BIRC Bulletin

2011 Issue – Volume 1, Issue 1 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • TBI-The Two Year Myth
  • Diagnostic Testing
  • Survivor Story – Bill Schrack Jr.
  • Attention and Concentration after Brain Injury
  • Representing Individuals who have sustained a Brain Injury

2012 Issue – Volume 2, Issue 1 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Partial Weight Bearing Gail Therapy Device
  • Insurance: To Cover or Not to Cover -That is the Question
  • Neuropsychological Assessment after TBI (Part 1)
  • TBI, the Holiday Season, and Ambiguous Loss
  • Survivor Story – Anonymous
  • The Holidays: Difficult Time for TBI Survivors

2012 Issue – Volume 2, Issue 2 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • TBI and Service Dogs
  • Spring Break Activities
  • Healthy Eating
  • Neuropsychological Assessment after TBI (Part 2)
  • Survivor Story – Bari Rieth (York)
  • Good MAnners are good business
  • Parents and Lawyers Working together for a common goal

2012 Issue – Volume 2, Issue 3 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • TBI and Alcohol Consumption
  • Outdoor Games and Activities
  • Survivor Story – Jennifer Berry
  • Summertime: Thrilling summer sports are fun for most of us, but risky activities for survivors of TBI

2012 Issue – Volume 2, Issue 4 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Difficult Transition Time for Children with TBI
  • Fatigue and Brain Injury
  • Tips for Managing Sleep
  • Sleep Disturbances
  • Neuropsychological Assessment after TBI (Part 3)
  • Survivor Story – Larry Strait
  • Isolation: What it is, how it affects people, and ways to conquer it
  • The DVR (Insider look with Sue Kratz)

2013 Issue – Volume 3, Issue 1 (Download PT 1) (Download PT 2)

Featured Articles:

  • Brain Injury Identification Wallet Card
  • What is a TBI?
  • A Walk through Guardianship
  • Survivor Story – Liz Siefert
  • An Innovative Language

2013 Issue – Volume 3, Issue 2 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • What wars have taught us about TBI
  • PTSD can affect anyone, anywhere, and at anytime
  • A warrior shares his “Time of Terror”
  • Be Prepared Before an Accident Happens: Excerpt from the book “Unthinkable”

2013 Issue – Volume 3, Issue 3 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Vocational Rehabilitation and the TBI Survivor
  • The Silent Epidemic is no Longer Silent
  • Returning People with Brain Injury to Work
  • Guardianship and the Road to Recovery
  • Survivor Story: Maria G
  • Gyrostim Balance Training System – A Daughter so Loved
  • Traumatic Event: Excerpt from the book “Unthinkable”

2013 Issue – Volume 3, Issue 4 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Survivor Story: Unexpected Outcome

2014 Issue – Volume 4, Issue 1 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Settlement Options
  • The Pros and Cons of Disclosing your Disability
  • Survivors Story: Katie Marshall
  • Graphic Organizers: Creating Today’s Schedule
  • Catastrophic Reaction

2014 Issue – Volume 4, Issue 2 (Download – not available at this time)

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2014 Issue – Volume 4, Issue 3 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Recovery and Rehabilitation for Persons Suffering from TBI
  • The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a caregiver
  • NNDS Spasticity Information Page
  • Research Study Harness “Neuroplasticity” to Walk and Balance Better after TBI
  • Survivor Story: Gary Rieth
  • Graphic Organizer: Medication Checklist
  • Returning (Chapter 4): Excerpt from the book “Unthinkable”

2014 Issue – Volume 4, Issue 4 (Download – not available at this time)

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2015 Issue – Volume 5, Issue 1 (Download – not available at this time)

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2015 Issue – Volume 5, Issue 2 (Download – not available at this time)

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2015 Issue – Volume 5, Issue 3 (Download – not available at this time)

