Brain Health Collective

Kettering Health's NeuroRehab and Balance Center provides specialty care and therapy to improve patients' function and quality of life.

Premier Health's Outpatient Neuro Rehabilitation assists patients with neurological impairments and aims to improve their functional abilities.

This Padlet was created to collect and display as many local brain injury-related resources in one place as possible. These resources are available for residents of Butler, Clark, Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties in Ohio.

If you would like someone to walk you through the information, contact us at brainhealth@udayton.edu.

• Play4Payne: Our community partner Play4Payne offers two brain injury support groups — one for survivors and one for caregivers — that run simultaneously in different rooms. The monthly meetings are on the last Monday of each month, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Central Christian Church (1200 Forrer Blvd. Kettering, OH).
• Brain Injury Association of Ohio: The Brain Injury Association of Ohio offers local support groups that are specific to brain injury.
• Dayton VAMC Caregiver Support Program: Dayton VA health care offers a number of services to support caregivers as well as veterans. The Caregiver Support Program offers clinical services to caregivers of eligible and covered veterans enrolled in the VA health care system.
• Montgomery County Stroke Support Group: Our community partner The Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, a joint venture between Premier Health and Encompass Health, hosts this support group on the third Thursday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at 835 S. Main St, Dayton, OH. Have questions? Call Naomi at 937-208-3543 or email Barb at MontCoStrokeGroup@gmail.com.
• Kettering Health Stroke Survivor Group: This group is open to stroke survivors, family members and caregivers. Located in the Nelson Conference rooms at Kettering Health's Main Campus (3535 Southern Blvd, Kettering, OH), this group meets on the fourth Wednesday every month from 6-7 p.m. If you have questions, call 937-395-8099.

When your head, neck, or face gets hurt, it can impact your brain and your life in many ways.

The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury in Columbus raises awareness and provides support for brain injuries caused by domestic violence. Find resources and connect with an advocate from the Ohio Domestic Violence Network to get support after a head injury.

The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center works closely with researchers in the 16 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model Systems to develop resources for people living with traumatic brain injuries and their supporters.

Dr. Susan Davies, University of Dayton, in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Health, developed the "Ohio Return to Learn: Concussion Team Model" to provide strategies for Ohio school districts to use when implementing strategies to assist school personnel in this transition.

The Concussion Team Model involves collaboration between administration, educators, healthcare providers, parents and the student to safely return the student to the learning environment.

• Video: How to Develop a Concussion Response Team
• Video: Teacher Training on Concussions
• Video: Refresher Course for Return to Learn

Brain Injury Modules by Profession

• Nurse: Coming soon
• Physician Assistant: Coming soon
• School Psychologist: Brain Injury Modules for School Psychologists-in-Training
• Teacher: Brain Injury Modules for Teachers-in-Training

• Online learning modules from CBIRT, addressing what college faculty need to know about concussions to help students transition back into the classroom
• Video: Concussions in the college population: Signs, symptoms and what you can do to help
• Video: In the Classroom After Concussion: What University Faculty Need to Know
• What You Need to Know to Support Students with Concussions
• Developing a Process to Support for College Students with Concussions

In the Prevention and Response Training for Parents (.ppt), caregivers can learn about what causes brain injuries, warning signs and symptoms, how to prevent traumatic brain injury and more.

The Link Center, through NASHIA (National Association of State Head Injury Administrators), hosts shared learning groups throughout the year.

These groups provide support to professionals, family members and people with lived experience in the areas of: cognitive disabilities (including intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as brain injuries) and mental health conditions.

• Pink Concussions: Provides support for female brain injury from sports, violence and military service.

• Brain Injury, Strangulation, CARE and Advocacy for Victims of Crime
• Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (University of Oregon)
• School-Based Supports for Students with Brain Injuries (login required; free to join)

• Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery Blog