Project BRAIN
Brain Resource and Information Network
A Resource and Training Network for Educators, Families, and Health Professionals Who Support Students in Tennessee with Traumatic Brain Injury
Disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI) affect the lives of nearly 5.3 million Americans. TBI can happen to any one at any time. For children and adolescents in the United States, it is the most frequent cause of disability and death.
Public awareness of brain injury has grown significantly in the last twenty years. We are increasingly aware of ways to prevent brain injuries. Survival rates continue to increase, as does our knowledge of effective rehabilitation practices for survivors. The potential for people to regain skills and independences after TBI grows more promising.
For the child who survives TBI, however, medical recovery and the post-injury rehabilitation process are less predictable. The long-term impact of the injury is determined by several factors, including the developmental stage of the child at the time of injury. Once the injured child is released from a medical or rehabilitation facility, the provision of services becomes the primary responsibility of the schools. Schools are ultimately the largest provider of services to students with disabilities.
“Although TBI is very common, many medical and education professionals may not realize that some difficulties can be caused by a childhood brain injury. Often, students with TBI are thought to have a learning disability, emotional disturbance, or mental retardation. As a result, they don’t receive the type of educational help and support they really need.”
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) Fact Sheet on Traumatic Brain Injury. http://www.nichcy.org/
Project BRAIN is supported in part by project H21MC06739 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resource and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Additional support is from the Tennessee Department of Education, Division of Special Education. Project BRAIN is a project of the Tennessee Disability Coalition, implemented through a contract with the Tennessee Traumatic Brain Injury Program of the Department of Health.
Check out our interactive CD-ROM - NOW VIEWABLE ON THE WEB!
tools
An "interactive tool" for educators, families, and healthcare professionals.
Each “room” provides information about supporting students with TBI in the educational environment.
WHEN YOUR CHILD'S HEAD HAS BEEN HURT
Click the image to download our flyer in PDF format or for a text version.
Para solicitar una versión española el clic aquí o llama 615-383-9442 y pide Paula
Save the date
Mar 1: Greene County, DeBusk Elem. School , BI 101 Training
Mar 4: Brain Injury Association of TN Annual Statewide Conference, Nashville
Mar 17: Brain Injury Awareness Day on the Hill, Washington, DC
Mar 18-19: HRSA TBI Annual Leadership Meeting, Bethesda, MD
Mar 20: West TN Healthcare - Brain Injury Update - To educate brain injury survivors, caregivers, healthcare professionals, sports personnel & community members on the latest issues concerning repeated sports concussions, such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy; educational resources; behavioral intervention strategies, and new uses for the vagal nerve stimulator 731-541-4941
Mar 25: Chattanooga Area Brain Injury Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga To provide education & increase awareness of challenges faced by brain injury survivors in the post-acute phase of recovery and services/treatments available to assist survivors & family members.
Mar 26: Crumley House Johnson City- 4th Annual Intermountain Brain Injury Conference: Transitioning Home & Into the Community. To motivate & inspire brain injury survivors, families, healthcare professionals, students and community members by providing practical applications for moving back home after a brain injury and adapting to community, while improving relationships, 423-257-3644
Apr 19-20: TSSAA - 20th Annual Athletic Directors' Conference, Murfreesboro
Apr 22: Henry County Schools: "Heads Up for Students Day"promoting awareness & education of issues related to brain injury within a school community that engages staff memebers & preschool through eigth grade students, as well as their family members. 731-247-3152
Apr 29: Mental Health Assoc. of Middle TN - TBI Update: Soldiers, Sports, and Stigma - see description on the next calendar event below, 615-269-5355
Apr 30: Mental Health Assoc. of Middle TN - TBI Update: Soldiers, Sports, and Stigma. To provide fresh info & best practices of TBI medical management and rehab, particularly as it relates to returning soldiers & persons with sports injuries. 615-269-5355
May 15: Baptist Memorial Hospital, Germantown - Brain Injury: Overcoming Challenges, To provide insight into brain injury recovery including the principals of neuro-plasticity, evidenced based treatment/techniques/strategies & utilization of humor as an effective tool in the healing process, 901-737-0887
Date TBA: Regional Medical Center at Memphis - A Closer Look Coping with Brain Injury: Transitioning Back into the Community. A one day conference designed specifically with the direct-care staff in mind: however families & caregivers are welcome to attend. 901-545-8487
headlines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presents new TBI Updates
Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports
Heads Up Concussion in Youth Sports
Multimedia Educational Tookit Designed to Protect Teen Athletes
Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators NASHIA Conferences
Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
The Brain Injury Association of America BIAA
Susan Connors, President and CEO
F A C T S
On an annual basis in the United States:
- 1.4 million people will sustain a traumatic brain injury annually
- 50,000 people will die annually as a result of sustaining a traumatic brain injuryspa
- 80,000 plus people annually experience the onset of long-term disabilities following a traumatic brain injury
- There are currently 5.3 million Americans living with a disability as a result of a traumatic brain injury
