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Brain Injury remains a silent epidemic, even though it is the second highest cause of death and disability in the U.S.A.!
Change this statistic. Get Educated!
The Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon offers CBIS Training/Exam, Brain Injury Fundamentals/Exam as well as a wide range of training for your organization. For instance, you will include study materials and interactive workshop with Sherry Stock, Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer. In addition, trainings can be specifically designed for your needs:
- Brain Injury Awareness and Advocacy
- Challenging Behaviors and How to Work with them
- Positive Behavioral Change
- Understanding Brain Injury for Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals
- What your community group should know about TBI
- Brain Injury 101
- What the Case Manager needs to know
- Returning to Work After Brain Injury
- When worlds collide – the Worlds of BI and MR/DD
- How the Family is Affected
- Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide for Educators
- Methamphetamine and Brain Injury
- TBI & PTSD – Brain Injury and the Returning Military
- Disability Empowerment Workshop
- Learn more!
CBIS National Certification
2 Day Interactive Workshop, Study materials included and National Online Examination for CBIS Certification.
BI Fundamentals
All new training and certificate program addressing the unique needs and challenges of those who care for or encounter individuals with brain injury.
BIAOR provides educational events for your community or group, our annual conference, online webinars, videos, website links as well as downloadable material. Look below at our Resources for you. Please contact us directly to find out more.
FREE Online Training
Provided by: Michigan Department of Community Health mitbitraining.org
Medical Resources:
American Agency for Health Care Policy and Research ahcpr.gov
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation aapmr.org
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine aaem.net
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation abpmr.org
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine acrm.org
American Spinal Injury Association asia-spinalinjury.org
Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine aamm.org.au
Case Management Society of America cmsa.org
Disability Law Handbook adata.org
Healthy Net access to MEDLINE® healthy.net
International Association for the Study of Pain iasp-pain.org
International Brain Injury Association internationalbrain.org
International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine isprm.org
International Spinal Cord Society iscos.org
Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web lib.uiowa.edu
Medical Matrix (medical indexing) medmatrix.org
Merck Sharp & Dohme (Research driven pharmaceutical) msd-australia.com.au
Movement Disorders Society movementdisorders.org
National Library of Medicine (medical history to biotechnology) nlm.nih.gov
National Safety Council nsc.org
National Stroke Foundation strokefoundation.com
Network of Care oregon.networkofcare.org
State-wide resources for seniors, disabled, mental health; and children 0-5.
OHSU Library ohsu.edu
Gateway to medical sites worldwide
Oregon TBI/ABI Provider Training Manual(.pdf)
Servier (Pharmaceutical Company) servier.com
Research: cardiovascular disease, diabetes and venous disease
Visual Human Project nlm.nih.gov
The National Library of Medicine’s complete, anatomically detailed and 3-D
World Institute of Pain wip.agoria.co.uk
Employer Resource Guides:
Returning to work is a goal that drives most survivors of brain injury through the long and difficult rehabilitation process. Subsequently, when this goal is finally achieved, there is often difficulty adjusting to expectations of the workplace.
- Facts About Concussion and Brain Injury (.pdf)
Employers are required by the Americans With Disabilities Act to provide reasonable accommodations to help an employee with a disability achieve vocational success. - Understanding Brain Injury: Guide for Employers (.pdf)
The Mayo Clinic has prepared a 28-page booklet to assist employers (also in Spanish)