you're ambitious and competitive, fourth place does not cut it, right?

So I had to upgrade and get on that podium.

So I changed my off-axis back flip to an off-axis double back flip.

And on landing, I actually landed the trick on my feet, but I caught an edge and I whiplashed my head onto the snow.

My brain started bleeding in eight spots and I hurt my right brainstem.

And my little sister was watching that run, and she heard on the ski patrol radio, "We need all hands on deck and a helicopter on standby."

She skied down and she saw me convulsing, spewing blood, with my eyes rolled back in my head.

- Had you ever worried about an accident like that or thought about an accident like that?

I mean, it's happened to other people as well.

But prior to that moment, was that ever in your mind?

- Not really.

I mean, accidents, yes, I'd torn my ACL a couple of times, but I wasn't really focused on that because I had the belief that if I took the time to go through the steps and go through the training and put in the hours of preparation, it would be okay.

Which is interesting, because I also, after my traumatic brain injury, didn't really have PTSD symptoms that much.

And I think one of the reasons why, because it's very common from people who come back from war.

They have a lot of PTSD symptoms.

But when you're at war, the whole time, you're terrified that you might die.

Versus for me, my day, until a millisecond before I crashed, even when I was falling, I probably was like, "Okay, this isn't done right, but it'll be okay."

So I was happy, and it was a beautiful sunny day, I was happy, I had a lot of friends, I was at World Tour finals, so my mindset was positive going into it.

- So you were in a coma for a period of time.

What happened when you came out of that coma?

That would be of course the beginning of your road to recovery, but talk about that early period and what happened.

- Yes, so I was in a coma for 10 days, and then when I woke up, that means I could open my eyes on command, which means that I had serious amnesia.

Like the movie, "50 First Dates", I had no memory of what was happening in my life for six weeks.

So, during the initial stages of recovery, I have no memory of relearning how to open my eyes, when I was in the wheelchair, when I was hooked up to everything, I don't really have memory of that portion of life.

- Did you have to learn how to talk again, to walk again?

What was involved in going from that point to where you are now?

You're obviously an awesome person, speaking to us from Utah.

- Yes, I had to relearn every basic gross motor skill.

It was like being born again.

When I came out of the coma, I was like a newborn infant, and I could open my eyes, but that was about it.

I couldn't talk.

I actually went through Rosetta Stone in English and I failed the first lesson seven times because it was that hard for me to be able to relearn how to talk.

Another interesting thing, and this is different, the only thing that's different from being a baby in my situation was since I had a feeding tube, I also couldn't swallow things very easily.

So when it went to the stage where I could swallow water on my own, it took me weeks to be able to swallow water again on my own.

- Jamie, you know, so before your accident, you were a world class athlete, and I'm imagining the kind of discipline that that took to maintain that level of performance.

Does that sort of commitment translate then into your recovery?

- I think it does help a bit.

Because I was an athlete and how I was raised, my mom has a master's in psychology, and she used to teach self-esteem to women, she had a federal grant from the government.

And so that's why I was the first woman to do a double flip, was because I was always raised with the belief I could do whatever I wanted to do if I performed at my own personal best, which means for that day, you do everything at your best, which really took on a new meeting in my recovery because my own personal best had changed so dramatically.

But by performing at my own personal best, it allowed me to set attainable goals which helped me reach my growth goals because I had a lot of big growth goals.

I wanted to go back to skiing before I could walk upstairs by myself.

And so I had to keep practicing in the hospital, walking upstairs every day, since that was my attainable goal that I could accomplish to reach those growth goals that I had in my mind.

- So you discovered what you call person-centered care as opposed to patient-centered care.

Obviously you were a patient and you were a person.

What is person-centered care and how is it different from patient-centered care?

- Well, person-centered care is looking at each individual that you work with in the hospital as a person with dreams, wants, visions.

Part of it was my hospital room had pictures all over it, and we really catered to me as an individual versus a patient is really focusing on the statistics and the numbers.

- So some people who survive a traumatic brain injury go on to live with depression.

And that certainly is very understandable.

But you didn't.

What made the difference for you and what message do you have coming from that for other people who might have sustained TBIs?

- Well, one of the big things is almost everyone I've come in contact with has gone through a period of depression from a brain injury, because your emotions are all located in your brain, and so they were damaged by the impact.

And also your life has changed.

I feel like I may rebuilt my identity, Jamie 2.0 has a wonderful life.

(all laughing) But my life did change.

So, recognizing it, and instead of feeling guilty or feeling like you should feel grateful that you're alive, it's okay to feel upset that your life changed and you had this traumatic brain injury.

However, in order not to stay in that depression, I started going to therapy.

- So that brings us to MoCrazy Strong, the organization that you've established.

Tell us a little bit about it.

- So, MoCrazy Strong is a nonprofit.

The name actually was started by my little sister, the one who was at World Tour finals, within the first 24 hours of me going in the hospital.

