Excellent Sources of Educational and Inspirational Brain Injury Materials
We recommend three outstanding sources for a wide variety of books and other materials (pamphlets, tip cards, tool kits, training programs, rehabilitation manuals, CDs and DVDs) covering all aspects of living with a brain injury.
- Brain Injury Association of America
- www.biausa.org
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families, and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, brain injury. Together with its network of more than forty chartered state affiliates, as well as hundreds of local chapters and support groups across the country, the BIAA provides information, education, and support to the 5.3 million Americans currently living with brain injury and their families.
- Lash & Associates Publishing/Training Inc.
- www.lapublishing.com
Lash & Associates Publishing/Training Inc. publishes practical, informative, and affordable materials on brain injury in children, youths, and adults. Their audience includes families, persons with brain injuries, health care professionals, rehabilitation specialists, educators, and community staff. Their authors are experts in the neurological, psychological, communicative, psychosocial, and educational impact of brain injuries. Their products are based on best practices and current research. Most are free of jargon and readily understood by survivors and caregivers.
- The National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury
- www.neuro.pmr.vcu.edu
The mission of the National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury is to provide relevant, practical information for professionals, persons with brain injury, and family members. Many of their products were developed by nationally recognized experts. They have more than 20 years’ experience investigating the special needs and problems of people with brain injury and their families, as well as developing intervention programs and assessment tools.
- Brain Injury News and Information Blog
- www.BrainInjury.blogs.com
Michael V. Kaplen Esq. is an attorney specializing in representing people with brain injuries. He is the President of the Brain Injury Association of New York and Past Chair of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Kaplen writes this Blog, which provides the latest news and information on brain injury, concussion, coma, traumatic epilepsy, and other brain trauma. You can subscribe to this valuable resource at his Website.
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