SERVICE OFFERINGS

FUNCTIONAL & DAILY LIVING SKILLS

• Functional Living Skills Training: To maximize safety and independence on a range of home and community-based tasks such as cooking, managing money,  getting around the community, among other everyday independent living skills.

• Sensory Stimulation Programs: Tailored programs that encourage wakefulness, awareness of the environment, and purposeful interactions. Families are trained to use these programs at home to help maintain skills and promote recovery.

• Augmentative Aid Training: Personalized strategies for communication and environmental control to help people interact more effectively with their surroundings.

COGNITIVE REHABILITATION & EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SUPPORT

• Practical Cognitive Tools: Strategies and tools to help people manage everyday daily life more easily. Focuses on keeping routines on track, reducing frustration, and supporting independence and safety.

• Executive Skills Training: Supports planning, organization, time management, self-regulation, problem-solving, and goal-setting. Strategies are practiced through real-world application of skills at home, school, or work.

• Memory Support: Provides personalized memory tools and strategies to make daily tasks easier. Supports structure, independence, and managing daily demands.

PSYCHOTHERAPY & EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Individualized, skills-based psychotherapy to improve emotional adjustment, coping, and psychological well-being following illness or injury. Treatment focuses on building insight into emotional and behavioral responses while developing practical strategies to improve daily functioning, relationships, and quality of life. Focus areas include:

• Mood, Anxiety, and Stress Management: Building skills to regulate emotions, strengthen resilience, and address unhelpful behaviors.

• Roles, Relationships, and Identity: Navigating changes in family, work, social roles, and sense of self.

• Adjustment, Coping, and Recovery: Supporting adaptation to life changes, including processing trauma, loss, and disability-related challenges.

POST-CONCUSSIVE SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT & RECOVERY

A multidimensional, evidence-based intervention designed to reduce symptom frequency and intensity while improving overall symptom management, daily functioning, and quality of life. Care is individualized and may include:

• Psychoeducation: Building understanding of post-concussive symptoms, patterns and triggers.

• Environmental and Lifestyle Modifications: Identifying and addressing symptom triggers across home, school, work, and community settings.

• Pacing, Energy Management, and Activity Planning: Developing strategies to regulate fatigue, cognitive overload, sensory sensitivity, and stress.

• Cognitive and Executive Strategy Support: Addressing attention, memory, organization, and processing speed challenges in real-world contexts.

• Psychotherapy and Emotional Adjustment Support: Improving mood regulation, anxiety management, as well as adjustment to identity and life changes commonly associated with concussion.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT & CARE INTEGRATION SERVICES

Individualized education, training, and support designed to empower caregivers with knowledge, skills, and practical strategies to support their loved one while maintaining their own well-being. Services aim to reduce caregiver stress and burnout, improve care outcomes, and enhance quality of life for both the individual and their support system. Care is tailored to the needs of each family and may include:

• Education and Skills Training: Education about the nature of brain injury and recovery, along with hands-on training in how to interact with and support a loved one, monitor changes in functioning, and respond effectively to evolving care needs.

• Emotional Support and Adjustment: Help to process stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and emotional strain associated with caring for someone with an acquired brain injury. Focuses on supportive psychotherapy to address emotional adjustment, role changes, and the psychological impact of caregiving, while helping caregivers sustain their own well-being and balance daily demands.

• Resilience Training: An active, skills-based intervention designed to strengthen caregivers’ ability  to cope with ongoing caregiving demands and prevent chronic distress and burnout. Provides practical instruction and practice in evidence-informed strategies such as stress regulation, mindfulness, communication skills, boundary-setting, problem-solving, and adaptive coping, tailored to the unique challenges of brain injury.

• Care Integration: Guidance and coordination to support continuity of care across settings, including collaboration with medical and rehabilitation providers, assistance identifying appropriate services and levels of care, and support navigating the healthcare system from hospital to community. This may include helping families understand ongoing care needs, specialty follow-up, and available resources.

• Behavior Management and Safety Planning: Individualized, evidence-based behavior and environmental strategies to help caregivers understand and manage challenging behaviors, promote safety, and minimize unintentional symptom reinforcement.

Understanding the impact of brain injury through personalized evaluation

Neuropsychological assessments help us understand how a brain injury affects thinking, behavior, feelings, and everyday life. At BrainMatters, we provide custom assessments that inform care, support caregivers, and contribute to personalized treatment planning. Our evaluations give clear, practical insights to help individuals navigate brain injury recovery and optimize their daily functioning, while also supporting families and caregivers.

Our Assessment Services

• Neurobehavior Assessments: Evaluate consciousness, awareness, and a person’s ability to respond and interact with their environment. These assessments are designed for persons in a coma or similar conditions, as well as those with challenging behavioral issues.

• Customized Neuropsychological Assessments: Evaluations tailored to fit each person’s needs, abilities, and level of participation. Depending on the situation, this may include brief screeners, comprehensive neuropsychological testing, and/or assessment of emotional functioning. Results are used to create a clear plan with practical recommendations to support recovery, make daily life easier and improve overall functioning at home, school, or work.

• Caregiver Needs Assessments: Identify the practical and emotional needs of caregivers. These assessments help us design personalized programs that provide education, skills training, and targeted support strategies. 

Corporate and Clinical Program Development 

Cognitive Rehabilitation 

Behavior Management

Disorders of Consciousness

Professional and Corporate Trainings 

Staff Development

Clinical Supervision

Educational Seminars and Workshops

Legal and Medical Expert Services*:

• Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluation

• Capacity Evaluations 

• Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs)

• Worker’s Compensation Assessments

• Expert Reports and Written Opinions

• Follow up Assessments and Report Updates

• Medical and Other Record Review

• Case Consultation and Preparation

*Disclaimer: These services are independent from clinical treatment and are not combined for the same individual.