In the little world of skiing, I was a well-known figure, so she started the hashtag MoCrazyStrong to link together all my supporters and fans on social media so everyone could understand what was going on.

And so it started at that, and then quickly, after my recovery, we started being asked questions about it.

So actually, while I was still in the process of recovery, but I had done the first initial visible stuff, people started asking, "How did Jamie have this recovery?"

And so we started dealing with that and giving out some what we now know as peer-to-peer guidance, educated guidance.

And my mom had studied early childhood brain development and psychology, so she had scientific backing onto some of the things that she did with me and that she recommends with other people to do with their survivors.

And so that started, and so then we became a 501c3.

Actually, just last September, we officially became a 501c3, and we created and produced, and it premiered in February, a documentary called "#MoCrazy Strong", that tells the story and different aspects of the recovery that are replicatable to other individuals.

So it's a real big clocking piece to allow people to discuss brain injury and be open to the fact that with the understanding of neuroplasticity, you can have a recovery if you have the opportunity to build the habits to rewire your brain.

- Yeah, so Jamie, your story is remarkable on so many levels.

When you think back or you look back at that period from April 11th, 2015, when you have your accident, you know, what are the milestones?

How long does the recovery take?

We're sitting here in, you know, May of 2023.

How long were you in the hospital?

How long were you in that recovery phase where you were still learning how to speak again and to move again and to do all of the things that we take for granted?

- Yeah, well, so I was in the hospital for three months, and I left the hospital a little bit early because the hospital understood that my mom was taking care of me 24/7.

So when I left the hospital, I still couldn't be in a room by myself.

I couldn't walk upstairs by myself.

I couldn't go take a shower by myself.

I couldn't do anything a normal 22 year old does by themself.

(chuckles) So that was interesting.

And so then I started outpatient therapy, and I went to outpatient therapy five days a week.

And something that's really interesting is that I received part of a federal grant, the TBI Fund, from the state of Utah.

Every state does not have that fund.

However, Utah does, so it allowed me to do as much therapy as was recommended.

My insurance would not cover the amount that I did.

- So Jamie, let's get into, or let's have you get into a little more depth about mocrazystrong.org.

- So, mocrazystrong.org is a 501c3, and what we do is we raise awareness and education about brain injury recovery.

And so part of our awareness is going to speaking engagements, especially to other nonprofits.

Like, a couple weeks ago, I was speaking at the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association Spring Conference.

I was the closing keynote in Washington, D.C., and that's the executive teams of over 600 US hospitals, and talking about what works, what doesn't work from a patient's perspective of brain injury recovery.

We also work specifically with hospitals and help them as consultants to better their family involvement and in brain injury recovery, and so the whole system of brain injury recovery.

And so that's something we do.

And we also do peer-to-peer educated guidance, where we work with traumatic brain injury survivors and family caregivers, and we can guide them.

Like this winter, we were working with a family whose daughter was unresponsive in a coma in a hospital.

And we shared 10 videos under five minutes that we made about family involvement.

And some of the things, like, that you can touch the patient, you can play their music, so like music therapy, what smells you can give them in the hospital, and holding their hands.

And they actually held this daughter's hand, and then that was the first time she was responsive and has recovered and is out of a coma and is moving along in her recovery process.

So that's one of the things that we do, because family caregivers get into this situation with absolutely no training or education on how they can actually benefit the outcome of their survivor that they love.

- It sounds to me, too, like a big part of what you're delivering is hope.

- Yes, it's hope with a backing to it, I'd like to say.

So, one of the big things is the belief process, the understanding, the hope, whatever you wanna call it, to all the different aspects of brain injury recovery.

My older sister was a doctor and she went to Georgetown Medical School, which is a top medical school, 20 years ago, and was taught that after two years, if you're over 26 years of age, the deficits are permanent.

And at the time, that was our understanding and our knowledge, and medicine evolves.

I'm a big advocate of medicine and science, but it does evolve.

And now we know that you can rewire your brain at any age, any stage.

It's not just in the cortical.

It used to be thought it was in the cortical development, which is like babies and child before the brain's fully functioning.

But it's not, you can rewire your brain at any time, which means with an understanding of neuroplasticity, we can have recoveries.

And that whole mindset analog, the narrative surrounding brain injury, needs to change on all different aspects of it, so we can have more individuals have a full recovery.

- So Jamie, I'm sure that many survivors encounter financial difficulties, whether it's through insurance or paying hospital bills or, you know, lost wages and employment.

What would you say to policy makers to change that so that that toll, that impact of a TBI would be lessened?

And just sort of in a general sense, but what would you say to policymakers and legislators?

- In a general sense, it goes back to the narrative.

So, 20 years ago, the politicians figured that if you had a brain injury, they needed to support you with disability insurance for the rest of your life because you would not recover.

And so that was the aspect and the mindset going into it.

Now we know that if there's more upfront care and opportunities, you can have a much better recovery and be able to contribute back to society and not live off of disability for the rest of your life.

