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TBI Resource Guide
The world's most comprehensive traumatic brain injury website
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The TBI Resource Guide is the internet`s central source of information regarding traumatic brain injury. The TBI Resource Guide website consists of over 1,700 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.
Lack of Services for Returning Soldiers Demonstrates Need for Brain Injury Awareness and Advocacy (Mar 12)
Just in time for Brain Injury Awareness Month in March, reporter Bob Woodruff’s special documenting his experience with traumatic brain injury (TBI) also showed the continuing unmet need for returning soldiers to receive the “support that matches their sacrifice.”.
Full article: click here
Chemical Cues Turn Embryonic Stem Cells Into Cerebellar Neurons (Mar 19)
A study in mice by Rockefeller University scientists shows that embryonic stem cells implanted in the brain appear to develop into fully differentiated granule neurons, the most plentiful neuron in the cerebellum.
Full article: click here
Hospitalization for Serious Head Injuries Rising Again (Mar 26)
Hospital admissions for the most serious category of head injury – Type 1 traumatic brain injury – increased nearly 38 percent between 2001 and 2004 after a decade of decline.
Full article: click here
Visit the complete special reports section: click here
We would like to welcome the recent formation of the California Brain Injury Association (CALBIA). CALBIA is a non-profit membership organization providing information, referrals, education, advocacy and support for those affected by brain injury.
For more information about CALBIA, the upcoming conferences, and how to become a member of this important organization please click here
The Spring 2007 (16.2) issue of the Inside View quarterly
newsletter is now available! With a $12 yearly subscription ($24
international), glossy, hard-copy versions of the Inside View will be
delivered to your door every three months.
Two-year subscriptions are only $22 ($44 international) and three-year
subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).
Spring Issue Table of Contents:
Brain Cleaner
Vision Restoration After TBI
Case Study: The Forgotten Soldier
Brain's Capacity for Self-Repair
2007 Conference Schedule
CNS Programs and Services
Subscribe to the Inside View newsletter: click here
03/29/07 Kickboxing 'causes brain damage'
03/29/07 A brief review of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation (pdf)
03/29/07 Prognostic value of admission blood pressure in traumatic brain injury: results from the IMPACT study
03/28/07 Impact of brain injury on family members
03/23/07 Study of head impacts in football
03/22/07 More Americans get serious head injuries: study
03/22/07 Protecting brains
03/19/07 Aerobic capacity after traumatic brain injury: comparison with a nondisabled cohort
03/16/07 Chemical cues turn embryonic stem cells into cerebellar neurons
03/16/07 Cerebellar atrophy after moderate-to-severe pediatric traumatic brain injury
03/14/07 Neuropsychiatric aspects of traumatic brain injury
03/13/07 Federal head trauma legislation would fund for more treatment of traumatic brain injuries
03/13/07 Children’s attentional skills 5 years post-TBI
03/13/07 After initial brain injury, damage continues
03/12/07 Sledding accidents bring head injuries
03/12/07 Doctors call for more brain injury study
03/08/07 Military prodded on brain injuries
03/05/07 Rates of Hospitalization Related to Traumatic Brain Injury — Nine States, 2003
03/05/07 Current status of cerebral protection with mild-to-moderate hypothermia after traumatic brain injury
03/01/07 Functional outcomes from inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury: how do hispanics fare?
03/01/07 VA to test all combat vets for brain injurys
03/01/07 Brain injury association partners with ABC anchor Bob Woodruff to assist brain-injured veterans
03/01/07 Personality disorder symptomatology and neuropsychological functioning in closed head injury
03/01/07 Focal brain glucose hypometabolism in patients with neuropsychologic deficits after diffuse axonal injury
Read all the current news: click here
The TBI Resource Guide online store has over 75 brain injury related products, including educational multi-media cds, animations, graphics, e-books, newsletters, research article reprints, assessment tools, and laminated educational cards. The new educational multi-media cds provide an in-depth overview of brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, and brain function. They include audio, video and graphic content in an easy-to-use self-learning format.
Other products:
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Visit the TBI Store:
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Visit the TBI Resource Guide Discussion Forum and join over 500 registered users in asking questions and exchanging ideas with each other on over 150 TBI related topics.
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Read traumatic brain injury survivor case studies detailing injuries, rehabilitation, and outcomes.
