HG News
Higher Ground in the news:
Paragliding Event First of Its Kind, September 2011
Articles We Are Reading:
Back From War, Confronted by Fear and Danger, January 2012
A Veteran Commits Suicide Every 80 Minutes, November 2011
TBI Continues to Trouble the Military, November 2011
"Combat Neurosis" Lingers as Problem, November 2011
Guilt May be a Top Factor in PTSD, November 2011
How the Sierra Club Aims to Help Veterans, November 2011
- Our Staff
Higher Ground has an experienced team of professionals to run its programs and manage operations. Three of the staff are certified recreation therapists; many of the other staff and interns have recreation therapy training and backgrounds. Higher Ground has more than 300 volunteers, a number of whom are certified sports instructors. We also have professional physical, occupational, and psychoanalytical therapists who regularly volunteer their time.
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- HG Innovation
Higher Ground continues to take a leadership role in an effort to share its research findings and best practices with military centers, universities, hospitals, and adaptive sports organizations across the nation. Our goal is to improve long-term care for wounded veterans by demonstrating the efficacy of sports, family, and coping therapies as a means of rehabilitation.
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- Who we Serve
We specialize in serving veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), polytrauma, blindness, and mental illness. Our secondary injury specialization includes visual impairments, amputations, spinal cord injuries, severe burns, and hearing impairments.
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