Community Based Rehab-Solutions
Equipping local support people in rural communties with the skills needed to work with, & engage individuals who have mental health, cognitive and physical challenges to live meaningful & productive lives.
Remote Location Rehabilitation
If your client that was involved in a motor vehicle accident, but is living in a rural remote area, has moved to a different country and/or repatriated to their home country with little access to care - CBR-Solutions can be the answer.
CBR-Solutions provides :
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Comprehensive review of the client file,
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Collaborative work with legal team, insurers and case managers
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Completion of documentation for insurers including request for HCAI funding
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On-site needs analysis
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Development of solutions for all aspects of a client's rehabilitation needs: attendant care, rehab coaching, housing, therapies, medical management
CBR-Solutions: Training Program (solves the need for local support)
The program:
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Provides on-site training for local individuals to become front line rehabilitation coaches. The training is tailored to individuals looking for skills to assist their client in their recovery post trauma (i.e., cognitive, emotional, physical etc).
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Can be customized to each individual client and community with consideration to language, culture, spiritual and religious practices.
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Includes follow up supervision with registered health professionals.
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Provides access to the resource manual and working templates.
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Provides training to attendant care providers
Following the program, the trainee's will have the practical and theoretical knowledge to enable them to work with, and help the client and other's in their community struggling with mental health, cognitive and/or physical trauma. They will understand the importance of meaning, function and community re-integration and will have acquired the practical skills necessary to begin working as a rehab coach.
CBR- Training Program
CBR-Solutions provides meaningful training to various groups or organizations including but not limited to: Veteran affairs, charitable organizations, government agencies &/or Six Nations. This training can help the organization empower a local community.
CBR-Training offers a 5-day in-person, on-site training program and supporting manual, which provides tailored teaching to those looking for skills to assist individuals in their recovery post trauma (i.e., cognitive, emotional, physical etc). The program is customized to each individual community. Consideration is given to language, culture, spiritual and religious practices.
After taking this training, a participant would have the practical and theoretical knowledge to enable them to work with, and help people in their community struggling with mental health, cognitive and/or physical trauma. They will understand the importance of meaning, function and community re-integration and acquire practical skills necessary to begin working as a rehab coach. In addition to the training and manual, they will have access to a drive of downloadable working templates and follow up supportive coaching/supervision with registered health professionals.
FAQ's
CBR-Solutions was founded by Simone Friedman, Speech-Language Pathologist and Natalie Kalymon, Occupational Therapist.
Our story began over 24 years ago when Natalie completed her graduate school thesis on the World Health Organization's (WHO) Community Based Rehab (CBR), and Simone completed her thesis on the WHO’s, International Classification of Functioning and Disability (ICF). Both WHO models shine a light on the importance of providing functional, meaningful therapy to clients within the cultures and communities within which they lived.
To follow this model, Natalie and Simone created a training manual that provide the necessary skills to local support people in rural communities. These skills can then be used to work with and engage individuals who have mental health, cognitive and physical challenges to live meaningful and productive lives. ical challenges to live meaningful & productive lives.