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2015 Issue – Volume 5, Issue 4 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Winter Tips for Protecting Yourself from Brain Injury – NRI Article
  • Intimacy, Sexuality, and Sex After Brain Injury
  • Something to Ponder: How Migraines can affect some relationships (An Opinion Piece by Elaine Lovett)
  • Survivor Story: Noelle Kraemer
  • Book Overview: Rate 5 out of 5 by our Resource Team: A Life Interrupted: Living with TBI (Louise Mathewson)
  • Book Overview: Rate 5 out of 5 by our Resource Team: Defying Gravity: Rising Above Severe TBI)

2016 Issue – Volume 6, Issue 1 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Sundowning Syndrome and TBI
  • Woof! Woof! How Dogs Can Help Migraine Sufferers (An Opinion Piece by Elaine Lovett)
  • Survivor Story: Gary Rieth (updated)
  • Book Overview: Rate 5 out of 5 by our Resource Team: Paralyzed But Not Powerless (Kate Adamson)

2016 Issue – Volume 6, Issue 2 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • The Definitive Guide to Hiring a Brain Injury Attorney
  • Super Foods
  • Do You Have What it Takes? How Caregivers Play a Vital Role in Brain Injury Recovery (An Opinion Piece by Elaine Lovett)
  • Survivor Story: James Hermes

2016 Issue – Volume 6, Issue 3 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Resource Facilitation: What This Service Can do for You!
  • Switch ID: Which Switch is Which (Equipping your home)
  • Post-Injury Headaches
  • Estate Planning Made Simple
  • What Successful Rehabilitation Looks Like – NRI Article
  • Survivor Story: Wendy Cross

2016 Issue – Volume 6, Issue 4 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Wheelchair Safety
  • What Lobe Does What?
  • Common Barriers to Participation Experienced by People with Disabilities
  • TBI Humor: Serious Funny Business (By Jeffrey Sebell)
  • Domestic Violence, Brain Injury, and Psychological Trauma – NRI Article
  • Survivor Story: Mark Schmitt

2017 Issue – Volume 7, Issue 1 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Giving our Adult Children with TBI a Loving Push
  • Maybe It’s Not “Just a Bump to Your Head” – NRI Article
  • Survivor Story: Life Goes On – Bary and Gary Rieth
  • Transportation? Waukesha Metro
  • Level of TBI – Glasgow Coma Scale

2017 Issue – Volume 7, Issue 2 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Planning a Vacation
  • Former NHL “Enforcer” with Multiple Concussion Aftermath
  • Av Revoir! (An Opinion Piece by Elaine Lovett)
  • Survivor Story: Brittany Zebrasky
  • Survivor Story: Life Goes On – Bary and Gary Rieth (continued)

2017 Issue – Volume 7, Issue 3 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • What Are Arachnoid Cysts?
  • Book Overview: Rate 5 out of 5 by our Resource Team: Left Neglected (by Lisa Genova)
  • Survivor Story: Life Goes On – Bary and Gary Rieth (continued)

2017 Issue – Volume 7, Issue 4 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Can Smartphones be used to Help Brain Injury Survivors?
  • Do Dogs Have Migraines? (An Opinion Piece by Elaine Lovett)
  • Survivor Story: Life Goes On – Bary and Gary Rieth (continued)

2018 Issue – Volume 8, Issue 1 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Slow Down – Neuro-Fatigue
  • Coronary Artery Bypass and MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment)
  • Brain Injury Identification Wallet Card Update
  • “All About the Brain” Word Search
  • Common Problems after Focal Brain Injury
  • Journaling – It’s All About You!
  • Brain Injury is still Brain Injury – A look Brain Injury in Australia
  • Concussion: Fact Sheet for Youth Sports
  • Tough Love – Spousal Caregiver
  • Survivor Story – Kyle Castellion

2018 Issue – Volume 8, Issue 2 (Download)

Featured Articles:

  • Sibling Torment
  • Happy Holidays
  • What is Alexithymia
  • Helmets: Start with the Right Size
  • A Mind at Peace
  • Extreme Trip – Hiking the Appalachian Trail
  • What TBI Means
  • Rejoice in Hope
  • Reading Strategies
  • After a TBI
  • Telling of the Tale: Derek Robinson
  • Don’t Judge a Book by its’ Cover – Ashlyn Stricker
  • CBIS – Where does a Certified Brain Injury Specialist Work?

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