The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance provides free or low-cost educational opportunities for all people affected by brain injury, including family and friends, and training opportunities for the professionals who support them. Have our staff train you at your facility; the following Traveling Workshops are available.
- Brain Injury Basics Series
- Brain Injury Basics: Introduction to Brain Injury
Participants will be able to describe basic facts about the brain and brain injury, living with a brain injury and its effects. Participants will also be able to interpret information about many brain injury resources.
- Brain Injury Basics: Adjustment to Brain Injury
Participants will be able to describe the life changes that occur with brain injury, including: the process of adjustment, emotional aspects of changes and adjustment challenges for individuals with brain injury and their loved ones.
- Brain Injury Basics: Caregiving
Participants will be able to describe how brain injury not only impacts the person who sustained the injury, but also all individuals in their lives; how caregivers play an important role in enhancing quality of life and promoting adjustment to life after brain injury through their caregiving; and how to support the individual with brain injury and their caregiver.
- Brain Injury Basics: Beyond the Basics
Participants will be able to describe the prevalence of brain injury and how it impacts varied community groups. Participants will also be able to describe function of various neural regions and the role of neuroplasticity in the development of neural circuits. This workshop includes an overview conditions related to Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and various supportive strategies to minimize symptom severity, and is geared towards professionals.
- Brain Injury Basics: Pediatrics
Participants will be able to describe basics facts and the brain and brain injury for the pediatric population. Participants will be able to interpret information about pediatric brain injury incidence statistics, prevention strategies and many of the resources available.
- Brain Injury Basics: Violence
Participants will be able to describe basic facts on the role of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) regarding incidence of brain injury. Participants will be able to interpret information about DV/IPV statistics within the brain injury population, prevention strategies and many additional resources available.
- Brain Injury Basics: Corrections
Participants will be able to describe the relationship between acquired brain injury (ABI) and incarceration, and the role brain injury plays in rehabilitative efforts. Participants will be able to interpret statistics of brain injury prevalence within incarcerated populations, supportive strategies for corrections workers and many additional resources available.
- Prevention Series
- Suicide Prevention after Brain Injury
Participants will be able to describe the factors that contribute to increased suicidal ideation following a brain injury and supportive strategies to assist with suicide prevention. Participants will be to interpret information about how comorbid conditions and stigma contribute to suicidality and many additional resources available.
- Abusive Head Trauma Prevention
Participants will be able to describe Abusive Head Trauma (AHT), often referred to as Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), prevalence and implications as well as prevention strategies and resources.
- Protect My Brain
This workshop is geared towards youth populations and is focused on basic head injury prevention, including: proper use of helmets, seatbelts, car seats and various other simple strategies to help prevention brain injury in children. This workshop will also help youth populations in recognizing the signs of a brain injury or stroke in friends, family, or others
For more information on any of these Traveling Workshops, please contact the Education Department by calling 800-669-6442 or 612-378-2742.
