Brain Links Webinars and Training Resources

Looking for Webinars? Here’s what Brain Links suggests to get you started. This is not an exhaustive list.

Brain Injury and Child Welfare: Best Practice Guide by the TBI Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) TBI Program.

The child welfare system is complex, and procedures vary widely from state to state. While designed to promote the well-being of children by ensuring safety, permanency, and family cohesiveness, there are multiple entities involved with numerous program regulations and legislative mandates.

Conversely, brain injuries are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed within the child welfare system, which creates challenges for providers on the prevalence and complications of this issue and related symptoms. There are also parents/caregivers who have experienced one or more brain injuries in their lifetime who are suspected to have committed child abuse or neglect of children in their care. Recognizing the symptoms of brain injury will enable child welfare professionals to provide appropriate support for children and parents/caregivers with a brain injury.

This webinar introduces the intersection of the child welfare system and how brain injury state systems can collaborate to meet the needs of families and children involved with that system. Guide contributors from ACL’s State Partnership Program Child Welfare Workgroup share elements from The Best Practice Guide: Information and Tools for State Agencies and discuss a variety of resources and tools.

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Other States Webinars Supporting the Brain Injury & Child Welfare Best Practice Guide

Impact of Brain Injury in Parenting and Child Welfare – Hawaii Department of Health
Brain Links YouTube Channel

Administration for Community Living (ACL) TBI Tuesdays
In observance of Brain Injury Awareness Month 2021, virtual TBI Tuesdays were hosted during March and April.

Outreach to All: Brain Injury within Underserved Populations – YouTube Video (Reply-Captioned) (PowerPoint Slides)
Sustainable Partnerships: Forging Relationships that Last – YouTube Video (Reply-Captioned) (PowerPoint Slides)
Return to Learn: Equal Access to Education for Students with Brain Injury – YouTube Video (Reply-Captioned) (PowerPoint Slides)
Justice for All: Serving Individuals with Brain Injury Across the Justice System – YouTube Video (Reply-Captioned) (PowerPoint Slides)
Maximizing the Effectiveness of Advisory Boards Through Full Participation – YouTube Video (Reply-Captioned) (PowerPoint Slides)

Department of Children’s Services and Brain Links Summer Webinar Series

Moving Forward Together: Return to School Summit. Planned for parents, caregivers, community members, and professionals. NASW CEUs pending.

Recommendation: Watch the archived video recording before accessing the PowerPoint file.

“Impact of the Pandemic on Families” – YouTube Recording / PDF
“Intersections of Mental Health and Suicide” – YouTube Recording / PDF
“Building Resiliency Through Brain Health” – YouTube Recording / PDF
“Putting the Pieces Together: Panel and Q&A” – YouTube Recording

Resource: Strategies Moving Forward: Return to School Series

Sexually Speaking Series: Brain Injury, Development & Behavior

Sexuality is an integral part of being human. However, the physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges stemming from brain injury can greatly affect healthy sexual development and relationships.

Join NASHIA for a three-part series on sexuality across the lifespan:development and disruption, forming and maintaining relationships and the complex presentation and treatment of individuals with hyposexuality and problematic sexual behavior.

NASHIA: Training Archive
Upcoming Events Calendar
Professional Development Training Opportunities

Traumatic Brain Injury & Substance Use Disorder: Criminal Justice

Hosted by the National Council on Aging (NCOA): The Importance of Screening for Brain Injury in Older Adults: Case Studies of Success. Older adults have the highest rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) – related hospitalizations, with a leading cause being from falls. Recognizing this connection, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2020 allows States to use OAA funding for TBI screenings. This webinar will provide an overview of the magnitude of the connection between older adult falls and brain injury, and will provide stories from two states who have trained aging professionals on screening protocols.

Distracted Driving and TBI. Distracted driving includes anything that takes your attention away from the task of safe driving practices. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.

Respite for Family Caregivers of Individuals with Brain Injury – Exploring New Partnerships. The webinar is in partnership with NASHIA and the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center (ARCH). As respite for family caregivers of people with brain injury is often limited due to scarce public dollars, as well as a critical shortage of qualified providers, ARCH and NASHIA are proud to bring you this webinar to highlight resources and possible solutions. The purpose of the webinar is to describe the unique respite needs of this population; share resources provided by both the respite network and State brain injury programs; and learn about respite opportunities available through the Lifespan Respite Care program.

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CDC Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Training Modules: We all have a role in preventing adverse childhood experiences—commonly known as ACEs. ACES can affect children and families across all communities.

Learn to Prevent ACEs: ACEs can impact kids’ health and well-being. They can have long-term effects on adult health and wellness. Their consequences can affect families, communities, and even society. Thankfully, ACEs are preventable.

Take the Trainings: These trainings will help you understand, recognize, and prevent ACEs. Get the insights you need to create healthier, happier childhoods for kids today and bright futures for adults tomorrow.

National Collaborative on Children’s Brain Injury (NCCBI)
Policy Recommendations for School Systems Serving Students with Brain Injury.

Pink Concussions
The first-ever nonprofit focused on pre-injury education and post-injury care for women and girls.

NCCBI is a national cooperative working to improve services and supports for children with brain injury. NCCBI’s current focus is on improving educational services for students with TBI. Join two members of the NCCBI team to learn what policies and practices your state can put in place to support students who have sustained a brain injury and their families. We would also invite your feedback on the NCCBI Policy Recommendations document.

Pink Concussions: Is the FIRST EVER non-profit organization to focus on pre-injury education and post-injury medical care for women and girls with brain injury including concussion incurred from sport, violence, accidents or military service.

Vision: A world in which women and girls with brain injuries are quickly identified and receive appropriate, compassionate care and support.

Mission is to drive change and innovation to develop and implement sex-specific/gender-responsive, evidence-based strategies for the identification, management and support of women and girls with brain injuries.

Katherine Price Snedaker, LCSW is the Executive Director and Founder of PINK Concussions.

Pink Concussions YouTube Channel: Casual Conversations

Women’s Stories: Our PINK Concussions Ambassadors. These amazing women have volunteered to share their experience of brain injury, their personal insights and advice for medical/research community and the press. While each woman was injured in different ways either from sports, violence, accidents and military service, they share similar challenges and victories along the journey of brain injury.

CBIRT: Comprehensive List of Recorded Videos Webinar Series: Systems, Resources, and Benefits: Serving Persons with Brain Injury – Center on Brain Injury Research & Training (CBIRT). Partners in these endeavors include individuals with TBI, family members, educators and other professionals who serve individuals with TBI, hospitals, and research colleagues throughout the United States and beyond. Our research interests include:

hospital-to-school re-entry process,
educational outcomes of students following TBI,
school services for students post-TBI,
interventions to improve social relationships for students with TBI,
transition of youth with TBI from school to adult roles, and
systematic instruction in assistive technology to improve outcomes and quality of life for adults with TBI.

CBIRT: Return to School Webinars

Brain Injury Association of America
Upcoming Live Webinars and COVID-19 Video Series

Sleep and Brain Injury

Distance-Learning and Traumatic Brain Injury

COVID-19 Risk Factors and TBI

Brain Health and Substance Use During COVID-19

Integrating Mindfulness Into Daily Life as a Caregiver

Concussion Discussions Hosted by Amy Zellmer

Cognitive Brain Training
Understanding Brain Fog After Concussion

What is a Concussion: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

Family & Caregiver Webinars

BrainLine: All about brain injury and PTSD