Podcasts

Podcasts hints

To listen to a podcast, click on title (shown as underlined green links) and it should begin playing in any modern web browser. The podcasts are provided as .mp3 files. Alternatively, you can download the mp3 file for offline playback; use the download button that appears next to the audio playback controls.
We hope to eventually have these available through iTunes and other RSS feeds; but, we're psychologists, not web geeks, so please forgive us for having to manually access and play these mp3 podcast files (for now).

Latest podcasts

A conversation with Ken Jaray, J.D. - a pioneer in new approaches to personal injury cases. In Part 1, he tells us about his inspiring and unique approach to helping clients heal, through getting both emotional and financial resolution in their personal injury cases. In Part 2, we discuss the insurance industry's surprising response to restorative mediation.  Mr. Jaray and his law partner, David Webster, can be reached through the Restorative Mediation Project or at the Law Firm of Jaray & Webster LLC.

Three things you might be missing in brain injury cases: Yes, personality change after TBI is an objective, neurological deficit. In more severe cases of TBI, changes in social behavior/personality can be common symptoms. These are neurologically-based, and can be demonstrated with objective, neuropsychological tests, just as cognitive deficits can. Certain types of brain imaging may be useful in such cases also.

Brain Science & the Law podcasts

• March, 2010: Sports Concussion & Mild TBI: Myths & Facts. Why we should be worrying as much about first impacts as second impacts.
• PDF transcript of March podcast: Sports Concussion & Mild TBI: Myths & Facts.
• Mini-report: The trouble with computerized cognitive testing for concussion effects.
• May, 2010 preview: Highlights of Mild vs. Complicated Mild TBI.
• May, 2010: When Mild TBI Is Actually Complicated Mild TBI. Is that mild TBI really so mild? Make sure you have the right evidence.
• Summer 2010 preview: Highlights of interview with Tom Metier.
• Summer 2010: How to Win Brain Injury Cases: Interview with Tom Metier.   Tom Metier, of Metier Law in Fort Collins and Denver, is a leading attorney winning brain injury cases throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Learn from his expertise and experience. He has some great advice for attorneys wanting to work on brain injury cases.
• April, 2010: Dementia, Decision-making, & Competency . Why dementia makes seniors more vulnerable to exploitation, and what you should be getting from psychologists in a capacity assessment.
• Fall 2010: Three things you might be missing in brain injury cases .
• Jan-Feb 2011: Financial exploitation & undue influence: A dialogue with psychologist David Mirich .
• Mar-Apr 2011: Part 1: Those Grey Areas: The Early Stages of Diminished Capacity. This is the first half of a two-part talk I gave to the Elder Law Section of the CO Bar Association about those tricky cases where capacity might be diminished, but not completely gone.
• Summer 2011: Helping seniors on low incomes: Interview with Sharon Mohr, J.D. of Elder Justice Colorado.

Protecting Clients with Brain Injury (1 podcast in 7 parts)

Protecting Clients with Brain Injury , is a 55-minute talk from 2009 on why the standard neuropsych rap on brain injury is incomplete. The podcast is split into seven parts. Accompanying PowerPoint slides are also provided.
Note: The information in this podcast was accurate as of June, 2009. Most of it still applies, but new research is always being published. Our more recent CLE workshops keep up with the latest research.

• PowerPoint slides to accompany podcast parts 1-7.
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 1: 0:39, Slide 1.
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 2: 11:38, Slides 1-4.
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 3 : 7:54, Slides 5-7.
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 4 : 3:42, Slide 7 and Glasgow Coma Scale handout (above).
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 5 : 14:56, Slides 8-13.
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 6 : 9:18, Slides 13-15.
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury - Part 7 : 6:30, Slides 15-20.