March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

 To raise awareness about brain injury and its life-altering consequences, BIAA announces the availability of new materials for the public, those who have experienced a brain injury, their family members/caregivers, professionals and interested persons. A new brain injury awareness packet and materials are now available.

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The 2007 kit includes: (note - some of these are large PDF files)

 

¨ Behavioral Challenges after Brain Injury booklet;

¨ Challenges, Changes, and Choices: A Brain Injury Guide for Families and Caregivers booklet;

¨ Driving After Brain Injury: Issues, Obstacles and Possibilities booklet;

¨ Falls: The Leading Cause of Brain Injury  booklet;

¨ A Physician Talks about Severe Brain Injury. The Basics booklet;

¨ A poster reflecting the diversity of traumatic brain injury across the United States;

¨ Four fact sheets outlining personal stories of traumatic brain injury;

¨ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury fact sheet;

¨ Directory of the Association’s Chartered State Affiliates;

¨ Frequently Asked Questions about the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Program;

¨ BIAA Bookstore informational sheet

 

 

2007 Caregivers’ Conference: 

 

Watch this space for information about the Brain Injury Association of America’s 2007 Caregiver’s Conference. Click Here for a sample of the educational sessions from the 2006 BIAA Caregivers’ Conference (286k Powerpoint Presentation)