Acquired Brain Injury Network of Pennsylvania

Survivors and Family Members

Building Lives of Meaning, Joy and Value.

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PA TBI DVD JUST RELEASED - CLICK TO VIEW !!!

Brain Injury and the Challenges of Life Ever After Video.

For a copy of this DVD, please email your name and address to Ginny Rogers at virrogers@state.pa.us.

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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Home - Brings you back to this page.

About ABIN-PA - Purpose, Organization, Activities. Make a donation.

Brochures - Free brochures. Can you photocopy and share with others?

ABIN-PA Welcomes You.... After Brain Injury

Alternatives to Consider.... After Brain Injury

Building New Lives.... After Brain Injury

Changes in Your Loved One.... After Brain Injury

Children Reaching for Recovery....After Brain Injury

Definitions You May Need.... After Brain Injury

Discharge Planning for Recovery....After Brain Injury

Everybody Knows Somebody.... With a Brain Injury

Financial Planning....After Brain Injury

Keeping Families Together.... After Brain Injury

Partnering With Professionals....After Brain Injury

Planning Your Recovery.... After Brain Injury

Professionals You May Meet.... After Brain Injury

Sports Concussion: An Action Plan to Prevent "Second Hits"

State Systems: Reaching for Recovery....After Brain Injury

Strategies for Success.... After Brain Injury

Veterans Returning Home....After Brain Injury

Your Phone List.... After Brain Injury

Children

Federally Entitled to Brain Injury Rehabilitation Under Medicaid

Federally Entitled to Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Under Medicaid

Special Education - Facts You Need to Know

Education

1) Print and share:

Free Literature, Department of Health Brain Injury Help Line

Fact Sheets, Brain Injury Association of America

TBI Treatment Standards, compiled by Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania

Brain Injury Recovery Blueprint, PA DPW HCBS SPT

2) PowerPoints to review:

Brain Injury Basics for Survivors & Families in PA (thanks to BIA NJ !)

Brain Injury Basics for Families, Brain Injury Association of New Jersey

Brain Injury in Pennsylvania, Barbara A. Dively

Basics of Brain Injury, David L. Strauss, PhD

Brain and Brain Injury 101, T.W.McAllister, MD

Challenging Behaviors-Assessment & Intervention, Laura A. Flashman

Employment, the Final Frontier, Karen Flippo

Evaluation & Treatment of Inmates/Patients with TBI, Frederick Maue, MD

Maximizing Recovery...After Brain Injury, Barbara A. Dively

Medication Approaches... TBI, T.W.McAllister, MD

Mild TBI with Major Sequelae....T.W.McAllister, MD

Partners In Rehabilitation...After Brain Injury, Barbara A. Dively

3) Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment

Senate testimony of Dr. Paul Harch, case studies and SPECT scans.

Video of Curt Allen's amazing recovery with HBOT

Department of Defense/Veteran's Administration Project on HBOT

Brain Regeneration Verified by Animal Studies

4) PA brain injury statistics in chart form.

5) Challenging Behavior After Brain Injury - Alaska screening and brain injury treatment within the mental health and prison systems.

6) Philadelphia Police Heads-Up school program to prevent drug use.

Email ABIN-PA - Send an email to ABIN-PA.

E-NEWS - Recent events, court decisions and other news relating to brain injury or disability. Click on GOVERNOR RENDELL'S EXECUTIVE ORDER # 2006 09 - this created the new Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilties and the Governor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities.

Links - Links to other helpful websites.

Newsletters - Our free monthly ABIN-PA newsletters are on-line. Join the mailing list!

Problem Solving - These agencies help solve complaints about state programs.

Profiles - Messages from people who created new lives after brain injury.

Public Affairs - How to join the ABIN-PA Public Affairs E-List. How to contact your elected officials. Join the E-list for frequent messages on brain injury and disability.

Public Programs - Assistive Technology Lending Library, Early Intervention, Head Injury Program, Housing & Home Modification, Medical Access, Mental Retardation, Social Security, Transportation, Vocational Rehabilitation, Medicaid Waivers for help in the community.

Resources - Support Groups, Resources and Online Resources.

Volunteering - Survivors and family members are informing the public about brain injury through monthly speaking engagements, attending public meetings, distributing brochures, and distributing wallet cards listing resources.

ABIN-PA was incorporated in Pennsylvania on June 1, 2007, as a nonprofit and has been granted 501(c)(3) status as a charitable organization, so contributions are tax deductible.

ABIN-PA is dedicated to increasing public awareness about acquired brain injury and to providing support, education, information, advocacy, and other services for individuals with acquired brain injury and their family members.

The official registration and financial information of the Acquired Brain Injury Network of Pennsylvania, Inc., may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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