Power point version of Val's presentation at the Access Awareness Kick-off Luncheon in Calgary Alberta; May 7, 2013

1. Val Lougheed
Northern Lights Canada
Real Work * Real People * Real
Results
Access Awareness
Trauma, Rehabilitation
and Recovery –
~ Keep Your Fork ~
1-800-361-4642 * www.northernlightscanada.ca * vlougheed@northernlightscanada.ca

2. “You don’t want your
impairments to define
you – you want them
to inform you.”
(Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)

3. www.slideshare.net/vlougheed
#NLCAN
www.northernlightscanada.ca/about/about-val-
lougheed/be-still

4. Agenda
• Beginning …
• Middle …
• End …

5. Access Awareness
1. What does it mean to recover?
2. What can I do to recover and
return to a life that includes
work?
3. What can we do to facilitate
access and ability?

6. Rated PG-113
People Strongly Cautioned!
May contain bad language, brief nudity,
sexual overtones, and drug usage.

7. Beginning
1978

11. Sept. 9, 2003 - morning

12. Sept. 9 – p.m.

13. Sept. 15 2003 – Jan. 19 2004
Journey Back to Life

18. February 2004 – Present
Starting Point

20. The
Re-organization
of Self
March 2004

21. “In the aftermath of traumatic
life events … [the] sense of self
has been shattered.”
(Herman, 1992, p. 61)
“An existential crisis …”
(Hanita Dagan, personal communication, 2005)

22. The First Step is a …..

23. Losing My Grip
My IWRP
August 2004

25. VIDEO CLIP
Seven of Nine…
resistance is futile
http://www.youtube.com/watc
07 -- 33

27. Middle
Research

32. Middle
Narcotic Pain Killers

36. Paul Bach-y-Rita – 1934 – 2006
Scientist and Rehab Doctor
Neuroplasticity - 1969

41. Trauma
Personal Experience
• Listen to me
• Understand me
• Respect me
• Are competent
I trust (love, feel safe with, will
try hard for) people who:

42. METHODS OF
HELPING

43. VIDEO CLIP
Esther
Sternberg
Dr. Esther Sternberg Demo
Reel – YouTube;
00 -- .36

44. Cortisol and Immune
Cells
Sternberg, 2001; p. 112

46. Scaling the Canyon

48. Access Awareness
Resilience
 Ability to return to original form after
being bent (bounce back)
Thriving in constant change, ability to be:
• Flexible
• Creative
• Adaptable
• Learn from experience
http://www.resiliencycenter.com/articles/5levels.shtml

49. Access Awareness
Rehabilitation (habiter – to live
inside)
“Rehabilitation is the learning to live
inside not only one’s body, however
it is after an injury or illness, but
inside one’s very being.”
(Kabat-Zinn, in Meili, 2003; p. 241)

50. Access Awareness
Recovery
Curing Focus on the illness/
impairment [outside]
Healing Focus on the person
[inside]
Crombez, October; 2003

51. Be Still

52. Sept., 2005
Waskesiu

57. Breast Cancer
Reconstructive Surgery
March 2006

58. Convocation M.Ed. -- June
2006

59. Back in “a” Saddle
September 2007
• Officially change role/
title
• Re-organize NL
• Work part-time

60. Access Awareness
1. What does it mean to recover?
2. What can I do to recover and
return to a life that includes
work?
3. What can we do to facilitate
access and ability?

61. Keep Your Fork

62. Northern Lights Canada is a person-centred
organization committed to providing innovative,
responsive links to real work.
We offer 4 major divisions of service:
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Employment Services
• Employer Services
• Corporate Training
For more information, please contact us:
1-800-361-4642
www.northernlightscanada.ca

63. Voc Rehab Canada (VRCAN) is a national consortium of experienced
regional vocational rehabilitation companies. VRCAN provides
customers with single-point access to VR services anywhere they are
needed in Canada, whether on an individual service or contract basis.
Member companies include:
Argus Management Consultants, Inc. Sandra Preeper & Associates
Advantage Rehabilitation Consultants
Ltd.
Rehabilitation Alternatives Limited /
Vocational Alternatives Software
OPTIMA Rehabilitation CVE Inc.
Northern Lights Canada Occupational Rehabilitation Group of
Canada (ORGOC)
Western Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. Diversified Rehabilitation Group
Genesis Rehabilitation Ltd. Rehabilitation Focus
For more information, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-361-4642