San Diego Brain Injury Foundation

June is Aphasia Awareness month! According to the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), at least 1 million people in the United States are living with aphasia, and nearly 180,000 Americans acquire it each year. They have provided a great article about what aphasia is and how it is a condition that commonly affects individuals with brain injury. To read it click the link below: https://www.biausa.org/public-affairs/media/what-is-aphasia... Thank you BIAA for providing such valuable information! #braininjuryawareness #braininjury #SDBIFfamily

The video of the Saturday meeting with Barbara Welsh-Osga is live!!! It was a difficult topic, but what a great perspective on how to cope with grief, loss and the transition after a TBI. She is an incredible person so dedicated to the brain injury community. We hope you get as much from this video as we did! ENJOY!!! https://youtu.be/4BSfZzBDSUo... #braininjury #braininjurysurvivors #tbi

Don't forget that tomorrow at 10 am PST we will have the wonderful Barbara Welsh-Osga leading our Saturday meeting about Transitions & Grief after a TBI. To get the event link, go to the SDBIF website: https://sdbif.org//ev/june-online-saturday-speaker-series/ Can't wait to see you there!

Well, the deadline for the scholarship was yesterday (the 15th) ... but SDBIF decided to extend the deadline to THIS FRIDAY, the 18th!!! If you, or someone you know, still hasn't applied, you now have a few extra days to do so, but that's it! Just go to this link and fill out the form: https://sdbif.org/resources/sdbif-scholarship-application/ Good luck!!!

WOW!!! Last quarter SDBIF was sent a check from Amazon Smile for $128.57!! That was at no cost to all of you who simply bought products through smile.amazon.com website. It is a simple process, whenever you want purchase something from Amazon, make sure you go to the smile.amazon.com website first. There is no difference to what is for sale...it just sends a portion of your purchase price as a donation to SDBIF (as long as you choose San Diego Brain Injury Foundation as your charity of choice) at no cost to you. smile.amazon.com/ch/33-0072774

Mark it on your calendars...THIS Saturday from 10-noon (PST), the wonderful Barbara Welsh-Osga will be leading our Speaker Series meeting. This is an especially poignant topic: Grief & Loss: The Nature of Loss and Transitions that Follow TBI. Barbara is a Clinical psychologist specializing in issues related to neuro-rehabilitation and behavioral medicine. She has been a huge part of our San Diego brain injury community and we are thrilled she will be presenting with us once ...again. So, make a note to join us on Zoom, THIS Saturday from 10-noon (PST). Click the link below to get more information and the Zoom link. #braininjury #braininjurycommunity #SDBIFfamily

So honored that we have John H. Gomez on our Board! He has made such an impact on San Diego and the brain injury community here. Congrats and welcome!!! #SDBIFfamily #welcome #AchieveMoreTogether

#ThoughtfulThursday "Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did." ~Newt Gingrich #SDBIFfamily | #NeverGiveUp | #JourneyToRecovery | #BrainInjurySurvivors | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether | #WordsOfInspiration

For today’s #TBITuesday, SDBIF would like to feature San Diego’s Bryan Devore! He has worked with SDBIF since 2018 in many different waysas an exhibitor at surviveHEADSTRONG and even providing hands-on assistance with survivors and their families by providing help with home organization and relocation. One such example was from a few years ago, when Bryan helped out one of our survivors and his family by helping them sell their home and relocate. Unfortunately, the home ha...d fallen into disrepair and the task of going through everything in the home was overwhelming. His siblings weren't sure where to turn for help so they contacted Bryan. Bryan met with the family, explained how he could help them sell the home as-is quickly and easily without having to make repairs, and told them about how Silver Linings Transitions would help the survivor with all of the sorting and packing. In a short amount of time the survivor was living in a new apartment, the home was sold, and the family was able to move on to the next chapter of their lives. We are thankful there are people like Bryan and services available in San Diego to assist our community. If you would like to learn more about the ways Bryan has helped so many, please visit his Facebook pages for Devore Realty Group - DRE 01397835 and Silver Linings Transitions Move Managers. Help us thank him for his dedication and contributions to the San Diego brain injury community! #braininjury #braininjurysurvivor #SDBIFfamily

We have received a few applications for the $500 SDBIF scholarship...but we know there are more of you out there! We have 4 to give away, so be sure to submit your application by June 15th!!! Just go to the SDBIF website and fill out the form today! https://sdbif.org/resources/sdbif-scholarship-application/ #scholarship #braininjurysurvivor #sdbiffamily

DID YOU KNOW? The term Aphasia is defined as the "Loss of the ability to express oneself and/or to understand language." This is caused by damage to brain cells rather than deficits in speech or hearing organs. It can occur suddenly after a stroke or head injury, or develop slowly from a growing brain tumor or disease. Aphasia can come in many different forms such as: APHASIA EXPRESSIVE: The inability to find or formulate the words to express oneself even though knowing wha...t one wants to say. APHASIA FLUENT: Characterized by spontaneous use of language at normal speed that conveys little meaning. APHASIA GLOBAL: Severely limited residual ability to communicate with others. Includes both expressive and receptive aphasia. APHASIA NON-FLUENT: Characterized by awkward articulation, limited vocabulary, hesitant, slow speech output, restricted use of grammatical forms and a relative preservation of auditory comprehension. APHASIA RECEPTIVE: Problems in understanding what others attempt to communicate. - If you want to see the other glossary posts, do a search on our Facebook page for #TBIglossary and the other posts will pop up with more terminology to learn. But keep coming back to the SDBIF page to learn more about brain injury and brain injury recovery! #BrainInjuryResources | #SDBIFfamily | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou |#JourneyToRecovery | #AchieveMoreTogether | #DidYouKnow | #BrainInjuryTerms

