Traumatic Brain Injury – Training and Resources
Other Resources
VA Employee Education System - Free Continuing Education Classes
Windows to the Brain: Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury
Advanced Therapeutic Techniques for Treating our Military Personnel and Their Families
http://www.southernregionalahec.org/professionals/pdf/PFCPrograms.pdf
Target Audience
This program has been planned for substance abuse professionals, psychologists, social workers, case managers and counselors. Other interested mental health or human service professionals are welcome to attend.
Program Description
As military service members return from deployment in the Middle East and settle back into their communities, families and careers, readjustment issues may lead to seeking treatment for symptoms related to PTSD, depression and substance abuse. This workshop will provide interactive skill-building for clinicians and will highlight
specific strategies for tailoring cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) for trauma-exposed veterans and their families. An overview of assessment considerations will be followed by description of CBT-based Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapies (CPT) and related strategies by expert trainers. Emphasis
is placed on adapting clinicians’ current skills to include tailored evidence-based therapies for PTSD with consideration of co morbid conditions.
Treating the Invisible Wounds of War Series: Part 2 – Traumatic Brain Injury
Description: To build bridges between local community resources and military families, Congress established the National Demonstration Program for Citizen-Soldier Support. Spearheaded by the Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Citizen-Soldier Support Program (CSSP) focuses on all branches of the military and other reserve component members and families.
Click here: http://www.aheconnect.com/ahec/cdetail.asp?courseid=citizensoldier2 to access the course and register.
Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury
Developed by North Carolina’s own Robin Hurley, MD, the free online course provides a background for understanding the neuropsychiatry of TBI. It provides a review of the types of TBI, common functioning deficits, the relationship between PTSD and TBI, and assessment and treatment. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/ptsd101/course-modules/traumatic-brain-injury.asp
“Returning Wars’ Wounded, Injured, and Ill: A Reference Handbook” (Contemporary Military Strategic and Security Issues) Edited by Nathan D. Ainspan, and Walter E. Penk. This is a great book written for wounded veterans and it is an excellent resource for DS providers and academic advisors who work directly with student veterans. Chapters cover areas on specific injuries and their symptoms, navigating through hospitalization and recovery, seeking education and employment, and readjusting to life in general with an injury and disability. There is an entire chapter devoted to the impact of injuries and disabilities among those with the National Guard, and an entire chapter devoted to the discussion of PTSD – causes and symptoms.
Also, the following are links to four different online videos for those of you who work with students who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The first two clips are sample videos by Medivisuals and are somewhat elementary but they do a good job of breaking down how an impact can result in a brain injury (videos are approx 7 min each). The next two clips are from the Brain Injury Research Center – Mount Sinai School of Medicine (approx 40 min each). Again, one informative video on how brain injuries occur and one video on how to accommodate individuals with a TBI – informative information for those of you who work directly with students with a TBI:
2D/3D Medical Animation: TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCMS8aOmK1M&feature=related
2D/3D Medical Animation: TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmAML1-F2LE&feature=related
Accommodations for Traumatic Brain Injury
http://vimeo.com/5232314
Traumatic Brain Injury 101
http://vimeo.com/5120436
Traumatic Brain Injury & Public Services in North Carolina
This is a free training course intended for service providers in North Carolina public service agencies, including: Local Management Entities (LMEs), vocational rehabilitation or independent living offices, educators, case managers, substance abuse or mental health professionals, social security or social services professionals, advocacy or support agencies, or anyone else who serves people with brain injury. (1)
Objectives are:
1. To ensure service providers understand the range of outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the implications for assessment and care-planning
2. To improve the ability of service providers to identify and deliver appropriate services for persons with TBI – including coordination across service agencies when appropriate
(1) This training is supported in part by Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) Traumatic Brain Injury Implementation, Grant #H21MC06746, Contract Number 1906-09 from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (DMH/DD/SAS) and TBI Project STAR at Carolinas Rehabilitation.
Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
This link has specific resources, in North Carolina, that can provide you with information on where the Resource Centers are located, Local Management Entities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Independent Living and information on Disability Rights North Carolina with regards to Traumatic Brain Injury. This site is continuously adding and updating their information and referral resources. Please check back often so you can be updated as well. http://www.bianc.net/resources.htm
Resources for TBI Survivors and Families
Family Helpline – (800) 377-1464
Support Groups
Family and Community Support Offices
Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
Brainline.org Keyword: veterans (Please note that the website, www.brainline.org, is highly recommended by VA health professionals. According to Dr. Bruce Capehart at the Durham VAMC, “Brainline is a joint project of DVBIC and WETA, the public TV station in Washington, DC. It’s a fabulous site. Brainline has great information for patients, clinicians, and families.“
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) – Resources for returning service members and their families.
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center – The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) serves active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC)
Provides educational materials for the prevention and management of TBI, as well as advanced evaluation, treatment, and follow-up care.
www.dvbic.org
Defense Centers of Excellence For Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury
Assesses, validates, oversees and facilitates prevention, resilience, identification, treatment, outreach, rehabilitation, and reintegration programs for psychological health (PH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) to ensure the Department of Defense meets the needs of the nation’s military communities, warriors and families.
http://www.dcoe.health.mil/media/DCoE_News/New_Research_Examines_Concussion_in_Military.aspx
Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients - http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/OEFOIF/files/tbi.pdf
Developed by the CogSMART program of the VA San Diego Healthcare System, this guide provides an overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also addresses symptoms and how to manage them from a patient perspective.
DoD Outreach Center for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury
The DoD now has a 24/7 hotline providing assistance for Troops, Veterans, military families and those who provide for them. Call 866-966-1020, or visit the Outreach Center webpage to chat online, or for more info.
TBI and Substance Abuse
“Substance abuse is a risk factor for having a traumatic brain injury, and traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for developing a substance abuse problem.”
–John Corrigan, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University
TBI and the Provision of Substance Abuse and Other Behavioral Healthcare Services for Returning Veterans and their Families 2008 presentation, State of the States Head Injury Conference, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)
Traumatic Brain Injury Webliography
Smoky Mountain Center, NC Manuals, information, resources and more.
Substance Abuse and Brain Injuries
Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Invisible Wounds: Serving Service Members and Veterans with PTSD and TBI
National Council on Disability
Study
Suggests Some Brain Injuries Reduce the Likelihood of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (2007)
“Mild Tramautic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq” – The New England Journal of Medicine, January 31, 2008
http://www.aheconnect.com/ahec/cdetail.asp?courseid=icare8 Dr. Robin Hurley, Salisbury VAMC, developed a one-hour online course, Working with Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq and Their Families – What Primary Care Providers Need to Know about Traumatic Brain Injury for ICARE and AHEC.
