Symposium

Stroke

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Ethics

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Rebuilding Identity and Rewarding Lives After Stroke: The Emotional Journey in Recovery (821008)

Presenter(s)

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  Debra E. Meyerson, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Stanford University; Co-founder, Stroke Forward
  School of Education
  Portola Valley, California

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Steven A. Zuckerman, MBA

  Co-founder, Stroke Forward
  Stroke Forward
  Portola Valley, California
• 

  Kara Flavin, MD

  Clinical Assistant Professor
  Stanford University
  Palo Alto, California

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Julie Muccini, MS, OTR/L

  Occupational Therapist, Clinical Specialist in Outpatient Neuro Rehabilitation
  Stanford Neurosciences Health Center
  Palo Alto, California

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Leora R. Cherney, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, FACRM

  Coleman Foundation Chair and Scientific Chair, Think and Speak Lab
  Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
  Chicago, Illinois

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

How do stroke survivors recover? Unless they return to exactly the life they enjoyed before the stroke, a critical component of recovery must include helping survivors on their emotional journey to redefine the self. This presentation will be led by Dr. Debra Meyerson, formerly a tenured professor at the Stanford School of Education who suffered a severe stroke in 2010. She and her husband share their experiences with the recovery process, and the work they are doing to better understand and support stroke survivors and families in rebuilding identity as a critical step toward rebuilding rewarding lives.  Three professional care providers -- a physiatrist, a speech-language pathologist and aphasia expert, and an occupational therapist -- will talk about their experience in the rehabilitative process, how they support this aspect of recovery, and the research, resources, and practices they think could help the field of stroke recovery do so more effectively. 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the emotional journey that is critical to real recovery -- rebuilding rewarding lives -- by stroke survivors and their families.
• Describe the concept of identity and its relevance to stroke recovery.
• Use strategies that can help support survivors and families in the process of rebuilding rewarding lives in the face of ongoing disabilities after stroke.