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TBI Resource Guide
The world's #1 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 1,400 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.
Bush Budget Eliminates TBI Funding (Mar 4)
Bush's 2006 proposed budget will eliminate a federal program for treating people with TBI.
Full article: click here
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New Scale Predicts Recovery From Coma (Mar 14)
The first reliable measure of neurobehavioral functioning during coma that predicts recovery of consciousness up to one year after injury.
Full article: click here
The Spring 2005 (14.2) 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).
Winter Issue Table of Contents:
Brain Activity in the Minimally Conscious
Dementia Drugs May Help Young TBI Survivors
Sport-Related Concussions and Return-To-Play Guidelines
Magnetic Stimulation Can Change Your Brain
Understanding Obstacles to Nerve Regeneration
Scientists Regrow Optic Nerve
2005 Conference Schedule
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03/25/05 Trial Hopes to Cut Head Injury Deaths
03/25/05 Traumatic Brain Injuries Take Many Forms
03/25/05 Hematopoietic Stem Cells May Be Capable of Differentiation Into Neurons
03/25/05 First aid for Head Injuries
03/24/05 Pre-Ambulatory Infants With Head Trauma: A Three-Year Retrospective Study
03/24/05 Cortical Hyperexcitability in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Secondary to Minor Accidental Head Trauma: a Neurophysiologic Study
03/23/05 Your Child's Health: More Than a Bump on the Head
03/23/05 Advocacy for Brain-Injured is Now Activist's Job
03/23/05 Adult Stem Cells Can Produce Brain Cells
03/21/05 Miss Utah Fights for Brain-Injury Funds
03/21/05 Head Injuries in Young Athletes
03/21/05 Every 21 Seconds
03/21/05 Brain Injury Therapy Being Underfunded
03/18/05 Traumatic Brain Injury as a Relevant Cause of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults: A KIMS-Based Study
03/18/05 Predictors of Outcome in Prolonged Posttraumatic Disorders of Consciousness and Assessment of Medication Effects: A Multicenter Study
03/18/05 Amantadine for Traumatic Brain Injury: Does It Improve Cognition and Reduce Agitation?
03/17/05 New Zealand Brain Drug
03/17/05 Indications for CT in Patients Receiving Anticoagulation after Head Trauma
03/16/05 Brain Injury Awareness Week
03/14/05 Hospital Highlights Lesser Known Cause of Head Injury - Drugs
03/11/05 Non-neurologic Organ Dysfunction in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
03/11/05 Late Proton MR Spectroscopy in Children after Traumatic Brain Injury: Correlation with Cognitive Outcomes
03/11/05 Indications for CT in Patients Receiving Anticoagulation after Head Trauma
03/11/05 Head Injury Patients Receiving Inappropriate Treatment
03/11/05 Animal Study Shows Memories Of Familiar Environments Can Survive After Brain Damage That Results In Severe Amnesia
03/10/05 New Scale Predicts Recovery of Consciousness From Coma After Brain Injury
03/10/05 Analysis of the Brain Bioavailability of Peripherally Administered Magnesium Sulfate: A Study in Humans With Acute Brain Injury Undergoing Prolonged Induced Hypermagnesemia
03/09/05 Researchers Model Brain's Electrical Storm During a Seizure
03/09/05 Long-Term Disability in the Local Population 2 Years After Mild Head Injury: Prospective Cohort Study
03/09/05 fMRI Reveals Large-Scale Network Activation in Minimally Conscious Patients
03/09/05 Capital to Host Brain Injury Talks
03/08/05 NASCAR Racing Legend to Announce Major Initiative at Brain Injury Association of Michigan Event
03/07/05 Translational Neurochemical Research in Acute Human Brain Injury: The Current Status and Potential Future for Cerebral Microdialysis
03/07/05 Letter: Brain Injury Should be of More Concern
03/07/05 Key Iraq Wound: Brain Trauma
03/07/05 Effects of Circuit Training on Body Composition and Peak Cardiorespiratory Responses in Patients with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
03/07/05 Brain Injuries Range from Loss of Coordination to Loss of Self
03/04/05 Secondary Mania Following Traumatic Brain Injury
03/04/05 Cognitive Impairment Associated With Major Depression Following Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
03/04/05 Brain Injured Artists Showcase Their Work
03/03/05 What Do We Really Understand About Head Injury?
03/03/05 Lateral Fluid Percussion Brain Injury: A 15-Year Review and Evaluation
03/03/05 Changes in White Matter in Long-Term Survivors of Severe Non-Missile Traumatic Brain Injury: A Computational Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Images
03/03/05 A Journey Through Concussion's Foggy Terrain
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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.
Educational CD's
Animations
Graphics
Newsletters
Reprints
ILS
E-Books
Virtual Tour
Laminated Cards
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Visit the new TBI Resource Guide Discussion Forum. Here you can ask questions, read responses and exchange ideas with others about TBI related topics. This past month 9 topics and 20 articles were created in the Forum that were viewed by over 500 visitors.
