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Welcome to BIAC’s directory of Connecticut-based community resources, state and national organizations, and publications with important information related to brain injury education, prevention, and recovery. If you need further assistance, please give our helpline a call at 860-219-0291 to connect with a Brain Injury Specialist, or email general@biact.org.
Publications
Browse published fact sheets, guides, and research materials related to brain injury, concussion, and rehabilitation.
Recognizing a concussion is not just one person’s responsibility. Each sport is a team sport, and each player needs to look after each other. What a coach may miss a teacher may notice in the classroom or a parent may see at home. Teammates, coaches, trainers, parents, school nurses and teachers all need to be aware of the seriousness of a concussion and how to recognize when a child or young adult has sustained one.
Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport – the 5th International Conference on Concussion in Sport Held in Berlin, October 2016.
This booklet, adapted with permission from the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey, was developed as a guide to help parents of children who are recovering from a concussion, to educate them about concussion, and to describe some of the complexities of concussion management.
Learn what your brain does. Learn why protecting your brain is so important. Learn simple steps to protect your brain every day. Have fun!
Jeopardy-style classroom game for High School Students about Brain Injury facts.
These activities are intended to engage students in the critical thinking process regarding safe behavior currently confronting middle school students. The real-life scenarios below are designed to generate dialogue around issues they might face daily. These may be used in either a classroom discussion format or small group discussions. You may also incorporate role plays in these exercises as these scenarios easily fit this format.
Guide Produced by The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. Additionally, document can be viewed at and searched by section.
This booklet provides basic information about brain injury and its treatment. Please read it at your own pace. As you learn more about the brain, you will have many questions. Members of the health care team will do their best to answer your questions. Definite answers may not be known because the long term effects of brain injury can be difficult to predict.
The Helping Students with Brain Injury Series is meant to be a tool for school professionals and parents. Each sheet in the series addresses various areas that can be affected after brain injury and includes strategies for the classroom and sample IEP goals. The series was originally developed by the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey, and adapted, with permission, by the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut.
This booklet provides information for parents of students with brain injury about the services available through the school system following brain injury, including information on the initial referral to special education services, the Planning & Placement Team, and the differences between the IEP and 504 Plan.
This booklet provides information for school professionals about brain injury and how it affects students, including accommodations and strategies to assist students in the classroom.
This booklet contains information on disability benefits through the Social Security Administration (SSA). If an indiviudal is unable to work for a year or more as a result of their disability, then they may be eligible for benefits.
This booklet, adapted with permission from the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey, was developed as a guide to help parents of children who are recovering from a concussion, to educate them about concussion, and to describe some of the complexities of concussion management.
This new publication was adapted, with permission, from the Brain Injury Association of Florida. This booklet is designed to help make the transition from rehabilitation facility to home, and to assist family members in managing cognitive and behavioral changes that often occur with brain injury. This booklet is intended to assist family members in coping with brain injury on a long-term basis by providing everyday practical suggestions for living with brain injury.
