Traumatic Brain Injury Resources

Resources for Educators

• Meeting the Needs of Students with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Resource for Minnesota Educators, 2023.pdf
• Brochure: Meeting the Needs of Students with Traumatic Brain Injury.pdf
• General Considerations: Return to School Following a Concussion.pdf (revised 2018)
• Return to Learn, A guide for school success following a pediatric traumatic brain injury. View and print on demand from links below (external site):
  • HennepinHealthcare.org/rtl, Traumatic Brain Injury Return to Learn booklet (English)
  • HennepinHealthcare.org/rtlsp, Traumatic Brain Injury Return to Learn booklet (Español)

• A statewide non-profit organization providing resource, brain injury knowledge, and advocacy support to families and professionals who are supporting someone with a brain injury.
  Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance (external site)

• The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance provides a free, statewide phone support program to help both families and professionals with accessing helpful information and supporting the individual with a brain injury.
  Resource Facilitation (external site)

• TBI Waiver Information from MN Department of Human Services, 2016 (external site)
  
• Brainline (external site)
• BrainSTEPS: Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, & Students (external site) A brain injury school re-entry consulting program from Pennsylvania; lots of great downloadable resources & recorded webinars!
• Colorado TBI Resource Network (external site). Resources & Tools for Educators
• Shaken Baby Alliance (external site)
• Lash & Associates Publishing- A great resource for books, DVDs, and other materials on TBI (external site)
• Report to Congress: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Opportunities for Action (2018)
  Authoring Agencies: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; and Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention

Forms

• Minnesota Administrative Rule 3525.1348 Traumatic Brain Injury (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3525.1348/)
• TBI Criteria Checklist

Resources for Families

• Disability Benefits 101 (external site). A website that provides tools and information on health coverage, benefits and employment for individuals of all ages with disabilities; and provides links and resources for related MN public programs.

• A statewide non-profit organization providing resource, brain injury knowledge, and advocacy support to families and professionals who are supporting someone with a brain injury.
  Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance

• The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance provides a free, statewide phone support program to help both families and professionals with accessing helpful information and supporting the individual with a brain injury.
  Resource Facilitation

• Minnesota Waivered Services Information for Parents/Guardians (external site)
• TBI Fact Sheets for Families:
  • TBI & the Very Young Child (Birth to Age 5).pdf
  • TBI & the School Aged Child (Grades K to 8).pdf
  • TBI & the Teen (Grades 9 to 12).pdf

Contact Information

Kelly Bredeken, Ed. S., Statewide TBI Specialist
MN Low Incidence Projects
612-638-1506, kelly.bredeken@brightworksmn.org