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Meet
Some of Our Graduates |
Our
Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program Graduates are former
Resident-Neighbors who have completed their rehabilitation at
Northeast Center for Special Care, met their goals and have been
reintegrated back to their home communities with supports. Check back often
for new additions.
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Clyde
M.: "This is a good place to be to recover!" |
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Clyde
M., (R) with Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program Special Educator,
Barbara Zonin (L).
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Clyde,
was an apprentice carpenter, mason, songwriter, singer and even a cow
milker on a farm prior to coming to Northeast Center for Special
Care. Clyde is excited (although he admits it is a little scary) to
be returning to the school and renovated trailer where he lived with
his two birds in upstate, NY. He is looking forward to seeing his
mother, daughter and two grandchildren when he gets back home.
Clyde came to Northeast Center in 2007 for rehabilitation from a
traumatic brain injury and related seizures he received after being
hit in the head during a robbery. Clyde was having difficulty walking
and also has a visual impairment. He said Northeast Center taught him
to learn all over again. “This is a good place to be to recover,”
Clyde adding, “The staff is really nice, and since I am a meat and
potatoes guy, I really enjoyed the food here and I even got to try
new things to eat.”
Clyde said he became good friends with many staff members and fellow
Resident-Neighbors at Northeast Center - “I understand that
everyone here is trying to handle what they have the best they can,”
Clyde said. “I really appreciate it everything that everyone has
done for me here to get me back home.”
Clyde graduated from the Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program and
returned to his home in the community in January of 2008.
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Thomas W.: "You guys have been great!" |
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Thomas
W., (R) with Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program Neighborhood
Counselor James Jones (L).
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Prior to the summer of 2005, Thomas
W. lived in an apartment
with his daughter, just up the road from his mom and brother and
worked construction until an accident brought the life he knew to a
halt. Thomas says of his situation: “I didn’t know if I was coming or going after the accident.”
In July of 2005 he arrived at Northeast Center for
Special Care to recover from the brain injury he sustained.
His recovery was guided by an
intensive, interdisciplinary program called the Neurorehabilitation
Intensive Program. The
program’s design includes nurses, social workers, special
educators, recreation specialists, neighborhood counselors,
occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech language pathologists working together with the individual in
one-to-one and in group settings toward the removal of barriers to
community re-integration. Thomas's
connection to the group of individuals he recovered alongside in
classroom settings is strong. He
calls them, “…all good guys.”
In addition to his peers, Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program
Neighborhood Counselor James
Jones is also a person with whom Thomas feels a strong bond. He also refers to Jones as, “…a good guy” and
characterizes the rest of the staff by saying, “There’s a lot of
positive people here."
Of his recovery at Northeast Center for Special Care, Thomas says, “100%?,
I
don’t know about that but I feel like I’m a lot better…a lot
more with it.”
Thomas is ready to figure out what it will take to return to work
but mostly he’s looking forward to returning to his community for
the opportunity to be with his daughter.
His words of wisdoms for anyone recovering at
Northeast Center for Special Care are, “Have patience.
Go easy, they are here to help. Hang in there. Northeast Center will help you out."
Thomas graduated from the Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program and
returned to his home in the community in November of 2005.
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Timothy
C.: "Getting back to normal."
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Timothy
C., with the Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program Team: Pictured (back row, from left) Kelly Driscoll, MSW,
Linda Cahill, special educator, Timothy C., Resident-Neighbor, Judy
Grunwald, SLP, Violet Van Herk, RD, Elizabeth Pratten, RN, Brooke Gabriels, OT (front row, from left) Gerry Brooks, MA,
CCC, CBIT, Lisa Morse-Pratt, RN, Valente Zocchi, RN.
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Mr. Timothy C. was admitted to the Neurorehabilitation Intensive
Program at Northeast Center for Special Care in March of 2005. He
suffered an intracranial bleed in February of 2005, “…a
Tuesday morning and I passed [out] in bed and all I can remember is
bits and pieces” says Tim. Prior to his injury Tim was the manager
of a restaurant and an avid motorcycle rider. His injury left him
with the inability to carry out multiple daily life tasks many of us
take for granted. He had to quit his job and spent several weeks in
the hospital.
Tim arrived here on a Wednesday afternoon and “got settled,” as
he describes it. He immediately embarked on an intensive therapy
course that included occupational, speech, and cognitive-behavioral
therapy. Tim has regained the ability to carryout the many daily
life tasks, he was unable to do due to his brain injury. He also
works in two prevocational programs at Northeast Center for Special
Care: the Main St. Café and the Neighborhood Store.
When asked about his success here at the Northeast Center for
Special Care Tim states he appreciates, “Getting back to normal.”
Tim describes his special educators, occupational therapists, the
groups and his interactions with others recovering at Northeast
Center for Special Care as having been positive. Tim says, “It has
been nice being here and the people are nice here.”
Tim graduates from the Neurorehabilitation Intensive Program in
January of 2006. He will spend a brief time in a transitional group
home where he will continue to learn skills to live in the community
after a brain injury. Tim told us that he plans “to get a job and
my marriage back together.”
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