What is a brain injury?

Certified Brain Injury Specialist

Presentations from Past Conferences

See the toggles below to find videos on brain injury basics, strategies for support, youth considerations, and Colorado-specific stats. Explore links to educational materials, screening tools, and previously recorded webinars.

How Many Coloradans Have a Brain Injury?

Craig Hospital recently published research demonstrating the incidence of brain injuries & commonly reported symptoms in different regions of the state.

Colorado Planning and Management Regions Map

This document is a large version the data, which includes regional as well as statewide numbers. For more information about this research, please contact Gale Whiteneck, PhD, Principal Investigator: Gale@craig-hospital.org or CB Eagye, Research Associate: PEagye@craighospital.org

Educational Materials

Students

  • CoKidsWithBrainInjury – A website for parents, educators, and professionals who serve kids with brain injuries
  • Return to School
  • REAP – Reduce/Remove, Education, Adjust/Accommodate, Pace – Community Based Concussion Management Program
  • College Students with TBI – Information for disability specialists working with college students with a brain injury

Screening Tools

  • Ohio State University TBI-ID Method – a standardized procedure for eliciting lifetime history of TBI via a structured interview. The OSU TBI-Identification Method was designed to use self-report or proxy-reports to elicit summary indices reflecting TBI’s occurring over a person’s lifetime.
  • Domestic Violence and TBI

Webinars

REAP Manual

The Benefits of Good Concussion Management

How every family, school and healthcare professional can implement a Community-Based Concussion Management Program.

Colorado REAP Manual 2024

Contact Information

Mikalia Gray, CBIST
Vice President of Operations
Email: Mikalia@BIAColorado.org