For this #TBITuesday, SDBIF would like to announce and congratulate the winners of the SDBIF Educational Scholarship: Chad Bartle, Madeline Garrett and Ruby Melchior!!! Each applicant had to submit an essay entitled "My Brain Injury Can't Stop Me", and a few other required files to be in the running for a $500 scholarship to continue their educational goals. Chad, Ruby and Madeline each submitted essays that we found incredibly moving. To read each of their essays, and the es...says of the past winners, please go to the SDBIF website: https://sdbif.org/sdbif-scholarship-winners/ Congratulations to each of our amazing winners. We can't wait to see how far each of you go on your journeys!! #SDBIFscholarship | #SDBIFfamily | #FriendsOfBrainInjury | #JourneyToRecovery | #InspirationToUsAll | #BrainInjury | #BrainInjurySurvivor | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether

Thank you Joanne and Herb Hein (Hein Speech-Language Pathology, Inc.) for leading us through and incredible discussion last Saturday! There was so many great tips and information to take in and learn from. For everyone's convenience, we recorded their discussion so we can all go back and watch it again to learn more: https://youtu.be/_VkAVURRutM Enjoy!!

Don't forget, Joanne and Herb Hein will be discussing practical cognitive strategies for brain injury survivors TOMORROW at 10 am PST. The Zoom link for the meeting is in the event page below!

Don't forget SDBIF has a SECOND awesome Saturday Speaker series meeting scheduled for THIS Saturday at 10 am. This weekend's event we are honored to have Joanne and Herb Hein, founders of Hein Speech-Language Pathology, discussing Practical Cognitive Strategies for Brain Injury Survivors. RSVP to the event and we will see you on Saturday!... https://fb.me/e/1G6PJEF8f See more

What an incredible Saturday meeting with Matt Audia from Audia Physical Therapy discussing how to create Lasting Change with Neuro-Rehab for brain injury survivors. Did you miss it? That's ok. We recorded his talk! Just go to the link below to watch it: https://youtu.be/TjvThueJqao... #SaturdaySpeakerSeries | #SDBIFfamily | #JourneyToRecovery | #BrainInjurySurvivors | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether | #BrainInjuryResources

October is a unique month that will have TWO Saturday Speaker Series meetings! The first is THIS Saturday the 10th, when Matthew Audia, from Audia Physical Therapy, will be discussing Stroke and TBI Neuro-Rehab. The second meeting is a week later on the 17th, when Joanne and Herb Hein, from Hein Speech-Language Pathology, Inc., will be discussing compensatory strategies for challenges with attention/concentration, memory, organization and executive functioning.... To learn more go to the events tab and check out the event posts and RSVP! #SDBIFfamily | #JourneyToRecovery | #BrainInjurySurvivors | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether | #BrainInjuryResources | #SaturdaySpeakerSeries

#ThoughtfulThursday "You just can't beat the person who won't give up." ~Babe Ruth #SDBIFfamily | #NeverGiveUp | #JourneyToRecovery | #BrainInjurySurvivors | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether | #WordsOfInspiration

#DidYouKnow We want people to know just how common brain injuries are so they are not afraid to seek the help they need. Here are some facts from Brain Injury Association of America: Every 9 seconds someone in the US sustains a brain injury At least, 5.3 Million Americans live with a TBI-related disability That means, 1 in every 60 Americans live with a TBI-related disability... Everyday, 137 people die in the US because of a TBI-related injury. #SDBIFfamily | #JourneyToRecovery | #BrainInjury | #BrainInjurySurvivors | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether | #BrainInjuryResources

We came across a great "article" from the Air Force Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia (CEMM Library) about how to tell your children about TBI. May times, children have a hard time understanding why someone is different after a TBIand this gives some suggestions on how to approach this subject. Read the "article on the SDBIF website, here: https://sdbif.org/index/how-to-tell-children-about-tbi/ This "article" is actually Chapter Four taken from their online resourc...e "The Caregiver's Journey". The other Chapters discuss many other topics, which we highly suggest you read at your leisure. The link to this online book, is also on the SDBIF website at the bottom of the article. We hope you find this useful! #DidYouKnow | #CurrentEvents | #BrainInjuryNews | #BrainInjuryResources | #BrainInjurySurvivors | #BrainInjuryCommunity | #EmbraceTheNewYou | #AchieveMoreTogether

surviveHEADSTRONG raffle

Tomorrow at 5 pm PST we will be doing a Facebook Live to choose the raffle prize winners for #surviveHEADSTRONG!!! Do you want to earn extra raffle tickets? Tag @SDBIF and use #sH2020 to show us your pictures from your surviveHEADSTRONG participation. Selfies are great! So tune in tomorrow at 5 to hear the winners. Who knows, your name might just be called!