Quantum Leap

We have a fifth Sunday which brings your Sunday 5pm hosts together, I love these shows! Please join Donna ODonnell Figurski and Julie Kintz as they discuss how to get through the holidays with a TBI. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and join in. 

Please join me in welcoming Karen Pedevilla from IPAS. Karen is the Education and Trainer Director from Indiana's protection and advocacy center. Tune in and together we can make a difference!

Join me in welcoming Dr. Arshia Qasim to Quantum Leap. We will be discussing brain injury around the world. How does brain injury in third world countries compare to here in the United States. Join us for a lively proactive conversation. 

Join Julie Kintz in welcoming Dr. Masel to the Quantum Leap Show. Dr. Masel's knowledge and experience will astound you! He holds clinic appointments in Neurology, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy. He has conducted research and has been published in brain injury rehabilitation, hormonal dysfunction after brain injury, sleep abnormalities, metabolic abnormalities, as well as hyperbaric oxygen treatment. This will be a show you do not want to miss! 

Please help Julie Kintz welcome Susan Connors, the President/CEO of The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) to Quantum Leap. Susan will share with us what the IBAA offers to the brain injury community, as well as the history of BIAA and where she sees the organization is heading. Tune in and together we can make a difference for so many!

Join Julie Kintz in welcoming Rebecca Kipping back to Quantum Leap! Rebbecca is a Speech Therapist who is well versed in the needs of those with brain injury. The topic for this show is the different aspects of aphasia. Rebecca is sure to educate us all on aphasia! Save the date, this will be an amazing show!

Please join Julie Kintz and Donna O'Donnel Figurski for this fifth Sunday of the month show. Brain Injury Radio Network is excited to bring you a consistent Sunday night line up! The first show of the evening on the 1st & 3rd Sundays will be Another Fork in the Road hosted by Donna. 2nd & 4th will be hosted by Julie. Following each of these shows you can find Matt from the Matt Duffin Show rocking your night away. 

Join Julie Kintz in welcoming Pam Leitzell to Quantum Leap. Pam is a Psychotherapist who specializes in Cognitive Therapy, as well as Play Therapy. Pam will share with us the benefit of play therapy. She will also discuss cognitive healing which includes the interesting and truly brilliant theory of Dr. Reuven Feuerstein. Pam will share why she developed a computer program based on his 40 plus years of research. This is a show you will not want to miss! Brain Injury recovery has taken a Quantum Leap in the last twenty or so years. Research is the reason for the increased knowledge of how to deal with brain injury. Join host Julie Kintz the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month (5pm Pacific, 8pm EST) as she welcomes professionals that are making a difference in the lives of those living with and/or caring for brain injury. Tune in, call in, and together we can make a difference.  

It is common knowledge brain injury has many challenges and the legal system is one that many may find themselves entangled in. My last show on Quantum Leap Donna and I discussed a dilemma a fellow Brain injury famiily has found themselves in. Matt Chapel is returning to discuss your rights and what you need to know when you find yourself facing the legal system.  Tune in, call in and together we can make a difference in so many lives. Knowledge is power! Brain Injury recovery has taken a Quantum Leap in the last twenty or so years. Research is the reason for the increased knowledge of how to deal with brain injury. Join host Julie Kintz the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month (5pm Pacific, 8pm EST) as she welcomes professionals that are making a difference in the lives of those living with and/or caring for brain injury. Tune in, call in, and together we can make a difference.

Join Julie in welcoming researchers and practitioners in discussing how brain injury survivors can lead a full life after brain injury. 

Endocrine issues are the most under-diagnosed issue concerning brain injury. The problem is that symptoms of endocrine issues can be misdiagnosed for many things such as depression. Symptoms then are masked and never dealt with the original problem. I live in the second largest city in Indiana and there are only three Endocrinologists to serve millions of people.For this reason, we at Brain Injury Radio Network are so lucky to have the chance to have an Endocrinologist on to help educate us on both traditional and alternative practices. Please join me in welcoming Dr. David Sorg, Endocrinologist, to Quantum Leap. He is an amazing man who has been proactive in solving problems that leave other physicians scratching their head. He was first trained in traditional medicine yet he also believes in alternative medicine.  It is so rare to find an Endocrinologist whose passion to educate and help equals Dr. Sorg. If you have questions you would like to ask Dr. Sorg, please feel free to message or ask on TBI QUANTUM LEAP Facebook page. Tune in, call in, and together we can make a difference. 

