Training, Webinars & More

Brain Links’ trainings are provided cost-free and are tailored to best fit your schedule and continuing education unit needs. For more information contact Brain Links at: [email protected]

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Brain Links Webinars and Training Resources

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Brain Links Suggested Training Topics & Resources

Suggested Training Topics & Resources
** All training tailored to fit the specific needs of organization
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Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (cbirt)

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2025 Brain Links’ Webinar Training Series

People with brain injury often seek treatment for multiple co-occurring needs, like substance use disorder, mental health, domestic violence and/or chronic pain. The brain injury must be properly identified, and symptoms must be accommodated to enable the person to fully benefit from support programs in these and other areas.

Each session in this series will use case studies with different levels of injury, individual challenges and interactions with systems. We will also show how to apply existing tools when working to support the individual.

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2024 Brain Links Training Series

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Strategies for Moving Forward Together: Return to School Series Resources

Impact of the Pandemic on Families
Intersections of Mental Health and Suicide
Building Resiliency through Brain Health
Putting the Pieces Together: Panel and Q&A

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Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

What concussion is; signs and symptoms; 6 types; treatment; Physician’s Concussion Protocol; Nurses’ Screening Checklist; how to identify in children, adults, the older adult, or someone who communicates without words; assessing pain in someone who communicates without words; how to identify symptoms in the presence of another diagnosis (like autism or MCI), flexible treatment options.  What TBI is; how it differs from other brain issues; identification, treatment and monitoring; long term cognitive, physical, behavioral, mental health and psychosocial issues, including: depression, violence, isolation, homelessness, substance use disorder, etc., TN’s Service Coordination Program.

Cognitive Subtypes and Interventions

Explanation of cognitive subtypes (attention, memory, problem solving, abstract thinking, etc), role of neuropsychological and speech language evaluations.  Use of the Brainstorming Solutions Tool and the Strategies and Accommodations Tool to help better understand the person and how best to assist them, internal and external strategies, what is a TBI versus other types of brain injuries, illustrative cases.

Psychosocial Issues and Approaches and Behavior and De-escalation from a Cognitive/Communication Perspective

Common psychosocial issues and strategies, illustrative cases. Common behavior issues, behavior as communication, understanding the contribution of cognition and communication, interventions and cases. Techniques for de-escalating aggressive behavior.

Falls, Stroke and Mild Cognitive impairment

CDC information on falls, identifying stroke symptoms, explanation of mild cognitive impairment.

Supporting Brain Health Throughout the Lifespan

What conditions and behaviors affect our brains, what we can do to support brain health, how we can help people incorporate these principles into their lives.

Other related topics available on request based on specific needs you are facing:

  • Brain Injury and its relationship to alcohol and opioid use and incarceration
  • Domestic violence and its relationship to brain injury
  • Transitioning a student from hospital to school after brain injury
  • Special tools and issues for nurses
  • Brainstorming difficult illustrative cases

Brain Links is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Grant No. 90TBSG0051-01-00 and in part by the TN Department of Health, Traumatic Brain Injury Program.