Project BRAIN

Family Voices of Tennessee, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and Project BRAIN are partnering to host a family conference providing information on an array of topics impacting children with special health care needs and/or disabilities.

Topics Include: 504 health plans, challenging behaviors, HIPAA and health care rights, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), transitioning to adult health services, and autism.

• Conference Sessions are Free
• Vendors will be on site throughout the day to share their resources with families.
• Family organizations will be present to offer supports and additional information.
• Confirmed speakers: SCARAB Behavioral Health Services and STEP (Support Training for Exceptional Parents).
• Scholarships may be available for lunch, travel or childcare.
• Box lunches will be $10.00.
• Registration requested by March 12, 2010
  

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Want to set up a vendor or organizational booth? Just give us a call at 1 (888) 643-7811 or drop a line to julie_s@tndisability.org for a vendor registration form.

For more information: contact Family Voices of Tennessee at 1 (888) 643-7811 or by email at julie_s@tndisability.org

School is back in session, temperatures are dropping, and many are looking forward to football in just a few weeks.  It must be Fall in Tennessee and with it the Fall issue of Project BRAIN's quarterly newsletter is hot off the press.  It includes stories about:

• A partnership with the UT Medical Center in Knoxville
• With a new school year comes new sporting events and concussions
• Project BRAIN welcomes a new staff member - Wanda Baker
• A tribute to recently passed disability advocate Charles Moore

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September 6, 2008, was a clear-blue Indian summer day in Nebraska Jennifer Ruth sat in the stands and watched her 12-year-old son, Derek, run with the football.  She was unconcerned when he was tackled in a routine play. But as he fumbled the ball, she remembers seeing his right arm drop oddly, almost in slow motion...

It is with great pleasure that I would like to introduce to you Project BRAIN’s newest team member, Wanda M. Baker.  Jennifer and I welcomed Wanda to our team on June 16, 2009 as the new full-time Resource Specialist & Trainer covering the West Tennessee Region. 

With over 15 years of experience, Wanda is bringing her education and passion to this position.  She has an Associate of Science Degree from Shelby State Community College and holds a Bachelors of Art Degree in the field of Social Work.

To speak with Wanda, she can be reached at (901) 813-8595 or wanda_b@tndisability.org.

As this program continues to meet the needs of our students, we appreciate the valuable relationships that have been nurtured over the years; we are all pieces of the puzzle!  As the Coalition so-often states:

Warmly,

Paula Denslow,

Project BRAIN Coordinator

After an early career teaching philosophy at Carleton College and the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Ylvisaker became a speech-language pathologist. Currently, he is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. He has over 30 years of clinical and program development experience with children and young adults with neurogenic cognitive, self-regulatory, behavioral, and communication disorders in rehabilitation and special education settings. Dr. Ylvisaker is author of over 125 publications, including six books and a large number of journal articles and book chapters. His two most recent books are (1) Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents and (2) Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines.

http://www.bianys.org/learnet/authors-ylvisker.html

Source: Brain Injury Association of New York's "LEARNet" site