Acquired Brain Injury Network Of Pennsylvania, Inc.

OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS

Our Library contains a variety of materials that you are welcome to use in any way. The arrangement is rather arbitrary, so you will want to check all categories. There are materials for all levels of understanding. Some materials are designed for survivors and families, while others are designed for professionals. One provider uses the materials to educate families by arranging a laptop and private location. Please let us know if you have success with these materials - and let us know your comments and suggestions.

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PEER TO PEER TRAINING

Building A New Life After Brain Injury: A Peer to Peer Training Manual

ABIN-PA is proud to introduce its first Peer to Peer Training Manual for download and use by individuals and groups. This manual uses a "read aloud" format with group discussion at the end of each page. There are a few suggestions for group use at the back of the Manual but you are also welcome to request free training in this simple approach. We can easily help you out using our toll-free teleconferencing line. We want you to be able to present this program with confidence at your location - because group discussions and the sharing of examples bring this program alive. The response to the pilot session of our program was outstanding and we look forward to hearing the experience of other groups. Please check out the Manual and email info@abin-pa.org for more information.

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VIDEOS

Please share with your family, friends, and professionals!

CSS Interview of ABIN-PA and Brain Injury

Thanks to the Community Service Spotlight and host Eric Forsythe for this interview of Barb Dively and Dorene Pascekoff where ABIN-PA and brain injury are discussed.

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POSITION PAPERS

Best Practices: Serving Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors Within Trauma Informed Mental Health Systems of Care
Under Trauma Informed Care, mental health services will be provided to brain injury survivors, rather than brain injury rehabilitation. Behavioral health best practices must be expanded to include brain injury best practices for those who have experienced trauma.

Judges' Bench Book - Time for Change: Stop Behavioral Health Involvement & Divert Survivors to Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Requesting that brain injury survivors be identified and diverted into brain injury rehabilitation rather than mental health services.

Neglect vs. Recovery for Brain Injured Children: Reducing Downstream Costs by Implementing the Federal E.P.S.D.T. Mandate
Under age 21, federal Medicaid law requires states to provide all necessary services to ameliorate whatever condition a child has. Unrehabilitated brain injury leads to school failure, incarceration (80% of inmates), domestic violence (100% of batterers), and homelessness (80%). Pennsylvania, however, has a Medicaid system which does not result in brain injury rehabilitation for children.

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PENNSYLVANIA STATISTICS IN CHART FORM

(Extrapolated from Statistics on the PA Department of Health Website)

All Children Under 21 with Hospital Discharge for TBI Thorough 2004

at www.health.state.pa.us/pdf/php/injprev/tbi-hospital.pdf

All Individuals to age 85 with Hospital Discharge for TBI Through 2004

at www.health.state.pa.us/pdf/php/injprev/tbi-hospital.pdf

All Children Under 21 with Hospital Discharge for Bicycle TBI Through 2004

at www.health.state.pa.us/pdf/php/injprev/bicycle.pdf

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STATE TBI DVD - CLICK LINK TO PLAY !!!

Please share with your family, friends, and professionals!

Brain Injury and the Challenges of Life Ever After

Thanks to the many survivors, family members, and professionals - who participated in this project including those who were not included in the final version. This masterpiece was created by Leonard Lies of Dream Catchers, Inc. with state funding through a federal grant.

The PA Department of Public Welfare provided funding for this DVD. It was developed under grants CFDA 93.779 and 11-P-92120/3-01 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal government.

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ABIN-PA PowerPoint PRESENTATIONS

• Brain Injury Basics for Survivors & Families in PA(PowerPoint) - Barbara A. Dively, with permission from the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, adapted from their PowerPoint, Brain Injury Basics for Families

• Brain Injury In Pennsylvania (PowerPoint)- Barbara A.  Dively

• Maximizing Recovery...After Brain Injury(PowerPoint) - Barbara A. Dively, adapted with permission from a presentation by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey

• Welcoming People in Recovery from Brain Injury(PowerPoint) - Barbara A. Dively, adapted with permission from a presentation by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey

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OTHER PowerPoint PRESENTATIONS

• Basics of Brain Injury (PowerPoint) - David L. Strauss, PhD - technical

• Brain and Brain Injury 101 (PowerPoint) - posted with permission from Barbara Geiger-Parker, Brain Injury Associationof New Jersey technical, very little text - posted with permission of T.W. McAllister, MD, Professorof Psychiatry, Director of Neuropsychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School

• Brain Injury Basics for Families in NJ (PowerPoint) - posted with permission from Barbara Geiger-Parker, Brain Injury Associationof New Jersey

• Case Management Within PA Medicaid (PowerPoint) - Eric Ulsh and Jean Whitehead. With their permission.

