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Traumatic Brain Injury and Behavior Change: Russha Knauer, Department of Probation Services, Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office

Episode Summary

Russha Knauer joined the podcast to discuss traumatic brain injury and risk need responsivity. We discuss the common challenges we see when an individual is suffering with a TBI and the types of flexibility that is needed when seeking behavior change in an individual with a TBI.

Episode Notes

0:00 Opening

6:15  Defining Traumatic Brain Injury

14:00 Overview of Neuro Psych and TBI evaluation

19:00 Unreliable Evaluations and Treatment and the Impacts

22:30 If you see one brain injury, you have seen one brain injury

26:30 Risk Need Responsivity

29:00 Prevalence Rates of Cooccurring Conditions

 33:00 How the TBI work started in Colorado

41:00 Brain Injury Research, Screening Protocols and Key Partners

52:00 3 Take Aways for Taking Action

53:20 Getting to Know the Guests