Our web site will still help you in three ways. You will be able to purchase resources to help you at work and at home, you will be able to access our three free journals, and you will be able to contact our staff for answers to questions you might have.
Idyll Arbor's primary mission is to improve the quality of health care provided to clients by providing quality information and resources to practitioners. One way in which we provide this information is through our over 200 products. We carry books, games, assessments and video/audio supplies. Access these products through our Topics or Resources pages. You may also access resources directed toward specific Professions.
Our free, on-line journals, collectively called Idyll Arbor’s Journals of Practice (IAJP), cover three different occupational and topic groups: Recreational Therapy, Activity Professionals and Chemical Dependency. Each journal accepts three types of contributions: Articles, Notes on Practice and comments. The material presented in IAJP will be rotated off the web page and saved to be published periodically in a paper format. These discipline specific volumes will be available for purchase through Idyll Arbor, Inc.
A Guide to Published Articles in Recreational and Adjunctive Therapies is also available. The Guide is designed to give the reader easy access to information published in 16 Therapeutic Recreation and Adjunctive Therapy journals from 1967 to 2004. Searches can be made by author, subject, journal and date.
Idyll Arbor, Inc. is both a publishing house and a consulting firm. Our consultants, editors and authors are some of the best in their fields. We are known throughout North America as a company which carries practical products — books, audio, video, testing tools, posters, games and consultation — that the professional can use in his/her everyday practice. We can do this because we are practitioners who still work with patients as well as being product developers. We try out our products before we offer them to you. In addition to providing quality materials, Idyll Arbor also provides consultation services for activities, therapy departments and facility management.
Idyll Arbor, Inc. is unique because our practitioners talk with other practitioners across the country on a regular basis. We hear about trends in Joint Commission, CARF, NCQA and HCFA surveys as they are happening. Professionals know that they can contact our professional staff and ask about programs, products and techniques which have worked for other therapists across the United States and Canada. We hope this web site will help your practice. Please feel free to contact us with suggestions for making our site more useful for you.
Our web site will help you in three ways. You will be able to purchase resources
to help you at work and at home, you will be able to access our three free journals, and
you will be able to contact our staff for answers to questions you might have.
Idyll Arbor's primary mission is to improve the quality of health care provided to
clients by providing quality information and resources to practitioners. One way in which
we provide this information is through our over 200 products. We carry books, games,
assessments and video/audio supplies. Access these products through our Topics or Resources pages. You may also
access resources directed toward specific Professions.
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Top New Releases
Take a look at the editor's pick for the must-read new books published by Idyll Arbor! Click here to see the entire list of Top New Releases.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Newhouse issues a call to help America’s returning warriors in his latest book, Faces of Combat, PTSD and TBI: One Journalist’s Crusade to Improve Treatment for Our Veterans. His concern is that one-third to one-half of the 1.6 million men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan can be expected to return home with one or all three disorders – post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), or major depression. ... (read more)
This book is about the small and large losses that happen to people, experiences that plunge them into a state of adjustment. It guides those moving through the mourning process and those who are struggling with depression and other symptoms of distress as they start to realize that they are grieving their loss. It is also for the families and friends of those who have suffered a loss. The kinds of losses discussed include ... (read more)
Traumatic brain injury causes damage to the connections in many parts of the brain besides the focal point of the injury. It’s not enough to heal medically. Brain Injury Rewiring for Loved Ones has extensive information about what happens in the brain when it is injured, and goes on to describe the medical care required during the initial stages of recovery. After that, the book makes it clear how loved ones can continue to help the survivor heal spiritually, emotionally, cognitively, physically, socially, and vocationally through traditional and complementary medicine and good nutrition.
Brain Injury Rewiring for Loved Ones is one of two well-received books designed to help survivors of brain injuries. The companion book, Brain Injury Rewiring for Survivors, describes a complementary set of options a survivor has for recovery.
Reviews
A 1976 auto accident in a Minnesota snowstorm left Dolen with a brain injury and a prognosis of "suicide or the psych ward." She was motivated, however, to prove the health-care team wrong. In part the story of her continuing recovery, in part a manual for survivors and loved ones, these books are readable, practical resources that parallel each other in general content and approach. Dolen explains normal brain anatomy and functions, as well as what happens when the brain is injured. Readers learn that no two patients are alike; injuries range from mild to severe and in the worst cases lead to death. Concentration, attention span, organizational skills, emotion, sleep, and behavior can be affected. Both books offer in-depth explanations of how to get the most from health-care professionals and educate readers about treatment, recovery, postinjury rehabilitation, and adaptation. Chapters focus on a specific aspect of therapy: spiritual, cognitive, emotional, nutritional, physical, social, and vocational. Included is a valuable list of resources, organizations, and web sites arranged in the same order as the chapters. A reference list for each chapter completes the content. VERDICT Survivors is a powerful testament to how courage and spirit can aid in recovery and, like Loved Ones, equips readers with knowledge and understanding to help with the many problems accompanying head injuries. Both titles are highly recommended for their intended audiences.—Jodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Fdn. Lib., Library Journal
Carolyn Dolen is the accomplished survivor of a 1976 traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a "suicide or psych ward" prognosis. The U.S. Department of Defense has formed a taskforce on TBI, and estimates there are 2 million new cases in the U.S. annually. These two books [BRAIN INJURY REWIRING FOR SURVIVORS and BRAIN INJURY REWIRING FOR LOVED ONES] are filled with direct and practical strategies for TBI recovery, approaching rewiring from multiple aspects, including emotional, spiritual, cognitive, and physical rewiring. — ForeWord Magazine
Carolyn E. Dolen has appeared in print over 100 times, in both authored and edited pieces including columns in the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation newsletter and health/fitness pieces. She also presented at the national ataxia conference and chaired the 1991 San Diego Disability Awareness Week Network (DAWN) activities. She has taught language arts, math, special education, physical education, and health in the Midwest and California. She recently qualified for international competition in the sprint triathlon with the 2009 Team USA.