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The TBI Resource Guide offers four on-line, continuing education courses. Our courses are $60 each and certified for 2-hours.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Applied Behavior Analysis
Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
Brain Anatomy and Function
CE Courses page: click here
The Centre for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation (CNS - CREF) Is a not-for-profit (503c) foundation whose mission is to further the basis of knowledge about treatment of acquired brain injury at the post acute level and share that knowledge with practicing professionals, family members of those with traumatic brain injuries and the general public.
CNS-CREF website: click here
** You can now submit your events and conferences directly to our online listing by by going to the page below and clicking on the "submit your event or conference" link:
www.neuroskills.com/events.php
Apr 20-21
Insight Workshop
London, United Kingdom
+1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Web: braintreetraining.co.uk
Apr 20-23
AOTA Annual Conference
St. Louis, MO
800-SAY-AOTA
Web: aota.org
Apr 28
Awareness and Communication in Brain Injury Rehab
Royal Oak, MI
248-655-5880
Email: krigley@beaumonthospitals.com
Apr 28 - Mar 5
AAN Annual Conference
Boston, MA
651-695-2717
Email: memberservices@aan.com
Web: am.aan.com
May 9-11
Visual Perceptual Dysfunction in Adult Brain Injury
Gatwick Airport, UK
Web: cognitive-rehab.org.uk/braintree/vpdw2.htm
May 10-12
5th World AMN-Congress (Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology)
Düsseldorf, Germany
+49(0)3641 35 33 0
Email: amn2007@conventus.de
Web: www.amn2007.de
May 24-26
2nd Biennial Vocational Outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury Conference
Vancouver, BC
604.875.1775
Email: sljproductions@telus.net
Web: tbicvancouver.com
Jun 8
Brain Injury Association of Michigan's Strategies for Living Seminar (survivors & family only)
Grand Rapids, MI
(810) 229-5880
Email: kwalsh@biami.org
Web: biami.org\education
Jun 15
Strategies For Living Seminar (Survivors & Family Only)
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Web: biami.org
Jun 19-23
CMSA Annual Conference
Denver, CO
501-225-2229
Email: cmsa@cmsa.org
Web: cmsa.org
Jun 20-22
ANA Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA
301-628-5000
Email: convention@ana.org
Web: nursingworld.org
Jun 22
Strategies For Living Seminar (Survivors & Family Only)
Metro Detroit, MI
810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Web: biami.org
Jun 22-23
Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
London, United Kingdom
+1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Web: braintreetraining.co.uk
Jun 27-30
APTA Annual Conference
Denver, CO
703-684-2782
Web: apta.org
Aug 17-20
APA Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA
202-336-5500
Web: apa.org
Sep 5-8
Annual State of the State in Head Injury Meeting
St. Louis, MO
301-656-3500
Email: nashia@nashia.org
Web: nashia.org
Sep 21-22
Understanding and Dealing with Behaviour Problems following brain injury
London, United Kingdom
+1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Web: braintreetraining.co.uk
Sep 27-28
BIA of Michigan Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Web: biami.org
Sep 27-29
NABIAS Fifth Annual Conference on Brain Injury
San Antonio, TX
703-960-6500
Email: conference@nabis.org
Web: nabis.org
Oct 3-5
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Conference
St. Charles, MO
314-426-4024
Email: sgee@biamo.org
Web: www.biamo.org
Oct 6
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Family/Survivor Conference
St. Charles, MO
314-426-4024
Email: sgee@biamo.org
Web: www.biamo.org
Oct 11
6th Annual Neuro Rehab Conference
Loma Linda, CA
Email: lmosley@neuroskills.com
Oct 11-12
BIA of Indiana Annual Conference
317-356-7722
Email: info@biai.org
Web: biausa.org/Indiana
Nov 16-18
State of the Art Medical and Rehabilitative Care in Brain Injury: Clinical and Legal Implications
Napa, CA
Tel: 661-872-4903
Email: calbiainfo@yahoo.com
Web: calbia.org
Dec 7-8
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop (Attention & Information Processing)
London, United Kingdom
+1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Web: braintreetraining.co.uk
Conferences 2007: click here
Browse through 200 brain injury related books in our TBI Bookstore. Search by author, keywords, categories or book titles and order online via our association with Amazon.com. Many new 2006 and 2007 titles just added !!
Visit the TBI Bookstore: click here
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Have you missed one of our newsletters? You can now read past issues of our monthly e-newsletter in
our archive section: click here
That is all for this month. See you in April!
Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com
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