For Professionals

 

ACBIS Certificate Distance Learning Program

The Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) offers a national certification program for both entry-level staff and experienced professionals working in brain injury services. ACBIS provides the opportunity to learn important information about brain injury, to demonstrate learning in a written examination, and to earn a nationally recognized credential.

TACE Region 8 is offering a training program geared toward preparing for the CBIS examination. This training will be delivered in an all distance format with teleconference calls on August 24, September 14 and October 12, 2010. All study sessions will be delivered in a teleconference format from 1:00-3:00pm. Students must attend all scheduled sessions. Sessions will include study materials, teleconference, discussion board inter action and one-on-one consultation with Nancy Freeman & Tyler Paris, Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainers. The National Written Examination will be given via local proctor between October 18-22, 2010.

For more information visit TACE Region 8

 

Traumatic Brain Injury for VR Counselors

Margaret A. Struchen, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Brain Injury Research Center
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Assistant Professor, Dept. of PM&R
Baylor College of Medicine

Laura M. Ritter, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brain Injury Research Center
TIRR Memorial Hermann

This educational resource is designed to assist the vocational rehabilitation counselor in gaining familiarity with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can be used as a reference to assist the counselor in working with clients with TBI. The material is designed to provide a good overview of TBI and of issues you, the VR counselor, may encounter in working with clients with TBI, as well as to provide practical information that may assist you in your day-to-day assessment and intervention with clients.

Three modules are available for self-study and each module contains various training segments. The organization of this material is designed to assist the VR counselor in accessing reference information quickly and easily when working with actual clients. The contents of each training module are listed, so that you may click to enter the section of information with which you have interest. The content covered by this educational website was generated based on interests identified by a focus group of VR counselors facilitated by the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, State of Texas. These modules are available for self-study at no cost. You may also earn continuing education credits for completion of the modules. Please see the section on Continuing Education for further information on CEU credits.

Development of this online training system was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education (Grant #: H133B031117 - Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Integration of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury) to TIRR Memorial Hermann.

Please visit TIRR’s website for more information: