Change Text Size:

Brain Injury Association of Minnesota | Home

Special thanks to our Web site sponsor:

Helping individuals affected by brain injury

---

Consumer Guide Open House Events!
The 2008 Consumer Guides have arrived at the Association offices and are available for distribution. You are invited to join us for a Consumer Guide Open House at the Association offices on one of the following dates:

• Light Lunch Social will be Thursday, May 15 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

• Appetizer Social will be Wednesday May 28 from 4 – 6:30 p.m.

The open houses are free and no RSVP is needed.

If you can't make any of the times above stop by any time between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or call to arrange delivery.

If you live and work outside the Metro area and would like your Consumer Guides shipped, please call us at 612-378-2742 or 800-669-6442, or e-mail info@braininjurymn.org. Please note: each case contains 56 Consumer Guides and weighs 46.5 pounds

---

Wednesday Workshops
Our next Wednesday Workshop will take place on Wednesday, May 28. Thomas Misukanis from Minnesota Clinical and Neuropsychological Associates will present a workshop entitled "TBI and it's Association with Dementia" as part of our ongoing Wednesday Workshop series. To find out more about Wednesday Workshop sessions, please visit the Wednesday Workshop page.

---

Want to get involved and learn more about improving brain injury services but not sure how to go about it?
Becoming a successful advocate is an important way to improve services for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), their family members, and significant others. The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota is partnering with the Mayo Clinic TBI Model System in a research study to identify how to best teach advocacy to people touched by TBI to improve their health and that of their communities. This groundbreaking study is expected to advance the science of TBI research.

Find out more by visiting our Midwest Advocacy Project page.

---

Spring 2008 Newsletter
In this issue, read about fall prevention in the senior community; the Legislative Session; departmental spotlights and more. Read the Association's newsletter by clicking here. If you don't have the free Adobe Acrobat reader, click here to download it now.

---

Looking for Books on Brain Injury?
Lash and Associates Publishing/Training Inc. specializes in information and books for the rehabilitation and treatment of brain injury, blast injury, PTSD, and concussion.  There are also books and manuals on adults and children with special needs and disabilities and more. Click here to go the Lash and Associates Web site for more information.

---

Peer/Mentor Support Connection
The Peer/Mentor Support Connection program is managed by the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota as a way to connect people who have recently sustained brain injury with those who have already been through the experience themselves.  Specifically, the Peer/Mentor Support connection matches trained volunteers (Mentors) with individuals with brain injury or their family members (Peers).  To expand the capacity of our Resource Facilitation service and fulfill an expressed need from the brain injury community, the Peer/Mentor Support Connection will match trained volunteers with individuals living with brain injury or their family members.