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Register Now for the 2nd Annual Statewide Walk For Thought
Register online now for the 2nd Annual Statewide Walk For Thought. CALBIA has contracted with a new online processor that has made it easy to register and solicit additional donations to benefit CALBIA and the other nonprofit organizations that are helping to coordinate the walks. To access the registration page, logon to the CALBIA website [...]
Continue reading...Devastating Brain Injury Inspires Family of Jeff Barnes to Help Others
Thursday, February 5, 2009
In December 2001, my husband of 9 ½ years sustained a severe hypoxic/anoxic brain injury. At the time, we had a 7- year-old daughter and a 23- month-old son. Up to that point, we were like every typical family going with the flow of the ups and downs of daily life. The events of December [...]
Continue reading...CALBIA Names Executive Director
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Manfred Tatzmann is the newly named Executive Director of the California Brain Injury Association (CALBIA). Mr. Tatzmann comes to the position after more than thirty years of work in developmental disabilities and mental health services in Michigan, including the last six years as State of Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury Director. In that job he worked closely [...]
Continue reading...Cognitive Rehab Helps People with Acquired Brain Injury
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body, according to a new meta-analysis. Because the data suggest that treatment may work best when tailored to age, injury, symptoms, and time since injury, the findings may help establish evidence-based treatment [...]
Continue reading...CALBIA Website Statistics
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
CALBIA’s website is the #1 website on Google for search terms “California Brain Injury.” The annual number of visitors is over 10,000, with over 1,151 page views. About 70% of the visitors were new to the site and 39% came from search engines, 33% came from referring sites, and 28% were direct traffic. [...]
Continue reading...Senate Schedules Lame Duck Session; House May Return As Well
Monday, October 13, 2008
According to CQ Today, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a lame duck session beginning Nov. 17, when senators will already be in Washington for the biennial meetings to elect party leaders. In November, the lame ducks will vote on a massive package of public land bills that couldn’t get through the Senate individually [...]
Continue reading...For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving
Friday, September 5, 2008
Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it. Read more at the NY Times
Continue reading...The Military’s TRICARE Health Insurance Program
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
On behalf of the Brain Injury Association of America, I am thrilled to announce that yesterday a group of United States Senators, led by Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Barack Obama (D-IL), sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates calling on him to enact official coverage of cognitive rehabilitation within the military’s TRICARE health [...]
Continue reading...Symposium on Deep Brain Stimulation Held in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Symposium on Deep Brain Stimulation Held in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, BIAA Government Affairs Associate Robert Demichelis attended “Brain Pacemakers: A Promising Approach and a New Era of Hope for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders,” a symposium on deep brain stimulation sponsored by The Office on Disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and [...]
Continue reading...BIAA Roots On Servicemembers at Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride White House Kickoff
Friday, April 25, 2008
BIAA Roots On Servicemembers at Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride White House Kickoff A representative of BIAA was invited to attend an event hosted by President George W. Bush on Thursday at the White House. BIAA Government Affairs Director Laura Schiebelhut was proud to be part of the inspiring event, which honored a group of wounded [...]
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