Current Events and News around NH

Below is a listing of events, community awareness efforts and resources
for brain injury supports. If you have something
that would be of interest to be listed here, please e-mail us!

Our 26th Annual BIANH Brain Injury Golf Tournament will take place at Pleasant Ridge Golf Club, Gilford, NH on August 12th. Please click here for the brochure, click here for hte registration form and for general information and sponsors! Looking forward to a fun day!
Please click here to download the 2009 Traumatic Brain Injury Occurrence and Mortality in New Hampshire Report based on 2000-2005 surveillance data
Our 26th Annual Brain Injury and Stroke Conference was held on May 20th and a wonderful learning, networking and sharing experience. Thank you Lori, for your coordiantion efforts and leadership, to the staff and volunteers, and to the participants! Looking forward to seeing you all back again next year!
Please click here to join and
We have added a new section to our web site that focuses on Concussions: the Often Overlooked Tramatic Brain Injury. Please click here to view the site.
Great Gift Idea! 2009 Brain Injury Association Awareness Calendar. The 2009 Calendar displays each artists expression of being a brain injury survivor. Each piece has its own unique story of courage. Click here to visit our bookstore for more information.
Brain Injury Support Group Meetings are being held in your community! Please click here to check the listings on-line at for the times/dates of the next Brain Injury Support Group meeting at a location close to you! Peer to peer support for individuals, families and caregivers who would like to learn more about brain injury and stroke, receive support and resources. This is an opportunity for you to network with other survivors and/or families Refreshments served. Hope to see you there!
NH Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) presents Person First Resource.
WANTED: Brain Injury Support Group Facilitators in Plymouth and Claremont. Click here for more details on how you can volunteer!.
BIANH's Speaker's Bureau. This has been established to further 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. Please click here for more information.
Town Welfare and tenant rights information. NH Legal Services - http://www.nhls.org/Home/PublicWeb
Advertise in our Headway newspaper and get listed in our annual Resource Directory! Customized package deals are available.
Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury: Support - Prevent -Heal The Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury has been established to raise money to assist members of the military with cognitive rehabilitation and other care needs following TBI suffered in service to their country.
Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Teens ~ A New Hampshire Guide for Families
Now Recruiting! Methylphenidate and Memory/Attention Training in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Methylphenidate and Memory/Attention Training in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Principal Investigator: Thomas McAllister, MD. Click here to learn more and see if you qualify to participate!
The BIANH would like to introduce the new Assistive Technology Library made possible by a grant from the Agnes M. Lindsey Foundation. This library is intended to assist families and survivors in learning basic skills using technological devices. These devices can be used as resources to make daily living easier. The Assistive Technology Library is open Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm. Feel free to come and browse or borrow a book, video, DVD or learn how a piece of technology can make your life easier. Please contact Judy Sullivan at 603-225-8400 for more information and or to make an appointment to use the library.
The BIANH has recently added new books and DVD's to the Family Resource Library. From Lash & Associates Publishing/Training:Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook, Sports Neuropsychology, Into the Future, Planning Care Today for a Secure Life Tomorrow, Family Rehabilitation Activity Manual, Life Beyond the Classroom - Transition Strategies for Young People with Disabilities, The Get Well Soon Balloon!, Survival Kit, A Planner and Organizer for Survivors of Brain Injury and Their Families, Going to College, Expanding Opportunities for People with Disabilities, Still Friends? Friends Still! (DVD), Take Two: After Traumatic Brain Injury (DVD), Life Goes On (DVD), Acquired Brain Injury: Teens Talking to Teens (DVD), CONCUSSION: An Educational (DVD), and The Puzzle Club (DVD).
This family resource guide is about NH services for families having children with disabilities/special health care needs.
2007 NH DHHS Acronyms.
For volunteer opportunities with the BIANH and the Brain Injury field, please click here!

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The Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire does not support, endorse, or recommend any product, method of treatment, or program for persons with brain injury. We endeavor to inform and believe that you have the right to know what help is available. Information within these pages consists of items that may be of interest to our community.