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Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire's Speaker's Bureau
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| The BIANH Mission is to help in creating a better future through brain injury prevention, education, advocacy and support. Brain injury is a relatively young disability for it was long known as the silent epidemic: a widespread, yet widely unrecognized and misunderstood major public health issue. A brain injury includes acquired brain disorder caused by for example a stroke, brain tumor, anoxia or infectious diseases or traumatic brain injury caused by for example a motor vehicle accident, fall, sports injury or violent act. |
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| Following an injury, individuals and families are overwhelmed and devastated. One of the best defenses after an injury occurs is to arm oneself with the best education, information and resources available for timely treatment, rehabilitation and support. This often becomes more difficult by the lack of understanding or misconceptions of our supports. |
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| BIANH is looking help to overcome this barrier through education for our communities: the general public, health care professionals, educational institutions, civic groups, law enforcement, rehabilitation professionals, case managers, emergency medical services, political leaders, support groups, mental health professionals, home health agencies, social workers, caregivers, recreational staff, families and friends. |
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| BIANH is dedicated to creating a better future. We are looking to our communities to come together by the way we talk about and perceive a brain injury. Knowledge is power! We ask our communities to become better educated to recognize a brain injury, accept their diversity, adjust our attitudes and develop an understanding and acceptance of this unique population. |
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| The BIANH Speaker’s Bureau has been established to support our mission in raising the awareness of brain injuries by identifying the dynamics involved, the barriers that individuals and families confront and the services, supports and resources available within our state. |
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| Our speaker’s bureau will be constantly under development and aspiring to meet the needs of individuals whose lives have changed as a result. We are available to any group of individuals who are looking to come together, get better educated to support and/or serve this population. Our speakers are professionals in the field of brain injury. |
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| Topics may include, but are not limited to: BIANH: Who We Are and What We Do, Brain Injury 101, Prevention: For children, adults or the elderly, Caregivers and Advocacy, Identification of Community Resources, The Brain and Behavior, Brain Injury and Stroke Family Education, and Providing Educational Support to Students with Cognitive Impairments. If you have a topic your group is interested in that is not listed here, please inquiry. We will do our best to provide you with a presenter. |
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| If your group would be interested in having one of our speakers provide a presentation or training, please click here to download, complete and return our form. We will contact you. |
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| We welcome new professional volunteer speakers and presenters to expand our coverage of topics. BIANH asks that our speakers share our mission and are a member of our association. For membership information, please click here. If you are interested in being a volunteer speaker, please click here to download, complete and return our speaker’s bureau application. We will contacted you. |
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