Traumatic Brain Injury Resources
Resources for Educators
- Meeting the Needs of Students with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Resource for Minnesota Educators, 2023.pdf
- Brochure: Meeting the Needs of Students with Traumatic Brain Injury.pdf
- General Considerations: Return to School Following a Concussion.pdf (revised 2018)
- Return to Learn, A guide for school success following a pediatric traumatic brain injury. View and print on demand from links below (external site):
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A statewide non-profit organization providing resource, brain injury knowledge, and advocacy support to families and professionals who are supporting someone with a brain injury.
Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance (external site) The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance provides a free, statewide phone support program to help both families and professionals with accessing helpful information and supporting the individual with a brain injury.
Resource Facilitation (external site)- TBI Waiver Information from MN Department of Human Services, 2016 (external site)
- Brainline (external site)
- BrainSTEPS: Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, & Students (external site) A brain injury school re-entry consulting program from Pennsylvania; lots of great downloadable resources & recorded webinars!
- Colorado TBI Resource Network (external site). Resources & Tools for Educators
- Shaken Baby Alliance (external site)
- Lash & Associates Publishing- A great resource for books, DVDs, and other materials on TBI (external site)
- Report to Congress: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Opportunities for Action (2018)
Authoring Agencies: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; and Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
Forms
- Minnesota Administrative Rule 3525.1348 Traumatic Brain Injury (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3525.1348/)
- TBI Criteria Checklist
Resources for Families
- Disability Benefits 101 (external site). A website that provides tools and information on health coverage, benefits and employment for individuals of all ages with disabilities; and provides links and resources for related MN public programs.
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A statewide non-profit organization providing resource, brain injury knowledge, and advocacy support to families and professionals who are supporting someone with a brain injury.
Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance -
The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance provides a free, statewide phone support program to help both families and professionals with accessing helpful information and supporting the individual with a brain injury.
Resource Facilitation - Minnesota Waivered Services Information for Parents/Guardians (external site)
- TBI Fact Sheets for Families:
Contact Information
Kelly Bredeken, Ed. S., Statewide TBI Specialist
MN Low Incidence Projects
612-638-1506, kelly.bredeken@brightworksmn.org
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