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NEW RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Students With TBI

A 17-page document "Students with Traumatic Brain Injury: Identification, Assessment and Classroom
Accomodations.".

Read the full article at (PDF; 132k):
http://www.neuroskills.com/tbi/studntid.pdf

2. Researchers Study Mild Concussions In High School Athletes

High school athletes who sustained even mild concussions showed significant decline in memory
processing and other symptoms within one week post-injury, in a study conducted by researchers at
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sports Medicine Concussion Program.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-concussionsports.shtml

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ABSTRACTS NEWSLETTER

Subscribe to the Abstracts Newsletter and have the most current traumatic brain injury-related
article summaries from the world's leading research journals sent to you electronically each month
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CURRENT TBI PRESS RELEASES

02/24/03 Scientists Developing Device That Will Help Diagnose Brain Injuries On the Battlefield
02/19/03 Diagnostic Criteria and the Use of ICD-10 Codes to Define and Classify Minor Head Injury
02/18/03 A Study of Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms in Mild Head Trauma
Using Positron Emission Tomography
02/18/03 Serum S 100 B: A Marker of Brain Damage in Traumatic Brain Injury with
and without Multiple Trauma
02/17/03 Helping Young Trauma Patients
02/12/03 Treat Concussions Seriously
02/10/03 New Research Proves Full-90 Padded Headbands Reduce the Risk of Head Injury in Soccer
02/09/03 Brain Injury Test May Be Health Care Boon
02/06/03 Study To See If Cold Helps Brain Injuries
02/05/03 Operative Management of Lower Extremity Fractures in Patients With Head Injuries
02/05/03 One Million Suffer Severe Injury
02/04/03 Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury - A Breakthrough Study
02/04/03 Brain Injury Education Available on Videocasts
02/03/03 University of Pittsburgh Researchers Study Mild Concussions in High School Athletes
02/02/03 Researchers Putting the Chill on People with Brain Injuries
02/01/03 Characterization of Bax and Bcl-2 in Apoptosis After Experimental
Traumatic Brain Injury In the Rat
01/31/03 A Review of Cholinergic Agents in the Treatment of Neurobehavioral Deficits Following
Traumatic Brain Injury
01/31/03 Pittsburgh Study Finds Even Mild Concussions Can Be Quite Serious
01/30/03 Pharmacokinetics and Haemodynamics of Ketamine in Intensive Care Patients With Brain or
Spinal Cord Injury
01/29/03 Concussions Get Serious Treatment
01/28/03 Tests for Traumatic Brain Injury Receive Health Canada Approval

The above press releases and a complete listing can be found at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/current.shtml

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NEW CONCUSSION VIDEOS

Two new concussion videos have been added to our digital library which includes graphics and
animations of various aspects of neurology and traumatic
brain injury.

You can find the graphics library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/graphics.shtml

You can find the concussion videos and other animations library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/animations.shtml

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NEW SPANISH-LANGUAGE SECTION

Centre for Neuro Skills
Programas Residenciales
Programa Hogar y Comunidad
Referencias, Ingresos y Contactos
El Proposito de CNS

Find all the Spanish-language pages at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/cns/cnselritmo.shtml

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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS 2003

March 9-11
National Rehabilitation Association's 2003 Conference
Alexandria, VA
Phone: 888-258-4295
Email: info@nationalrehab.org
Web Site: www.nationalrehab.org

March 13-14
Envisioning the TBI Spectrum of Care
Oklahoma City, OK
Phone: 405-271-3430
Email: rutha@health.state.ok.us
Web Site: www.health.state.ok.us/program/injury/index.html

March 19-20
Massachusetts Brain Injury Association Annual Conference
Marlborough, MA
Phone: 508-795-0244
Email: Mbia@mbia.net
Web Site: www.mbia.net

March 22-25
Prague International Symposium of Child Neurology
Prague, Czech Republic
Phone: 420-2-2426-2110
Web Site: www.conference.cz/childneurology

March 27-28
Brain Injury Association of Maryland Conference
Baltimore, MD
Phone: 410-448-2924
Email: info@biamd.org
Web Site: www.biamd.org

March 29-Apr 5
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology
Honolulu, HI
Web Site: www.aan.com

March 29-April 1
Public Policy Conference
Washington D.C.
Web Site: www.biausa.org

April 3
Brain Injury Association of Alabama Conference
Location to be announced
Phone: 205-823-3818
Email: info@ahif.org
Web Site: www.ahif.org

April 3-7
Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA) Conference
Long Beach, CA
Phone: 562-925-6591
Web Site: www.nora.cc

April 10-12
Multidisciplinary Conference on Brain Injuries
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 800-377-7707 ext. 3
Web Site: www.contemporaryforums.com

April 11-12
Enhancing Community Support Services for Persons with
Brain Injuries in the Province of Alberta
Calgary, Canada
Web Site: www.brainresource.ca

April 23-25
Brain Injury Association of Maine Conference
Portland, ME
Phone: 207-861-9900
Web Site: www.biame.org

May 13-15
Annual Meeting of American Society of Experimental Neurotherapeutics
Washington D.C.
Phone: 414-273-8290
Web Site: www.asent.org

May 15-16
BIA New Jersey Annual Conference
Eatontown, NJ
Phone: 732-738-1002
Email: jschulman@bianj.org
Web Site: www.bianj.org

May 23-26
World Congress on Brain Injury
Stockholm, Sweden
Web Site: www.internationalbrain.org

June 24-28
Annual Case Management Conference
Houston, TX
Web Site: www.cmsa.org

August 7-10
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
Toronto, Canada
Web Site: www.apa.org

August 30-Sep 2
Annual Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Sciences
Helsinki, Finland
Phone: 41-22-908-488
Web Site: www.kenes.com/efns2003

September 18-19
Brain Injury Association of Florida Annual Conference
Delray Beach, FL
Phone: 954-786-2400
Email: info@biaf.org
Web Site: www.biaf.org

October 2-3
BIA Ohio Annual Conference
Columbus, OH
Phone: 614-481-7100
Web Site: www.biaoh.org

October 9-12
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly
Chicago, IL
Web Site: www.aapmr.org

October 15-18
Annual Education Conference of the American Rehabilitation Nurses
New Orleans, LA
Web Site: www.rehabnurse.org

October 16
BIA West Virginia Annual Conference
Phone: 304-766-4892
Web Site: www.biausa.org/WVirginia

October 19-22
American Neurological Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 612-545-6284
Web Site: www.aneuroa.org

October 23-26
American Society of Neurorehabilitation and ACRM Conference
Tucson, AZ
Phone: 952-545-6324
Web Site: www.asnr.com

For a full listing of conferences being held in 2003,
please go to http://www.neuroskills.com/events.shtml

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BOOKS-OF-THE-MONTH

This month's featured books on traumatic brain injury are:

Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0863777511/centreforneuroskA/

Concussive Brain Trauma
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849397073/centreforneuroskA/

Fall Back Up
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738804312/centreforneuroskA/

Physical Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443089086/centreforneuroskA/

Someone Stole Yesterday
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577361725/centreforneuroskA/

For a complete listing of brain injury related books go to:
http://www.neuroskills.com/booksmaster.shtml

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Centre for Neuro Skills has immediate openings for the positions listed below. You can contact
the Human Resources Dept. at
hrca@neuroskills.com or call 800-922-4994 or 661-872-3408.

Neuropsychologist
Speech-Language Pathologist
Physical Therapist
Counselor

Find the CNS employment opportunities page and job details at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/cns/employ.shtml