Tag Archives: traumatic brain injury

Sensory Stimulation and Snoezelen

Sensory stimulation refers to interventions designed to stimulate one or more of the five senses. These interventions are designed to provide a relaxing and soothing activity which is failure free, responsive to the individual, and is enabling. Sensory stimulation interventions … Continue reading

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NFL Takes Initiative in Head Injury Prevention and Care

With the issues of head injury and concussion in the spotlight recently, the National Football League has made amendments to its concussion policies and these changes have been implemented this season. By the leagues own estimation, roughly 175 concussions occur … Continue reading

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NIH Database will speed up research of Traumatic Brain Injury

In a press release from August 29th, 2011, NIH will build a database that will help speed research of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to better its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This database is being built-in conjunction with the Department of Defense. … Continue reading

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Hojas informativas en español del Centro del Modelo de Sistemas sobre el Conocimiento de Traducción

En el post del blog de ​​hoy, vamos a discutir las hojas de datos informativos proporcionados por MSKTC. El Centro del Modelo de Sistemas sobre el Conocimiento de Traducción (MSKTC) tiene hojas informativas que cubren una amplia gama de temas incluyendo cuidado de la piel y las úlceras por presión, dolor después de la lesión de la médula espinal, la … Continue reading

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Did you know…? Fact sheets for SCI, TBI, and Burn Injury

The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center has an excellent library of fact sheets designed to answer some of your most pressing questions about spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and burn injury. These sheets are comprehensive and authoritative. … Continue reading

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Rep. Giffords Rehabilitation Generates Awareness of the Lack of Access to Adequate Rehabilitation for many Individuals with Brain Injury

The tragic events on January 8, 2011 near Tucson, Arizona brought brain injury into the national spotlight with the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.  Rep. Giffords has made remarkable progress since her injury and continues to thrive at TIRR … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: Two National Data and Statistical Centers

NIDRR announced invitations for proposals for national data and statistical centers focusing on spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury: National Data and Statistical Center for Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems 76 FR 344 – Office of Special Education and … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: 4 NIDRR grant announcements

We have a handy alert set up for Grants.gov to let us know when new NIDRR grant announcements have been posted. Here are the latest: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Cognitive Rehabilitation at http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48870 Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on … Continue reading

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Know More: New Interactive Tutorial on TBI

The National Institutes of Health has a new interactive tutorial on traumatic brain injury (TBI). This program is perfect for friends and loved ones of a person who has recently experienced a TBI. It covers the anatomy of the brain, … Continue reading

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NARIC Digital Archive Project: New Additions

Newly released documents from NARIC’s Original Research Collection Continue reading

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