June is Brain Injury Awareness month If you missed Information Session, featuring four short presentations from and Q & A: Community Brain Injury Services Brain Injury Association Quinte District Pathways to Independence Brain Injury Services Acquired Brain Injury System Navigation for South Eastern Ontario. you can
Read more →The Extend-A-Family Open House was in May 2019. If you missed the event, it is not too late to learn more about the program. For more information about Extend-A-Family see their website: http://www.eafkingston.com/eafk Extend-A-Family Kingston is not-for-profit organization that provides services and support to individuals who have
Read more →Disability Estate Planning Barrister and Solicitor, Kenneth C. Pope will take questions from participants and offer specific advice. Time: Webinar, Wednesday, May 22nd at 7:00pm Eastern Time Register in advance for this webinar Topics Include: • Henson Trusts and Lifetime Benefit Trusts • Changes in ODSP
Read more →A Display of Art Work by Brain Injury Survivors Please Join us in Celebrating the Success of Our Local Artists Core Centre website The art show was June 10-14 2019, stay tuned for events for 2020. For more information about current events in Quinte, visit the
Read more →Research team conducting a study on peer support for people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The trial is funded by the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and it has been approved by the University Health Network Research Ethics Board. The Feasibility Trial of the Ontario Brain Injury
Read more →ODSP has a new way to report changes or get information about your Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program case. MyBenefits is piloting at select Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works locations. For more information MyBenefits, visit the ODSP website. For more
Read more →May 30, 2019, Unmasking Brain Injury went to Queen’s Park! From the OBIA mailer: In attendance were representatives from 21 local community associations, survivors, caregivers, the OBIA team and the event sponsor, Shekter Dychtenberg LLP. On Thursday, May 30, 2019, Ruth Wilcock, Executive Director of OBIA, introduced
Read more →People affected by brain tumours should never walk alone! Belleville Brain Tumour Walk: Join the Movement to End Brain Tumours at the 19th Annual Belleville Brain Tumour Walk Saturday June 8th, 2019 – Zwick Centennial Park. Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada Belleville branch Follow the Belleville Brain Tumour Facebook page
Read more →Funded by the Government of Ontario and Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). BounceBack®: Reclaim your health is a free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage symptoms of depression and anxiety. It offers two forms of help. 1) BounceBack® Today online videos. No referral
Read more →Patients with traumatic brain injury needed for research study PDF of Flyer If you are interested in potentially volunteering in this study as a participant or if you would like more information please contact: Dr. Nicole Coverdale, PhD email: [email protected] phone: 613-533-6000 ext 78507
Read more →The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has partnered with MedicAlert Foundation Canada to better assist officers with their interactions with vulnerable persons. Watch the Video MedicAlert Information Handout Connect Protect: MedicAlert and Smith Falls, Brockville and Gananoque www.medicalert.ca/braininjury Brain Injury Canada has partnered with MedicAlert to bring support
Read more →When Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), Addictions and/or Mental Health Overlap The Southeastern Ontario (SEO) ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) and Addictions/Mental Health Collaborative is a group of service providers who meet monthly to hear about people who meet specified criteria and are believed to be at risk. High Risk
Read more →For the month of March 2019, Brain Injury Association of Peterborough Region (BIAPR) hosted 8 information sessions about the effects of acquired brain injury (ABI) and strategies around coping with these effects. The event was free – Stay tuned! Future sessions will be offered. Dates to be
Read more →New session. Registration is now open. Contact : Lynda Lennox (Stroke Support Coordinator, VON Canada, Greater Kingston) T: 613-634-0130 x 3469
Read more →Often, decisions affecting the brain injury community in Ontario are made with little input from persons living with lived experience and their family members and caregivers. Brain Injury Speaks, Stakeholder Engagement Network of Ontario is led by Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) and works with the:
Read more →Thursday February 7th, 2019 the Stroke Network of Southeastern Ontario held Community Stroke Partners’ Expo at the Ramada Kingston Hotel & Conference Centre. Through rapid podium presentations and exhibitors, Health Care Providers working with stroke survivors and caregivers across the continuum of care (i.e. primary care, acute,
Read more →Clinician-researchers are looking for adults, aged 18-65, who have sustained a complicated mild, moderate, or severe traumatic brain injury. Examining the effects of an online cognitive enrichment intervention for traumatic brain injury. Participation in the study will last for 16 weeks and you will be asked to
Read more →Parkwood Institute Family Education Series a Success! Parkwood to post recorded presentations, date TBA Parkwood Institute Acquired Brain Injury Program Survivor and Family Education Series 2019. Free seven week series on topics related to treatment and recovery from ABI. Access through the webinars directly: https://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/abi. Sessions will
Read more →On June 9, 2017 ABI System Navigation of Southeastern Ontario hosted our annual ABI Conference for Professionals. Over 100 delegates were in attendance and feedback from the evaluations was overwhelmingly positive. Our speakers: Keynote- Dr. Steve Joncas, Brandie Stevenson, Omer Vandevyvere, and Mark Koning were knowledgeable and
Read more →In the link below you will find a summary of the group discussion portion of the conference. This activity looked at contributing factors (at client, system and service provider/personal levels) to supporting successful outcomes. Thanks to all who attended and participated. Group Harvest
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