There are  Support Groups for Brain Injury operating throughout the Commonwealth

The Support Group Coordinator:

Visits 2 support groups per month, in areas throughout the state

Establishes e-mail and other regular communications with all support group facilitators

Develops database of information about support group attendance, speakers, available materials

Compiles and conducts brain injury support group questionnaires to assess needs

Identifies relevant materials and  sends monthly mailing of relevant materials to support groups

Develops facilitator training modules and implements facilitator trainings

Develops support group workshop/modules with prototypical activities

Identifies areas for new support groups under-served regions of the state, and develop facilitators for those areas

Identifies organizations that have links to brain injury and provides information and conference speakers summarize in database

Develops family-to-family mentoring program, implements family-to-family course/workshop

For more information, please contact BIAPA's Support Group Coordinator, Monica Vaccaro at vaccaro@biapa.org.