Monday, August 1, 2011

Next meeting: August 8, 2011 - CANCELLED


Lifelines: The Brain Injury Wellness and Recovery Group
meeting at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.


The August meeting is scheduled for Monday, the 8th, from 6:30 – 8:00 PM.


Since the January meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather, and we don't want to let good topics go to waste, our August meeting revives

"Are you Smarter than you Think?"


Doing well on IQ tests is no real determinant of how successful you will be or even of how smart you actually are. There is more to intellect than logical, verbal, numerical, and spatial ability. Other, more “hidden” types of intelligence, which are difficult to quantify or qualify, are no less essential to our being able to solve problems and otherwise negotiate the challenges life throws at us.


What is intelligence? In its purest sense, intelligence is understood to be the cognitive ability to understand events or information, then process this information rationally in order to respond appropriately to what is happening around us.

Text from Clare Gordon’s Are You Smarter Than You Think?


Join Lifelines: The Brain Injury Wellness and Recovery Group on August 8th to find out if you ARE smarter than you think.


We will be testing our abilities (with some tests similar to standard neuropsychological ones, so if you are curious as to what these tests look like, here’s your chance to experience them) and then exploring ways to improve our mental functioning. We’ll look at Conceptual Intelligence, Personal Intelligence and Creative Intelligence.


Please send a reply email to Kimberly Aikman (aikmank@gmail.com) or call 214 289 0286 so we know to expect you.

Directions to Presbyterian Hospital:
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is located on Walnut Hill Lane, just east of U.S. 75 (Central Expressway). The meetings are in the
Fogelson Building, Ground Floor, Classroom A
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
8200 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, TX 75231

When turning into the campus from Walnut Hill, the best route of entry may be the driveway prior to the light. The Fogelson Building is to the right when facing the main hospital entrance, and is next to the Margot Perot Center. Using the underground parking is the easiest way to reach the meeting location; if entering from the main floor, cross the foyer (past the stairs) and take the elevators to the ground floor. Classroom A is to the left off the elevators.

Remember: The parking booths are no longer staffed in the evening and the exit requires machine payment. We have a couple more months worth of parking stickers, but they didn't work in the machines at the March and April meetings. Please bring a couple of dollars for parking.

Neither Lifelines: The Brain Injury Wellness and Recovery Group nor Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas support, endorse or recommend any method, treatment, or a program for persons with a brain injury. The intent of the group is to provide support and make information available. Attendance in the group is not a substitute for an informed discussion between a patient and his/her health care provider. No endorsement is intended nor implied.



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