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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
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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
Apr 8-9
Insight Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Apr 8-9
The Multicontext Approach to Cognitive Rehabilitation
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Website: www.mindworksgroup.ca
Apr 9-16
AAN Annual Conference
Miami Beach, FL
651-695-2717
Email: memberservices@aan.com
Website: am.aan.com
Apr 10-14
World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Sao Paolo, Brazil
+32-9-344-3959
Email: isprm2005@isprm.org
Website: www.na5.com.br/isprm/
Apr 14-16
Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Conference
Vancouver, Canada
604-875-1775
Website: www.tbivancouver2005.com
Apr 15-16
Biomechanics and Physiological Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury / AACBIS
Memphis, TN
901-545-8487
Email: cchambers@the-med.org
Apr 26-27
Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin Annual Conference
Green Bay, WI
414-778-4144
Email: biaw@execpc.com
Website: www.biaw.org
Apr 28-29
Brain Injury Association of Maine Annual Conference
Portland, ME
207-861-9900
Website: www.biame.org
May 4-8
World Congress on Brain Injury Bi-Annual Conference
Melbourne, Australia
+61-3-9682-0244
Email: braininjury@icms.com.au
Website: www.icms.com.au/braininjury/
May 9-13
International Conference on Developmental and Learning Disabilities
New York, NY
212-273-66457
Email: tsobel@yai.org
Website: www.yai.org
May 12-13
Brain Injury Conference
Seattle, WA
206-543-3600
rehab@u.washington.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/tbi
May 13-14
Visual Perceptual Dysfunction Part 1
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
June 9
TBI: From Injury to Community
San Jose, CA
650-592-3241
TRagual@cnsneuro.com
Website: www.neuroskills.com/conference05.shtml
June 17-18
Understanding and Dealing with Behaviour Problems Following Brain Injury
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
June 21-25
Case Management Society of America Conference
Orlando, FL
501-225-2229 Ext. 1-27
Email: cmsa@cmsa.org
www.cmsa.org/Conference/2005ORLANDO/
Aug 19-21
4th Annual Conference of the Neuro Trauma Society of India
Kolkata,India
Email: drgk@prusty.com
Website: www.neurotrauma2005.com/
Sep 6-7
Encephalitis Explored - Assessment, Rehabilitation & Therapy
York University, UK
+44-(0)-1653-699599
Email: mail@encephalitis.info
Website: www.encephalitis.info/Professionals/Meetings.html
Sep 9-11
FACES 2005 Encephalitis Conference
Philadelphia, PA
604-980-2236
wendystation@shaw.ca
www.encephalitisglobal.com
Sep 17
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Sep 29-30
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Website: 63.126.124.136/Michigan
Sep 29-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Colorado Annual Conference
Vail, CO
303-355-9969
Email: biacolo@aol.com
Website: www.biacolorado.org
Sep 29-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Illinois Annual Conference
TBA
312-726-5699
Website: www.biausa.org/Illinois/bia.htm
Oct 5
4th Annual Loma Linda Brain Injury Conference
Loma Linda, CA
lmosley@neuroskills.com
Nov 19
Information Processing: Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Dec 3
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Physical Therapists
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Conferences 2004-2007: click here
Head Injury Education: A Group Therapy Manual
By Martin van der Broek, Beverley Dayus
Price: $105.00
> click here for more information or to order
Post-Traumatic Vegetative State
By Giuliano, M.D. Dolce (Editor), Leon, M.D. Sazbon (Editor)
Price: $49.00
Synopsis
Text provides information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with this condition. Features information on running and operating a facility and an analysis on ethical and legal considerations.
> click here for more information or to order
Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury
By Barbara P. Uzzell (Editor), Henry H. Stonnington (Editor), B. P. Uzzell (Editor)
Price: $99.95
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Rising from Hell
By John Kennedy Rizzo
Price: $19.95
Synopsis
The victim of a devastating motorcycle accident, author John Kennedy Rizzo knows too well of the social, spiritual, and medical aspects of traumatic brain injury. Rising from Hell traces his path through partial paralysis, incapacitating depression, and terrifying panic attacks. On his long road to rehabilitation, Rizzo discovered ways to overcome impossible odds. He speaks with compassion and wisdom as he encourages brain-injured people to find their way to the enabled life that may well lie within their grasp.
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Silent Screams
By Maria A. Hernandez
Price: $20.99
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For a complete list of over 200 brain injury related books: click here
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The Brain Injury Association of America announces two new products, a green wristband and a window decal. Both of these exciting new products will allow the Association to raise awareness and will help support our efforts to reach the 5.3 million Americans living with brain injury.
The green wristband has the phrase "Mind Matters" and "BIAA" embedded in the band. The green represents new life and growth experienced through the rehabilitation process.
The 3" x 3" cling-on decal shows our green brain injury awareness ribbon.
Show your support by wearing a green "Mind Matters" wristband and displaying a decal on your car. Share them with your friends and family.
To purchase go to: BIAA Site
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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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