Sessions for Parents & Educators

The Association’s Children & Adolescents Committee creates several education opportunities for parents and school professionals to learn more about the unique issues faced by school-aged children and adolescents who have sustained brain injuries.

Spring and Fall Sessions

Each fall and spring, the Association offers a free educational session for parents and educators. Past topics covered in these sessions include Assistive Technology for Students with Brain Injury, A Sibling’s Response to Brain Injury, and Making Sense of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting for Students with Brain Injury.

Fall 2011 Session: Brain Injury in Students 

 

Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

    Location: Children's Specialized Hospital, Auditorium, 200 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

    Presenter: Brad Ross, Ph.D., Pediatric Neuropsychologist

    Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

    Location: Center for Neurologic and Neurodevelopmental Health, High Ridge Professional Complex, 250 Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Gibbsboro, NJ 08026

    Presenters: George Niemann, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist & Greg Alberts, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist

    These free sessions will focus on what is brain injury, brain injury in the school system, effects of brain injury, accommodations and strategies to assist students with brain injury, and programs and services of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey.

    The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey is an approved provider of Professional Development Hours through the New Jersey Department of Education (#2782). Professional Development Hour certificates will be provided at each session.

    To download the flyer for these upcoming sessions, click here.

    Register for a Session

    Registration is requested for these free sessions. To register for a session, please complete the Online Children and Adolescents Committee Session Registration Form, or call the Association at 732-745-0200.

    Online Course for School Professionals

    The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey and Rutgers Continous Education have partnered to develop an online course which provides information about working with students with brain injury.  Upon successful completion of the course New Jersey educators will receive 10 professional development hours approved by the New Jersey Department of Education. 

    The course is free, and includes sections on What is Brain Injury?; How Does Brain Injury Affect Learning?; and Recognizing and Addressing Cognitive Issues in the Classroom. 

    To register for this online course visit the Rutgers Continous Education website at https://rutgers.catalog.cerkit.rutgers.edu/ and search for the keywords Brain Injury.  Choose Brain Injury Primer and follow the instructions for registration.  If you experience difficulty in locating the course or registering please contact the Association at 732-745-0200 or biprimer@bianj.org.