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INFORMATION ON BRAIN INJURY 

Brain Injury 101 (video)
Difficulties After Brain Injury 
Neuropsychology 
Brain Injury Studies and Research

ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS 
IOWA RESOURCES

Area Education Agencies’ Brain Injury Resource Teams 
State University Disability Resources and Services

ONLINE BRAIN INJURY SUPPORTS 
IOWA GOVERNMENT
NEIGHBORING STATE ASSOCIATIONS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

INFORMATION ON BRAIN INJURY

Understanding Brain Injury (Video Series) http://www.braininjury101.org/

Brain Injury FAQs - http://www.tbinrc.com/faqs

Traumatic Brain Injury Central - http://www.mssm.edu/tbicentral/  

National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury - http://www.neuro.pmr.vcu.edu  

Brain Injury Resource Center - http://www.headinjury.com  

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide - http://www.tbiguide.com  

Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/FactSheets/Facts_About_TBI.pdf  

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Directory - http://www.tbi-sci.org/tbird/main.html  

COMPASS’ Brain Injury Website - http://www.iowacompass.org/  

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Difficulties After Brain Injury

Substance Abuse and TBI - http://ohiovalley.org/informationeducation/substanceuseinformation/index.cfm

Iowa Gambling Treatment Program - http://www.1800betsoff.org  

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Neuropsychology

American Psychological Association – Division of Clinical Neuropsychology - http://www.div40.org/  

American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology - http://www.theabcn.org/ 

Neuropsychology and Brain Injury - brainline.org

Neuropsychology Central - http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com  

International Neuropsychological Society - http://www.the-ins.org  

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Brain Injury Studies and Research

Coming Into Focus: A Needs Assessment and State Plan for Iowans with Brain Injury – http://www.idph.state.ia.us/bh/common/pdf/brain_injury/Coming_into_Focus.pdf

Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems - http://main.uab.edu/tbi/show.asp?durki=56194  

TBI Research Studies at NYC's Mt Sinai BI Research Center

NIH Consensus Development Program, Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury - http://consensus.nih.gov/1998/1998TraumaticBrainInjury109html.htm  

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ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

Brain Injury Association of Iowa - http://biaia.org  

Brain Injury Association of America - http://www.biausa.org  

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators - http://www.nashia.org  

National Center on Physical Activity and Disability - http://www.ncpad.org  

Coma Recovery Association - http://www.comarecovery.org  

National Aphasia Association - http://aphasia.org  

National Headache Foundation - http://www.headaches.org  

Vestibular Disorders Association - http://www.vestibular.org  

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IOWA RESOURCES

Family to Family Iowa  http://familytofamilyiowa.org/

Iowa Brain Injury Resource Network Virtual Tote Bag (in Word format)

Area Agencies on Aging http://www.aging.iowa.gov/aaa/index.html

Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division
http://www.iowa.gov/government/ag/helping_victims/services/compensation_program.html 

Center for Disabilities and Development - http://www.uihealthcare.org/cdd/    

Iowa Protection and Advocacy/Disability Rights Iowa  - http://www.ipna.org  

The Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council

Iowa Association of Community Providers – http://www.iowaproviders.org  

Iowa Training Consortium Training Calendar - http://disabilitytraining.mhsoftware.com/

Department of Human Services Policy Manuals - http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/PolicyAnalysis/PolicyManualPages/PolManual.htm  

In-Home Health Related Services DHS Employee Policy Manual -http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/policyanalysis/PolicyManualPages/Manual_Documents/Master/16-j-app.pdf 

The Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, and Brain Injury Commission

For additional resources in your community visit http://www.211.org/

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Area Education Agencies’ Brain Injury Resource Teams

Keystone AEA 1 (Elkader) - http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/birt/birt.html  

AEA 267 (Cedar Falls) - http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/braininjury  

Prairie Lakes AEA 8 (Fort Dodge)

Northwest AEA 4 (Sioux City) 

