CJ Workgroup Resources — NASHIA | National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

Supporting Materials:

Signs and Symptoms Handouts

To alert direct service providers and caregivers to the signs and symptoms of an injury. Can also be used after the fact as a guide to help parents think back to whether a concussion may have occurred in the past.

Concussion Signs & Symptoms Checklist - For School Nurses, CDC

Signs and Symptoms of Concussion - Focuses on student athletes – The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT), University of Oregon

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Brain Injury in Young Children - Adapted with permission from the Nebraska Brain Injury Advisory Council’s Task Force on Children and Youth, Brain Injury in Young Children
When Your Child’s Head Has Been Hurt (School-aged Child)
When Your Head Has Been Hurt: Signs & Symptoms (Adults)
Recognizing Concussion In People Who Communicate without Words

Trainings

These may be used as is or used as examples to draw from to meet each state’s unique needs.

Brain Links’ Trainings for Tennessee Department of Children’s Services

Alabama Online TBI Learning - Certificates of completion available

TBI: What is TBI?
TBI: Impairments and Strategies
TBI: Screening and Assessment
Pediatric TBI
Substance Abuse and TBI
Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences of TBI
The Justice System and TBI
What if there’s a TBI? and TBI: The Silent Epidemic and Behavioral Health

Colorado Department of Education

The Building Blocks of Brain Development: Brain Based Strategies

Center on Brain Injury Research and Training

Colorado Kids with Brain Injury Presentations

Brain Injury 101
Brain Injury and Behavior
Juvenile Justice
Instructional Strategies for Elementary Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
Instructional Strategies for Secondary Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Injury and Executive Functioning
Intervention for Students with mTBI
Challenging Behavior and Executive Function

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - must register to begin modules.

Incidence and Prevalence
Neurobehavioral Impairments
Impact on Lives
Accommodating the Symptoms of Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association of America

Brain Injury Fundamentals Certified Brain Injury Specialist

BrainSTEPS Brain Injury School Consulting Program - Pennsylvania

BrainSTEPS Trainings

Modifying Programming/ Accommodating for Impairment

Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center videos and fact sheets in English and Spanish: https://msktc.org/tbi

Job Accommodation Network

The Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, with contributions from the MN Department of Human Services, booklet:

“Accommodating for the Symptoms of Brain Injury”
https://heller.brandeis.edu/ibh/pdfs/accommodating-tbi-booklet-1-14.pdf
The Ohio Brain Injury Program has also developed an accompanying training:
http://about-tbi.org/accommodating-tbi.html

The Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana fact sheets: https://resourcefacilitationrtc.com/fact-sheet-catalog

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Brainstorming Solutions Too l
(Use with below)
Strategies and Accommodations Tool
(Use with above)

General Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Report to Congress: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Atlanta, GA. : National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention

Brain Injury and Parenting: Why Brain Injury Screenings are Necessary for Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System. A template for other states. – TBI State Partnership Program Iowa Department of Public Health, NASHIA, University of Denver

Child Welfare System Engagement Model

Sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - Iowa

Sample Authorization to Obtain or Release Health Care Information - Iowa

Concussion/Brain Injury Guides

R*E*A*P - Iowa Concussion Consortium and the Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa

Get Schooled On Concussions - the Teacher Acute Concussion Tool (TACT)

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Guides on what to look for when concussion symptoms should have resolved, but have not. Divided by age.

Guides used after discharge from the hospital, surgery, brain injury rehabilitation, to help families know what problems may still occur over the child or adult’s lifetime.

Personal Guide for Everyday Living After Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury

Fact Sheets and Tools

Concussion Fact Sheet for Parents - CDC

Brain Injury and Opioid Overdose: Fast Facts - National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

Cognitive Strategies for Community Mental Health - MINDSOURCE Brain Injury Network Colorado & University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology

Traumatic Brain Injury Factsheets - Model Systems Knowledge and Translation Center

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6 Types of Concussion Infographic and Fact Sheet
Concussion/Brain Injury Alert and Monitoring Form
Brainstorming Solutions Tool
(Use with below)
Strategies and Accommodations Tool (Use with above)
Concussions and Mental Health - Modified with permission from Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Mental Health and Brain Injury Quick Guide - Modified with permission from the Brain Injury Association of Virginia

Supports for When the PARENT Has a Brain Injury

Parenting After a Brain Injury - By Dr. Alex Goody (Booklet), Headway - the brain injury association (UK)

Parenting a Second Time Around (PASTA)

The Association for Successful Parenting

Children’s Services Practice Notes for North Carolina’s Child Welfare Workers, Vol. 9, No. 2, January 2004: Child Welfare Practice with Parents Who Have Cognitive Limitations. Article from the North Carolina Division of Social Services and the Family and Children’s Resources Program

Parents with Intellectual Disabilities - Article by The Arc, State of Connecticut Embrace Hope Expect Change.

Connecticut Parents with Differing Cognitive Abilities Workgroup

Job Accommodation Network

Supporting Children When a Parent Has Had a Brain Injury (Booklet)

Children of a Parent with a Brain Injury

Concussion Discussions Website

Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog: How does a Parent’s Brain Injury Impact the Children? - By Bruce Stern of Stark and Stark Attorneys at Law

Brainline - https://www.brainline.org/

Supporting Parents with Disabilities for Child Welfare Professionals: A Desk Reference Guide - Oklahoma Department of Human Services