Val LougheedVal Lougheed

Northern Lights CanadaNorthern Lights Canada1-800-361-46421-800-361-4642

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Facilitating the Transition from Acute Recovery to

Community Life and Work

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Identity Disintegration

and

The Re-organization of Self

March 2004

“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)

My Manifesto

Facilitating Transition

1. What does it mean to recover and return to work?

2. Why can I do to recover and return to work?

3. What can we do to facilitate recovery and a return to work?

Food For Thought

The Aim of Rehabilitation

“to empower & enable consumers to act effectively in a spirit of self-reliance”

Hope, Timmel & Hodzi, 1984

Recovery & Resilience

Ability to return to original form after being bent (bounce back)

A novel and unpredictable recombination of [its] elements.

• Flexibility

• Adaptability

• Change(Dixon, 2006, p. 228)

Work-Job Readiness

“Preparation of physical, mental, emotional and other vocational resources for entry into competitive employment.”

Wright, G. N., 1980, p. 617

Transitions

“It isn’t the changes that do you in, it’s the transitions.”

“Change is situational: the new site, the new boss, the new team roles, the new policy.”

“A transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with new situations.”

William Bridges

Facilitating Transition

1. What does it mean to recover and return to work?

2. What can I do to recover and return to work?

Mind Mapping

What can we do to facilitate

recovery and

a return to work?

A Canadian company with a team of over 220 employment and rehabilitation specialists, case managers, corporate trainers, and support staff whose primary goal is to help you achieve yours. 

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

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:

CVE Inc.Genesis Rehabilitation Ltd.

Diversified Rehabilitation GroupWestern Rehabilitation Specialists Inc.

Occupational Rehabilitation Group of Canada (ORGOC)

Northern Lights Canada

Peter Campbell & AssociatesOPTIMA Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Alternatives Limited / Vocational Alternatives Software

Advantage Rehabilitation Consultants Ltd. 

Sage Rehabilitation & Management Consulting Inc 

Argus Management Consultants, Inc. 

For more information, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-361-4642