QUANTUM LEAP: The Connection between Behavior and the Brain Please help me welcome Dr. DeFrance, Neuropsychologist and researcher to Quantum Leap. Dr. DeFrance has a tremendous amount of knowledge to share not only because he is well educated, he also knows first hand about brain injury. He received his in 1966 and since then he spent his life researching the brain. He has written 71 published papers, 10 college book chapters, not to mention his numerous monographs. We all can learn so much from the knowledge he has learned. Dr. DeFrance can help us all understand the connection between our behavior, thoughts and feelings and our brain injury. Save this date, it will be well worth your time. Education is power! QUANTUM LEAP Who: Dr. Jon DeFrance             Neuropsychologist, clinical/ researcher Where: Quantum Leap, on The Brain Injury Radio Network When: THIS Sunday June, 29th 5pm Pacific Time/ 8pm EST Brain Injury recovery has taken a Quantum Leap in the last twenty or so years. Research is the reason for the increased knowledge of how to deal with brain injury. Join host Julie Kintz the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month (5pm Pacific, 8pm EST) as she welcomes professionals that are making a difference in the lives of those living with and/or caring for brain injury. Tune in, call in, and together we can make a difference.

Brain Injury recovery has taken a Quantum Leap in the last twenty or so years. Research is the reason for the increased knowledge of how to deal with brain injury. Join host Julie Kintz the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month (5pm Pacific, 8pm EST) as she welcomes professionals that are making a difference in the lives of those living with and/or caring for brain injury. Tune in, call in, and together we can make a difference.

Help me welcome Matt Chapel, a lawyer who specializes in brain injury. Matt will share some of his experiences of how he has helped those with TBI to get the help they need so that they can live a fuller life. Tune in, call in and together we can make a difference! 

It is quite common to have difficulties in understanding others feelings, emotions and body language after a brain injury. Join me in welcoming to the Quantum Leap Show Dr. Neuman from Indiana Medical University. Dr. Neuman has developed a program to help survivors whose lives have been limited by these types of deficiencies after a brain injury.  Dr. Neuman will share with us this research as well as her current project she is working currently on.  Tune in, call in and together we can make a difference.

Sports and concussions have spurred a tremendous amount of media attention in the recent years. What do we know about the long-term affects of concussions? What are the current researchers focusing on concerning sports and concussions? Please join me in welcoming Dr. McDonald from the Neuroscience Center at Indiana University Medical Center. Dr. McDonald  will be discussing a rather large research study funded by the NFL and GE concerning youth and concussions. Dr. McDonald is the lead investigator of just one of sixteen research facilities that have been awarded this grant. Tune in, call in and together we can make a difference! 

Do you have a hard time reading? Writing? and for me the most difficult one, saying what you mean to say? This is very common problem with those who have had a brain injury. I remember struggling through these obstacles as my brain was healing. I still struggle at times when things are stressful or I am tired. I am happy to welcome Rebecca Kipping, speech therapist who will join the show to talk about aphasia. Aphasia is a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control language. Aphasia makes it hard to read, write and say what you mean to say. Here is a little bit about Rebecca: Rebecca Kipping is a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist from the UK. She established the Speech Therapy Centre in 2003 and has worked within the field of adult neurology since 2002. The Speech Therapy Centre’s aim is to improve the awareness of communication and swallowing difficulties caused by stroke and brain injury and to be of help to anyone who needs it. Do you have questions even before the show? Please find the show on Facebook, TBI Quantum Leap and message me with your questions! I will make sure to ask Rebecca when she is on! Tune in, call in and together we can make a difference! 

Sometimes you find yourself in a strange world. The life you lived before a brain injury does not go so smoothly for you. How to seek out support groups and needed help and guidence when the initial crisis is over can be nothing but overwhelming. Alan Neuenschwander from Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana will join us to discuss the problems that brain injury survivors have after they are released from the hospital. Tune in, call in and together we can make a difference!

Jessica Bailey from Indiana University University will be joining me on Quantum Leap to discuss some amazing brain injury research being conducted at this top rated University. She will share information about a new study funded by the NFL that she is involved in. Tune in..Call in and together we can make a difference for those living with brain injury!