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BIAPA 2024 Annual Conference
Creating Roadmaps for Brain Injury Rehabilitation: The Journey from Initial Treatment to Community Inclusion
JUNE 24-25, 2024 Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square Lancaster, PA
Call for Presentations and Posters EXTENDED until 12/27/23 Click here for more information.
Brain Injury Awareness Day In Washington DC March 6, 2024 Details coming soon
BIAPA Clinical Forum Series presents:
The Craniocervical Junction: The Link between Brain and Body Function Tuesday, January 30, 2024 3:30 – 5:00pm Eastern Time
A presentation and discussion with Ian Bulow, DC, DCCJP, Clinician and past President of the ICA's Council on Upper Cervical Care In this presentation, Dr. Bulow will review the anatomy and physiology of the craniocervical junction and their relevance to brain and spine injury recovery. Clinical assessments and intervention options will be discussed, with an emphasis on chiropractic procedures. The use of myofascial trigger point therapy to release tightness and reduce pain throughout fascial tissues. Audience participation and questions will be encouraged during and following the presentation.
This session is intended for a professional audience and is free of charge.
Questions can be directed to MJ at schmidt@biapa.org
The Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania is committed to maximizing the quality of life for people with brain injuries and their families. BIAPA also provides valuable initiatives focusing on Education and Brain Injury Prevention throughout the year.
Your gift to Helmets for the Holidays: Give the Gift of Prevention will support our important work, including:
Brain Injury Prevention, such as Brain Safety Fairs with free bicycle helmet fittings
Education programs about the brain and the impact of brain injury
Brain Injury Resource Line, which offers information about resources that may be of help to people with brain injury or their family.
If you’d like to make a gift in honor of a friend, family member or colleague, please note that information on our secure donation form, and we'll send our Helmets for the Holidays bicycling snowman card with a message about your gift to the person you've honored.
Business Gift Program If you’re a business and would like to make a gift in honor of clients or colleagues, please email us at admin@biapa.org or call 833-242-7248. We’ll make it easy for you to manage your holiday gift-giving and to support BIAPA and . Send us a list of your honorees, and we’ll send our Helmets for the Holidays bicycling snowman card with a message that you’ve recognized them with a gift to BIAPA.
Thank you for helping us provide children and families with the knowledge and the helmets that can prevent life-long disability or death.
Best wishes for a safe and healthy holiday season!
The BIAPA annual conference in June will offer a day of workshops and programming geared towards families of children and adolescents with brain injury!
To get on a mailing list to receive up-to-date information about this day at the conference, and our expanded child and adolescent support initiative, please CLICK HERE
In this David Strauss Clinical webinar, Rita Lenhardt, DHSc, CCC-SLP, and Mariah Bell, M.S., CF-SLP, will explore executive function deficits, and how these deficits can show up in everyday life, especially in those with mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI). Learn about assessing executive function disorders and evidence-based treatment strategies based on INCOG 2.0 guidelines. Enhance your knowledge of this facet of TBI recovery for improved care and support.
Partcipation in this webinarIncludes 1 ACBIS CEU. Cost is $50
ReDiscover U is offering some great online learning experiences in the upcoming month!
Classes are held on Monday nights at 6 PM ET via Zoom. Use thislink to join any of the classes at 6 PM on Mondays.
December/January Meeting Topics
December 25 - CHRISTMAS (NO SESSION)
Support Group Corner
The BIAPA statewide virtual support group will meet Thursday, January 18 at 5 PM. This tight-knit community consists of survivors, caregivers, family and professionals from across the state of Pennsylvania! Please use this Zoom Link to access the meeting.
BIAPA's next Caregiver Support Group will be held on Wednesday January 10 at 6 PM. This monthly, virtual meeting is open to all caregivers. The meetings are an excellent opportunity for caregivers to meet one another, share experiences and discuss topics of unique relevance to their roles. No pre-registration is required! To join this monthly meeting, use this Zoom Link.
To sign up for email alerts for one of the virtual groups listed above, follow this link to fill out a brief form.
A full list of all of Pennsylvania's Brain Injury Support Groups, along with contact information for each, is on the BIAPA website's Support Group Listing Page. We are in the process of updating this information, and while we have done so for most groups, there are still some that we're trying to reach. If you're aware of groups that are meeting either virtually or in-person and are not on our listing, or if you have any updated details about a group on the list, please contact Melanie Morrison morrison@biapa.org so that we can let others know about them.
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