Resources
Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado
Brain injury resource navigation and educational consultation.
BrainLine
A national multimedia project offering information and resources about preventing, treating, and living with TBI.
BrainLine for Kids
Information and resources for families and educators.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Basic information, data, statistics, reports, fact sheets. etc. on TBI and concussion.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Heads Up
Provides tools to help educators, coaches, providers, and parents recognize, respond to, and minimize the risk of concussion or other serious brain injury.
Colorado Department of Education
Offering brain injury and concussion management team training to Colorado schools.
Get Schooled on Concussions
Offers a series of one-page concussion fact sheets for teachers, administrators, school nurses, counselors and parents.
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
Information on brain injury and juvenile justice systems/corrections, state special education definitions and resource materials.
TBI CEnter on brain injury research and training
Brain Injury Education Resources
Presentations
Brain Injury and Behavior
By Wendy Adams Ed.S., NCSP and Dr. Karen McAvoy
Juvenile Justice Workshops By Gavin Attwood, Liz Gerdeman, Patricia Colella, Judy Dettmer, Karen McAvoy, Kristy Werther, Max Winkler, and Jessica Dupuy
Intervention for Students with MTBI By Donna Detmar-Hanna & Karen McAvoy
On Demand Learning (Videos)
Youth Considerations at Home and in School
Children can Learn about Building a Healthy Brain
Challenging Behavior and Executive Function (video modules)
Eligibility and School-Based Inter-Disciplinary Assessment and Intervention: A Common Sense Approach
- Part 1 – Understanding Brain Injury and the Colorado Academic Standards
- Part 2 – Typical Impacts and interdisciplinary Team Approach
- Part 3 – Special Education Criteria
- Part 4 – Assessment and Intervention Overview and Resources