Resources

Here you will find a continuing collection of helpful links to various organizations, services, and programs related to brain injury. We hope that these resources will be useful to you and your loved ones as you navigate the challenges of brain injury. Please feel free to explore and reach out to us if you have any questions or suggestions for additional resources.

The Brain Injury Hope Network

• What it Offers: A free digital resource, social community, and brain injury book directory.

• Website: tbihopeandinspiration.com

Mayo Clinic Connect

• What it Offers: Discussion boards for various health-related topics and support. Also offers blogs and podcasts.

• Website: Mayo Clinic Connect

Advocacy & Support Group Information for SOAR Fox Cities

• Location: Based in Eastern Wisconsin.

• Website: SOAR Fox Cities Advocacy

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Aging & Disability Resource Centers (ADRC’s)

• Note: Reproduced with permission from the State of Wisconsin.

• Website: Wisconsin ADRC

The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation

• What it Offers: A creative exploration of the human experience of disability and healing.

• Website: JHRehab

University Place-Virtual Lecture Hall Series

• Presented By: PBS Wisconsin.

• Additional Info: Search under 'brain'.

• Website: University Place

Path-International Equine-Assisted Services

• What it Offers: Directory to find a Therapeutic Riding Center.

• Website: Path International

National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

• What it Offers: Free publications and webinars.

• Website: NINDS Publications

• Source: The website of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (https://www.ninds.nih.gov). 

Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center

• What it Offers: Free research-based rehabilitation resources for TBI, Spinal Cord Injury, and Burns.

• Website: MSKTC

The Brain Injury Association of America Challenge Magazine

• Highlights: Offers public policy news, research, medical advances, legal & financial issues, and inspiring stories of recovery for over 30 years.

• Website: Challenge Magazine

The Brain Injury Association of America

• What it Offers: Free articles and webinars for survivors, family members, and caregivers.

• Special Offer: Sign up to receive a free PDF 'What to Expect After Brain Injury Guide’.

• Website: BIAUSA

Brain Links-Tennessee Disability Coalition

• Location: Based in Tennessee.

• What it Offers: Free brain injury training, webinars, podcasts, and other resources for professionals and survivors in TN & nationwide.

• Website: TN Disability Brain

• Early Intervention Resources specifically for children: www.tndisability.org/early-intervention

Brain & Life

• What it Offers: Official Publication of the American Academy of Neurology with information and resources for brain health.

• Website: Brain and Life

Brain and Life Podcasts

• Available On: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Libsyn apps — Brain & Life Podcast.

BrainLine

• What it Offers: Comprehensive information about brain injury and PTSD.

• Website: BrainLine

AnyList App

• For shopping lists, cooking and meal-planning - look for it on your App store.

• Website: www.anylist.com

The Brain Injury Resource Center of Wisconsin

• What It Offers: Our organization provides information and resources to families and survivors who are living their lives after brain injury.

• Website: www.bircofwi.org

Help Me Grow Fox Valley

• What it Offers: Help Me Grow (HMG) is a system model that works to promote cross-sector collaboration in order to build efficient and effective early childhood systems that mitigate the impact of adversity and support protective factors among families, so that all children can grow, develop, and thrive to their full potential.

• Website: firstfivefoxvalley.org/what-is-hmg/help-me-grow-system-model

Safe Kids Worldwide

• What it Offers: Safe Kids Worldwide is a global organization working around the world to keep kids safe. Our partners work in 25 countries and in 500 coalitions throughout the United States. So if you’re looking to connect with the people in your area who are making safety a priority – whether it’s childhood safety information or local injury prevention events – we’re here for you.

• Website: www.safekids.org/find-your-safe-kids

CBIRT- The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training

• Location: Based in Oregon

• What it Offers: Videos, recorded webinars, training and tools for people of ALL ages. Return to School (under Tools tab) has information for educators and parents

• Website: cbirt.org

Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence

• What it Offers: Clinical tools for the assessment and management of TBI, provider training, patient resources, and research information. The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is a part of the U.S. Military Health System. Specifically, DVBIC is the traumatic brain injury (TBI) center of excellence for the Defense Health Agency.

• Website: health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Center-of-Excellence

CDC-Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion

• What it Offers: Get the facts, signs and symptoms, response, recovery, prevention and more.

• Website: www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury

Family Voices of Wisconsin

• What it Offers: Family Voices helps families navigate health care and community support and services by providing learning sessions, information and resources.

• Website: familyvoiceswi.org

Questions? Contact Kathryn Paulson: paulsoka@uwec.edu

UPDATED April 2024