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Crossroads Opens Satellite Office In Fishersville

Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery is pleased to announce the opening of its first satellite office located on the Woodrow Wilson Rehab Center campus in Fishersville. Crossroads opened a small office in the Brain Injury Services Unit at Woodrow Wilson in October in order to better serve individuals who reside in the Augusta County area. A number of Crossroads’ clients attend programs or receive services through Woodrow Wilson Rehab Center making that an ideal location for another office.

Upcoming Events

  • Putting Our Heads Together For Brain Injury: A Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative
    We have set the dates for our next round of Stakeholder Summits regarding the crisis needs of survivors in our area. If you are interested, please join us. Locations will be posted soon.

    Augusta County area – Thursday, March 18

    Harrisonburg Area – Friday, March 19

    For more information about the Summits or the project, please contact Elizabeth Bowman at elizabeth@c2bir.org
  • 9th Annual “Opening Doors” Conference – March 27, 2010, Richmond, VA – Hosted by the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (http://www.biav.net/biav-conference.htm)
  • 2010 “Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Brain Injury: Practical Solutions to Real World Problems” - June 4 -5, 2010, Williamsburg, VA – Hosted by Virginia Commonweatlh University’s TBI Model Systems Program and Brain Injury Services, Inc. (http://www.tbiconferences.org/index.html)
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1. Brain Injury Legislative Alert
from the Brain Injury Association of America. Currently, the Senate Finance Committee has reached no consensus on major provisions of the anticipated health care overhaul, raising doubts that it will be considered this month. Committee members remain at an impasse in part because members still lack a clear picture of what potential policy choices would cost.
2. Movement Disorders and TBI Podcast
Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST

Time: 2857


In this program we discuss the different kinds of movement disorders common after an brain injury including risk, severity, and how movement disorders may very with the type of brain injury someone has.

Evaluation of movement disorders as well as treatment options are considered in this informative Podcast.
3. Snoring Associated With Sleep Apnea May Impair Brain Function More Than Previously Thought
It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now UNSW research has found that snoring associated with sleep apnea may impair brain function more than previously thought.
4. Mystery Solved: Tiny Protein-activator Responsible For Brain Cell Damage In Huntington Disease
Johns Hopkins brain scientists have figured out why a faulty protein accumulates in cells everywhere in the bodies of people with Huntington's disease (HD), but only kills cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, causing negligible damage to tissues elsewhere.
5. SAVE THE DATE: 2009 Mid-Hudson Brain Injury Rehabilitation Conference
Northeast Center for Special Care presents the 5th Annual Mid-Hudson Brain Injury Rehabilitation Conference on Thursday October 8, 2009 at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

The theme for this years conference is: Beyond Recovery: Life After TBI.

The emphasis in rehabilitation is typically on overcoming the challenges associated with disability. However, some of the most serious challenges confronting the individual--especially in the later stages of recovery--may have less to do with disability than with the human condition itself.

The annual Mid-Hudson Brain Injury Rehabilitation Conference is aimed at professionals and clinicians who support Traumatic Brain Injury survivors and has featured world renowned experts in the field of neurorehabilitation.

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Brain injured in Va. lack services

Virginians with traumatic brain injuries lack adequate residential facilities, access to therapy, and other services, a report found. Returning war veterans with traumatic brain injuries are likely to further tax the system, too.

Brain-injury recovery at a crossroads

Read the story online:
http://augustafreepress.com/2007/11/22/brain-injury-recovery-at-a-crossroads/

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