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Brain Injury Webinar Series
Educate Delaware 2023: A Webinar Series for Delaware’s Brain Injury Community
This Brain Injury Association of Delaware (BIADE) webinar series provides life skills, resources, and useful information on current trends and topics related to brain injury. Brain injuries can cause many kinds of physical, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional impairments that range from short-term to permanent depending on the individual and the severity of the brain injury. Impairments can range from subtle to severe.
The BIADE Webinar Series will provide useful information for survivors, family members, caregivers, and members of the brain injury community. Each webinar provides tangible takeaways that you can use to understand the causes, treatment options, and resources related to brain injuries.
Share the series using #BIADEducates.
BluePrints for the Community
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware is pleased to award the Brain Injury Association of Delaware with a $10,000 grant from BluePrints for the Community. BluePrints for the Community, the donor-advised fund of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware at the Delaware Community Foundation, has contributed over $21 million to the community since its inception in 2007. It was established to serve Delawareans, with emphasis on, but not limited to, the needs of the uninsured and underserved, and to reduce health care disparities in minority population and address social determinants of health.
Learn more at www.highmark.com/blueprints
2023 EDUCATE DELAWARE WEBINAR SERIES - MONTHLY EVERY THIRD TUESDAY
TIME: 2:30 PM EST
Easterseals Presents Caregiver Support/Assistive Technology Virtual tour
November 14, 2023, 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Nancy Chipman Ranalli, PT Director of Community Outreach & Assistive
It’s More Fun To Prepare with a Buddy featuring Beth MacDonald
October 17, 2023, 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Beth MacDonald
Legal Documents Everyone Needs to Be Prepared
October 3, 2023, 2:00 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: W. Wade W. Scott, Esq. The Delaware Elder Law Center
What Home and Community-Based Programs Can Really Do for You
August 15, 2023, 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Jessica Walker and Bridget O’Connor - PeachTree Health Group
Bridging the Gaps in Mental Health and Brain Injury
June 27, 2023, 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Dr. Terry Harrison - Goldman, Nemours Children Health
The Role of Physiatry
May 16, 2023, 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Dr. John Cheng of Christiana Care
Latest Trends in Rehabilitation
April 18, 2023, 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Dr. Jeff Anderson of PAM Georgetown
Personal Preparedness - “my emergency care plan” and “Go Bag”
January 17, 2023, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Patricia Heineman and Ashly Steinbrecher University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS)
Overview of the Delaware Emergency Notification System (DENS) provided by Patricia Heineman with the University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies
Why are emergency alerts and notifications important during times of crisis?
February 21, 2023, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Patricia Heineman, University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies, and Robert Watts, Operations Support Officer Kent County Department of Public Safety
interventional treatment options
february 15, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenters: Dr. Haresh Sampathkumar, Post-Acute Medical Health (PAM)
legal services
Arpil 19, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Attorney Wade Scott, The Delaware Elder Law Center
Key issues for financial and healthcare decisions.
Long-term care planning.
Trusts vs. Wills in estate planning.
Cognitive Communication: bringing therapy home
MAy 17, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Maggie McCormick, Defy Therapy Services
The impact of cognition on speech and language following neurological insults and how to target therapy goals at home. What is cognitive communication?
Common deficits noted after a brain injury
Activities of daily living that target speech goals
Games and how to use them in different ways to hit different goals
Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
June 21, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Dr. Haresh Sampathkumar, MD - Brain Injury Specialist
Discussion points will include the following:
Difference between Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and its implications
Difference between Concussion and Post Concussional Syndrome
Diagnosis and Prognosis
Treatment options
Caregiver workshop #2 - resources
July 19, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT) (90 minutes)
Presenter: TBD, American Red Cross
Trying to Stay aHEAD of the Curve. The Implications of Repetitive Head Impacts in Sport on Long-Term Neurological Outcomes - Especially in the Sport of Soccer
august 16, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Thomas Kaminski, Ph.D., ATC,FNAK, FNATA, FACSM, RFSA, University of Delaware Brain Injury Research
Discussion points will include the following:
Sport-Related Concussions – including mechanisms
Head Impact Biomechanics
Repetitive Head Impacts
CTE
Soccer Specific Data from Heading a Ball
Ways to Monitor and Mitigate Repetitive Head Impacts
alternative Therapies
september 20, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Lynne Robinson, PAWS for People
Resources for Brain Injury Patients and Caregivers
october 18, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. (EDT)
Presenter: Nancy C Ranalli, Easterseals of Delaware