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Participant Story

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Becoming easily irritated and then getting angry was interfering with another participant’s ability to be around people. Staff worked with the participant on strategies to use to take care of themselves when they started getting agitated.  They improved to the point where they seldom had to find a quiet place and they were able to manage their emotions and stay around other participants.  Staff also worked with this participant on setting up a personal hygiene program because staff noticed that the participant was arriving at the day program disheveled and with evidence of poor body and teeth hygiene.  The participant also arrived many mornings complaining that they were hungry because they hadn’t eaten breakfast.  They developed with staff a morning personal care routine poster to follow that could be posted at home to make sure that the participant took care of themselves properly each morning.

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BTI staff became aware of one participant’s risky social behavior and had been working with them to encourage safer choices. The participant’s unsafe choices ultimately led to them being evicted…

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One participant came to BTI bored and depressed about life. After their brain injury they had lost their friends, felt isolated, and their current socially unacceptable behavior had made them…

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Another participant came to BTI with a history of inappropriate sexual advances that had isolated them and kept vocational opportunities out of reach. BTI staff worked with this participant on…

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A participant with a history of substance abuse joined the day program. BTI staff developed with them goals that they wanted to achieve but active drug seeking was preventing them…

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Participant Story

Becoming easily irritated and then getting angry was interfering with another participant’s ability to be around people. Staff worked with the participant on strategies to use to take care of…

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