• Challenging Behaviors: Assessment and Intervention Strategies (PowerPoint) - posted with permission from Laura A. Flashman, Neuropsychiatry Section, Neuropsychology Program and Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

• Employment, the Final Frontier (PowerPoint) - posted with permission from Karen Flippo, Brain Injury Association of America

• Evaluation & Treatment of Inmates/Patients with TBI (PowerPoint) - posted with permission from Frederick Maue, MD, Director of Clinical Services, PA Department of Corrections

• Medication Approaches to the Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of TBI (PowerPoint) - posted with permission of T.W. McAllister, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Neuropsychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School

• Mild TBI With Major Sequelae: Why Don't They Believe Me? (PowerPoint) - posted with permission of T.W. McAllister, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Neuropsychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School

• SSA Disability Benefit Programs (PowerPoint) - Requirements. Filing an application. Appeal process. Medicare. Work incentives.

• Traumatic Brain Injury: Physical, Cognitive, and Behavioral Implications - Many resources given for information, assistive technology, and training. With permission from the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration.

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ADAPTIVE SPORTS PRESENTATIONS

• Golf Aids (Excel) - Extensive list of golf aids for persons with varied disabilities. Includes contact information for purchase.

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HELPFUL DOCUMENTS - GENERAL

• Brain Injury School Re-entry Program team leaders and their contact information. Brain S.T.E.P.S. is a new program to help schools prepare for children who are returning after a brain injury.

• Brain Injury Recovery Blueprint - a plan to modify state systems to serve those with brain injury.

• Fact Sheets, Brain Injury Association of America - for single sheets to print and distribute. 

• Free Literature, Department of Health Brain Injury Helpline - list of good books available in the past.

• www.lapublishing.com - materials for all ages and all levels of expertise, beginners through professionals.

• TBI Treatment Standards, Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania - lists sources of standards

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CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR AFTER TBI

Alaska Department of Health & Social Services, Behavioral Health, TBI Initiative http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dbh/tbi/docs_resources.htm

Alaska Screening Tool for Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse & TBI - used to screen those coming into substance abuse, criminal justice and mental health programs. Those with brain injury are provided with brain injury services using mental health funding under the federal definition of serious mental illness.

Traumatic Brain Injuries and Mental Health - Is This Really Our Problem?

White Paper on Program Development

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VETERANS

• HBOT Treatment - HBOT Study offers free treatment to Veterans with brain injury or brain injury plus PTSD.

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HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBOT) - Medicaid Approved for Kids in Georgia !

Accessing_HBOT_in_Hospitals - Freels

Advocacy Information with Links - Freels

Article + References - 06/2004 - Harch

Brain Regeneration Verified in Animal Study  - Dr. Paul Harch - rat studies verify that oxygen under pressure causes the brain to rebuild and repair.

Case_Histories with SPECT Scans - Dr. Paul Harch - 1992 Senate testimony including many cases of TBI. Before and after case descriptions and S.P.E.C.T. scans showing that the brain rebuilds itself as to volume, definition, and function, through the use of oxygen under pressure.

Children with Cerebral Palsy - James

Curt Allen Case History Video - Paul Harch, MD - 10 months of HBOT take a teenager from barely responsive to walking, talking, joking, smiling, and planning to drive again.

DoD & VA Joint HBOT Proposal for Veterans - E-News

Georgia_Superior Court_Order - 10/10/2001

Georgia Appeals Court - 11/19/2002

Georgia Administrative Hearing - 08/09/2006 - federally approved for children's Medicaid

"Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy", http://www.amazon.com/Hyperbaric-Oxygen-Therapy-Neubauer-Walker/dp/0895297590 - Richard A. Neubauer, MD & Morton Walker, DPM -  "what do people who suffer strokes, multiple sclerosis attacks, and severed limbs have in common.......?"

Medicaid_Law_Regarding Children - Freels

"The Oxygen Revolution: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The Groundbreaking New Treatment for Stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Autism, Learning Disabilities and More" - Paul Harch, MD - http://www.amazon.com/Oxygen-Revolution-Hyperbaric-Groundbreaking-Disabilities/dp/1578262372