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Brain Injury InformationPeople living with the challenges of a Brain Injury, you are not alone! Brain injuries vary in degrees of severity and are unique to every individual. If you are someone who has a brain injury or have someone you care for that is living with a brain injury, call people who care and understand. We are here to provide support, education and resource information for individual, families and friends. TBI Group Member: Brandon
Brain Injury Coordinator
DefinitionsTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI) — results from a forceful blow to the head such as: vehicle or bike accidents, sports injury, falling down, shaken baby syndrome, abuse and assault. Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) — is a brain injury that results from: stroke, aneurysm, surgery, anoxia, and toxic exposure. Brain injury can cause physical, cognitive, emotional and/or behavioral effects. Every person with a brain injury is unique. Resource Center Help
Networking & Support MeetingsThe Brain Injury Support Group meets monthly at West Central Industries, 1300 SW 22nd St., Willmar, Minnesota (Nov/Dec holiday exceptions) — See Active Lives Events Calendar for dates/times. Beverages and snacks provided. Come meet others that share your life experience, let us help with locating helpful resources, and take advantage of our Lending Library as an educational resource. The group features speakers. We also have scholarships available for workshops, Brain Injury Conferences, and adaptive technologies. Recommended Websiteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_Brain_Injury This website offers a condensed but thorough description of traumatic brain injury, classifications, signs and symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, prognosis, complications, epidemiology, history, research directions and external links. This website connects survivors and their families to the only statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with brain injury, advocating for systemic change both locally and nationally and providing direct programming for persons with brain injury, their loved ones, and the professionals who serve them. This website is the Brain Injury Association of America and offers information about brain injury, state offices, media and events, policy and legislation related to brain injury issues, research, and professional contacts. www.mayoclinic.com/health/spect-scan This website explains the benefits of using single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) scan to examine internal organs (including the brain). The SPECT scan provides 3-D images that shows how your organs are working. This information is useful in determining damage to the brain, areas affected, and the amount of blood flow (active or less active) in the brain. www.neurologychannel.com/common This is a website developed and monitored by board certified physicians providing comprehensive, trustworthy information about conditions that affect the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles). What is unique to this website is that it includes a physician handout that can be downloaded and brought in to appointments concerning brain injury. This website provides support for brain tumor patients. It features a pen pal program, funding, research free patient educational materials, newsletter, publications and resource listings. There is also information for support group referrals and assistance in starting groups. This article is from the Mayo Clinic and in a condensed version of the symptoms of the varying degrees of brain injury and the signs significant for each for adults as well as children. www.mayoclinic.com/health/temporal-lobe-seizure This website provides a variety of neurological exams that are available to determine electrical activity, images, metabolic changes in movement, and active areas of the brain for a patient experiencing seizures. The site describes the processes involved in each and the usefulness in diagnosis and treatment planning. This website is unique in that it is a user friendly, motivating, personalized computer portal for persona with brain injury. The program is interactive designed to assist the recovering brain injury survivor to reorient and refocus on what was once familiar and accessible. This program is designed to be user friendly for people with limited ability and suffer from extreme disabilities. This website offers multiple links for people with brain injury, and their families nationwide. This is another resource of multiple brain injury supports featuring General Brain Injury Links, U.S.A. Brain Injury Links, Canadian Brain Injury Links. International Brain Injury Links, and Miscellaneous Brain Injury Links. There is also access to TBI chat rooms and message boards. Brain Injury Matters Inc (BIM) facilitates self advocacy and community education for people living with acquired brain injury (ABI). The goal of BIM is to help people living with ABI to realize potential for a full life within a supportive community and increase awareness about ABI. This website is dedicated to helping veterans and their loved ones survive and thrive after combat. This website offers links and resources for war veterans with TBI. Featured is “The Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide” written by Dr. Glen Johnson, a Clinical Neuropsychologist. |
