Previous Virtual Workshops
Brain Injury Awareness Month: Speaker Series Recordings
Week One - How to Access Support in the Community After an ABI
Speakers: Veronica Pepper (HNHB ABI System Navigator, HNHB ABI Network), Kelly Stack (Intake Coordinator, BICR), Allison Reynolds (Brain Injury Support Services and Network Advocate, OBIA)
Webinar Link: Coming Soon
Week Two - Benefits of Working in Interdisciplinary Teams
Speakers: Lesya Dyk (Registered Occupational Therapist, Geronimo Occupational Therapy), Shehan Rajah (Registered Physiotherapist, Motion Physio), Rob Pividor (Case Manager, RIMSO)
Week Three - Exercise and Rehabilitation After ABI:
Speaker: Neenah Navasero (Registered Physiotherapist, Neenah Navasero Neurorehabilitation) and Assunta Berardocco (Registered Physiotherapist)
Week Four - Mental Wellness and The Benefits of Peer Support After an ABI:
Speakers: Tamara Little (Program Coordinator, BIAN), Member with Lived Experience (Member, BIAN)
Webinar Link: Coming Soon
Previous Workshop Recordings
Learn about how concussions can impact our thinking skills, emotions, social capacity, and behaviour. Additionally, in this workshop, you will learn effective strategies for helping to re-train your nervous system as well as strategies for compensating for challenges that are persisting. Dr. Robb will provide a 60-minute review of the research and will be available for 60 minutes to answer questions.
Feeling off balance? Dizzy? Experiencing falls, blurry vision or disorientation? All following a concussion? You may be experiencing changes in your vestibular system. Join Physiotherapist Elizabeth Brugman and Certified Atheletic Therapist Marianna Varpalotai to learn about the Vestibular System, what it is and its affects post mTBI. Learn skills you can use at home to help reset your brain and vestibular system.
Join BIAN and Certified Nutritionist and Registered Occupational Therapist - Kylie James and explore the benfits of nutrition on Brain Health. With cost of goods on the rise we look to explore how we can best feed our Brains on a budget. We will look at time and energy saving startegies to support your brain and gut health.