March Is Brain Injury Awareness Month
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Join the Office of Acquired Brain Injury in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month this March!
Brain Injury Awareness Month is a time to celebrate brain injury survivors, their families and their caregivers. It is also a time to raise awareness about the enormous prevalence of this issue and bring attention to the needs of individuals living with a brain injury. This March, the Office of Acquired Brain Injury (OABI) will be raising awareness, providing education, promoting prevention and offering service referral and coordination related to brain injury. The OABI team invites you to join them in raising awareness and has several ways you can get involved.
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Become an ambassador for change!
Start a Brain Injury Awareness movement in your community with one of the OABI Brain Injury Awareness Toolkits. Toolkits include educational materials, posters, concussion cards, flyers, fact sheets about the brain, and green ribbons. In addition, each toolkit will have a guide with many ideas that will help you promote brain injury awareness. Toolkits are free and can be shipped anywhere within Texas.
To order your Brain Injury Awareness Toolkit, contact OABI at512.706.7191 or oabi@hhsc.state.tx.us.
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Mark your calendar!
On March 18th, OABI will be hosting a Brain Injury Awareness Day celebration!
Join OABI at an Open House where you can meet the Team and learn more about how you can get involved. You will learn more about OABI’s projects, the reality of this massive public health problem, and hear from survivors as they share their stories. Don’t miss out on this chance to learn more about brain injury!
What: OABI Brain Injury Awareness Month Open House
When: Stop by anytime between 3pm and 5pm on March 18th
Where: Twin Towers Conference Room, Suite 203E (Across from the OABI Office at Suite 225E), 1106 Clayton Lane, Austin, TX 78723.
RSVP: Contact OABI at 512.706.7191 oroabi@hhsc.state.tx.us.
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Wish you knew more about brain injury?
Request a free in-person or web-based training led by OABI staff. The average training covers brain injury basics, the effects of brain injury, prevention tips, intervention methods, communication techniques and resource facilitation. OABI staff will work with you to customize the training to meet your group’s needs.
Groups that may be interested in hosting a training event include, but are not limited to:
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First responders and medical teams
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School faculty
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Sports teams
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Case managers and social workers
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Law enforcement
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Foster care workers and/or parents
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Adult and/or juvenile justice groups
The Office of Acquired Brain Injury is a business unit of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. In-person and webinar trainings can be arranged anywhere within Texas. Out-of-state trainings are limited to web-based trainings. To find out more about setting up a training event in your area, Contact OABI at 512.706.7191 or oabi@hhsc.state.tx.us.
Learn more right now!
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The Office of Acquired Brain Injury has developed a short video series that will guide you through the maze of brain injury. Navigating the Brain Maze is a series of five short videos that will introduce you to what brain injury is the levels of care and recovery, funding and insurance, and much more. Hear from doctors, professionals, survivors and their families about how you can navigate your way through the maze that brain injury can often be.
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What are you doing for Brain Injury Awareness Month? We want to know what you are up to in your community! Share your activities and pictures with the Office of Acquired Brain Injury by emailing oabi@hhsc.state.tx.us.
