Resources/Links

Support Groups

Greater Shenandoah Valley Brain Injury Support Group
Meets 3rd Wed of each month at 6:30 PM
Harrisonburg Rescue Squad Building
Reservoir Street, Harrisonburg
www.gsvbisg.com

Contact: Pat Wilkins
info@gsvbisg.com
540-289-7808

Staunton / Augusta Brain Injury Support Group
Meets second Monday of each month at 7:00 PM
Mary Switzer Building
Woodrow Wilson Rehab Center, Fishersville

Contact: Helen Cloud
Hcloud35@msn.com
540-886-5420

AMC Stroke Support Group
Meets first Friday of each month at 12:00 Noon
ACC Building, AMC Hospital Campus

Contact: Shelley Payne
540-332-4052

Links

A. Brain Injury Information

• Brain Injury Association of America
  (www.biausa.org)
• National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)
  (www.nashia.org )
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  (www.cdc.gov/ncipc/)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  (www.ninds.nih.gov)
• Neuropsychology Central
  (www.neuropsychologycentral.com)
• Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide
  (www.tbiguide.com

B. Programs and Services:

In the State:  

• Brain Injury Association of Virginia
   (www.biav.net)
• Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative
  (www.vacni.org)
• Brain Injury Services, Inc.
  (www.braininjurysvcs.org)
• Brain Injury Services of Southwest Virginia
  (www.bisswva.org)
• Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services – Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Program
  (www.vadrs.org/cbs/biscis.htm)
• Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center
  (www.hsc.virginia.edu/internet/dietitian/peds/kcrc.cfm)
• Phoenix Star Clubhouse
  (www.phoenixstarclubhouse.org)
• The Choice Group
  (www.thechoicegroup.com)
• Mary Buckley Foundation
  (www.maryfoundation.org)
• Community Futures Foundation
  (www.communityfuturesva.org)
• Lakeview Virginia Neurocare
  (www.lakeview.ws)
• Virginia Supportive Housing
  (www.virginiasupportivehousing.org)
• The Mill House
  (www.communityfuturesva.org/mill_house/)
• Virginia Department of Protection & Advocacy
  (www.vopa.state.va.us/)
  

In the Valley:

• Caregivers Community Network
  (www.socwork.jmu.edu/Caregivers/)
• Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
  (wwrc.virginia.gov/)
• Valley Community Services Board
  (www.vcsb.org)
• Generations Crossing
  (www.generationscrossing.com/index.php)
• Friendship Industries, Inc.
  (www.friendship-industries.com/FI-Web/DesktopDefault.aspx)
• Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Services Board
  (www.hrcsb.org)

• Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services
  (www.iihhs.jmu.edu/)