And the civilian cost to society is $76.5 billion, which does not need to be so high if there's more federal upfront coverage, so individuals have the opportunities to have the healing to be able to get to the point that they can contribute back to society instead of, like me, for example, I was 22 years old.

If I had never gone through the solid five years of recovery that I did, five years, which is way past what insurance covered, way past what everyone covered, but five good years, if I had not had that opportunity and lived off of disability for the rest of my life, you would be supporting me financially for roughly 60 more years of my life instead of supporting the five years of upfront opportunity to heal.

- That's a powerful statement.

Jamie, you made reference earlier to your goal of getting back on skis.

Are you skiing again?

- I am, yeah.

So, I stepped away from competing.

The first fall and winter, and actually, in the hospital, I was dead set on going back to competing.

But I did realize that I would have to relearn every trick that I had, and when you're learning the tricks, you fall a lot.

That's what happens as an athlete.

And I didn't wanna put all of the support I had received in my recovery at risk.

That was the real thing about it, was I just didn't wanna put it at risk.

So I decided to step away from competing, and that was emotionally hard.

One of the biggest challenges was to be able to dream and have giant goals again and be comfortable pursuing them, because my childhood dream and goal that almost looked like it was gonna come true, of going to the Olympics, did not.

And it didn't come true because I didn't make it, it didn't come true because I was ripped away from that sport.

And so to be able to dream again emotionally was a challenge.

But I went back to skiing, and going back to skiing was so fun.

And it did take like five years for me to really let go of the competitive side.

I always, every year, was like, "Okay, this year I'm gonna do a back flip again," because I love back flips.

But I have never done a back flip again and I'm never going to do a back flip again.

And I do 'em on the trampoline and the water ramps, but I'm not gonna do it on snow, and I'm gonna have some amazing days.

And my husband, he's an actual snowboarder, but loves the mountains so much that we have amazing days together, so that helps.

- That's beautiful.

- And my whole family as well loves skiing.

- Yeah, Jamie, that's great.

You know, before we did this taping, you and I were talking, and I had the perception that I think probably a lot of people have, that traumatic brain injuries are most common in sports.

You know, we think of football, obviously we think of boxing.

In your case, we would think of skiing, but that is not the most common venue or time when you sustain a traumatic brain injury if you look at the statistics.

What is the most common place and activity where they happen?

- I'm glad you brought that up, because the most common is slips and falls in the bathroom.

- Wow.

- And the most media popularized is sports because these public figures can talk about it.

But the most common one statistically are slips and falls in the bathroom, and then the second most common one is car accidents.

And every single person who's listening to this could sustain a brain injury in this way.

It's not just doing, becoming the first woman in the world to do a double flip.

You don't have to be extreme like that.

- Jamie, it sounds like the principle takeaway on this is that if you suffer that kind of injury, get early help and don't just take it for granted that you'll sleep off whatever the injury might be.

- Yes, especially with mild traumatic brain injuries.

I like to use the analogy of, like, if you break your arm, what happens?

You break your arm, you go to the doctor, you get it checked out, you get a cast on it, so you do the rehabilitation process and give it the time to heal, and then you're fine.

You're not gonna have any deficits for the rest of your life, you're gonna be fine.

However, with a brain injury, especially mild brain injuries, because it's invisible, people pretend it didn't happen or they try to push it to the side or they feel guilty that it did happen, so they don't get help.

If you take this example of someone going to work and they slip on the ice and they fall and they hit their head and they kind of black out for a couple seconds and then they get up and then they're okay and they shake it off and they go to work and they do a presentation.

And they forget some of the things that they were supposed to be presenting about, and then their boss is kind of upset with them, and then they behave kind of irrationally to their boss.

And that's a tick mark, and it leads to them getting fired and a whole downward slope, which happens to millions of Americans.

And the whole thing is traced back actually to that brain injury.

But it's not associated that it was because of the brain injury that they became homeless.

Even though there's more and more statistics that are showing that like 87% of those incarcerated have had brain injuries at different points of their life that have led to their irrational behavior, because irrational behavior and depression are two of the most common symptoms of a brain injury.

So if you slipped and you fell and you hit your head before work, if your boss knew about brain injuries, and you told your boss that you slipped and you fell, and your boss said, "Okay, why don't you not present today?

Or let's postpone the presentation, or just take an hour off," or something like that, that would just fix the whole issue right away.

However, there's not enough awareness and knowledge about brain injury that if you told your boss, you might be scared that your boss would be like, "So what, who cares?

Everybody hits their head, no big deal."

But if we took more action at the beginning, then these long-term deficits that do develop would be completely avoided.

- Jamie, you are a tremendous spokesperson on this issue.

Thank you so much for being with us today.

She's Jamie MoCrazy.

That is all the time we have this week.

But if you wanna know more about "Story in the Public Square", you can find us on social media or visit pellcenter.org.

He's Wayne, I'm Jim, asking you to join us again next time for more "Story in the Public Square".

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