A Resource for Teachers, Clinicians, Parents, and Students by the Brain Injury Association of New York State.


LINKS

Thank you for visiting Project LEARNet. Below we have compiled a list of helpful sources.
Please take a moment to explore the websites that interest you.



Brain Injury Basics
Brain Injury, Athletics and Special Ed
Disability Advocacy
Brain Injury & Pediatrics



Brain Injury Basics

1. PBS-Nova Science Now-Brain Trauma Video and Information
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/02.html

2. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-General TBI Information http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/detail_tbi.htm

3. CDC-Glasgow Coma Scale
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/gscale.asp

4. CDC-TBI Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/TraumaticBrainInjury/

5. Brainline-Living with TBI
http://www.brainline.org/

6. CDC-General TBI Info
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/publications/index.html#tbi 

7. Medline Plus- TBI information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/traumaticbraininjury.html

8. National Geographic- information about the human brain 
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/brain-article.html

9. PBS-The Secret Life of the Brain-parents and students
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/

10. Lumosity: Reclaim Your Brain-brain games and brain training
www.lumosity.com

11. NOVA: Body and Brain
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/

12. American Museum of Natural History- Brain: The Inside Story
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/brain/

13. Traumatic Brain Injury A to Z
http://www.traumaticbraininjuryatoz.org/The-Brain.aspx

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Brain Injury, Athletics and Special Ed

1. PBS Parents-Family Rights/Special Education
http://www.pbs.org/parents/inclusivecommunities/family_rights.html

2. Family Village-Disability-Related Resources
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.html

3. National Association of Private Special Education Centers
http://www.napsec.org/

4. CDC-Heads Up Concussion in Sports
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/HeadsUp/high_school.html
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/HeadsUp/youth.html

5. HBO Real Sports 2010 Concussions-video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpiryx3DgkU

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Disability Advocacy

1. International Brain Injury Association
http://www.internationalbrain.org/

2. Ability Online- site where teens/children with disabilities and their parents can communicate with each other for support 
http://www.ablelink.org/public/new/index.html

3. Think College-support resource to help students with disabilities transition to college
http://www.thinkcollege.net/

4. Well Spouse-caregiver support network
http://www.wellspouse.org/home.html

5. Brain Injury Association of America
http://www.biausa.org/

6. Parent 2 Parent of NYS
General Information: http://www.parenttoparentnys.org/index.html
NYS Specific Information: http://www.parenttoparentnys.org/Library/Links&Resources/nysresources.html

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Brain Injury & Pediatrics

1. Journal of Pediatric Psychology-Study about Pediatric TBI
http://jpepsy.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/28/4/251#SEC3

2. PBS-Nova Teachers-Brain trauma activity for the classroom
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/0306_01_nsn.html

3. Neuroscience for Kids-Students and teachers can learn more about the nervous system
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

4. Think First- National Injury Prevention Foundation
Kids: http://www.thinkfirst.org/kids/
Youth: http://www.thinkfirst.org/youth/
Teens: http://www.thinkfirst.org/teens/

5. Safe Kids
http://www.safekids.org/

6. Brain Pop-resource and activity page for kids
www.brainpop.com

7. Brains Rule!-interactive learning for kids and resources for teachers
www.brainsrule.com

8. Morphonix
www.morphonix.com

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