Mississippi Bend AEA 9 (Bettendorf) -

Grant Wood AEA 10 (Cedar Rapids) - http://www.aea10.k12.ia.us/divlearn/brain.html  

Heartland AEA 11 (Johnston) -  http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/NurseWeb/Brain%20Injury.html

Green Hills AEA 

Special Education of the Iowa Department of Education http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574&Itemid=591

Great Prairie AEA (Ottumwa)

State University Disability Resources and Services

University of Iowa Disability Resources 

Iowa State University Disability Resources – http://www.dso.iastate.edu/dr  

University of Northern Iowa Office of Disability Services – http://www.uni.edu/disability

We Connect is dedicated to uniting college students with disabilities in access to higher education and employment issues. http://weconnectnow.wordpress.com/   

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ONLINE BRAIN INJURY SUPPORTS

The Waiting Room - Coma Support - http://www.waiting.com/comawaiting.html  

Brain Injury Information Network - http://tbinet.org  

The TBI Chatroom and Homepage - http://www.braininjurychat.org  or http://www.tbihome.org  

The Perspectives Network - http://www.tbi.org  

The Brain Injury Ring - http://f.webring.com/t/Brain-Injury-Ring  

B Independent - http://www.bindependent.com  

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IOWA GOVERNMENT

State of Iowa Home Page - http://www.iowa.gov/  

Advisory Council on Brain Injuries – http://www.idph.state.ia.us/bh/brain_injury.asp  

Department of Public Health - http://www.idph.state.ia.us  

Department of Education - http://educateiowa.gov/

Department of Human Services - http://www.dhs.state.ia.us  

HCBS Brain Injury Waiver Waiting List - When you arrive at page scroll to section titled HCBS Funding Slots and click on "Slot and Waiting list information".

Department of Human Rights - http://www.iowa.gov/government/dhr/index.html   

Division of Persons with Disabilities - http://www.iowa.gov/government/dhr/pd/index.html  

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services - http://www.ivrs.iowa.gov/  

Iowa Division of Health Facilities – https://dia-hfd.iowa.gov/DIA_HFD/Home.do  

Iowa General Assembly - https://www.legis.iowa.gov/index.aspx

Iowa Code - http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html  

Iowa Administrative Code - http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IAC.html  

Iowa State Association of Counties - http://www.iowacounties.org  

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IOWA’S NEIGHBORING BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATIONS

NEBRASKA's Brain Injury Resource Network - http://www.braininjury.ne.gov/  

Brain Injury Association of ILLINOIS - http://www.biail.org/  

Brain Injury Association of KANSAS and Greater Kansas City – http://www.biaks.org  

Brain Injury Association of MINNESOTA – http://braininjurymn.org  

Brain Injury Association of MISSOURI http://www.biamo.org/

SOUTH DAKOTA Brain Injury Alliance – http://www.braininjurysd.org/  

Brain Injury Associaition of WISCONSIN – http://biaw.org  

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Program http://www.hrsa.gov/gethealthcare/conditions/traumaticbraininjury/

The New Freedom Initiative for Americans with Disabilities – http://www.disabilityinfo.gov  

The Americans with Disabilities Act - http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm  

CDC's Help Seniors Liver Better, Longer: Prevent Brain Injury - http://www.cdc.gov/braininjuryinseniors/  

U.S. Fall Prevention Program for Seniors - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/falls/default.htm  

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Program
http://www.dvbic.org  

Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Program

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FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Google Search Engine - http://www.google.com  

National Library of Medicine - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Literature/  

National Library of Medicine: Bibliographies on Brain Injury (scroll down the page) – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040830/pubs/cbm/tbi.html  

HDI Publishers - http://braininjurybooks.com  

This resource was created to assist individuals with locating brain injury information on the World Wide Web (or Internet). Special focus was given to the location of information that would be relevant to people with brain injury and family members of people living with brain injury. From time to time the links on this page may become out-of-date.

Updated  January 10th, 2012

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