CBIS Training

Training Details

All paperwork and funds must be received three weeks before the exam date in order to take the Certification Exam.

3 items that must be filled out and sent to BIAOR with your check by Feb 18.

1-Registration Form Fill out form, check "pay by check" and send in with employment verification, resume and payment to BIAOR

2-Employment Verification Form

3-Resume

After receipt of these items, your book will be sent to you.

Training

Understanding Brain Injury and Managing Behavioral Challenges Following Brain Injury and

ACBIS National Certification Training

The Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) offers a voluntary national certification program for both entry-level staff and experienced professionals working in brain injury services. ACBIS provides staff and professionals the opportunity to learn important information about brain injury, to demonstrate their learning in a written examination, and to earn a nationally recognized credential.

Certification is based on a comprehensive training manual that covers the following topics:
Incidence and epidemiology of brain injury
Continuum of services
Brain anatomy and brain-behavior relationships
Functional impact of brain injury
Effective treatment approaches
Children and adolescents with brain injury
Health and medical management
Family issues Legal and ethical issues

The Brain Injury Association of America, through its cooperative agreement with Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (LWW), is pleased to provide, to each new ACBIS certificant who has applied under the fee structure established December 1, 2008, a one-year subscription to the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. This reflects a commitment to ensuring that Certified Brain Injury Specialists have access to the latest brain injury research, treatment and practice information.

The Brain Injury Association of Oregon is offering a training program geared toward preparing for the CBIS examination. This training will be delivered in a one day workshop. Students must attend the entire session. The workshop will include study materials and interactive workshop with Sherry Stock, Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer. The National Written Examination will be given at the end of the day, from 4:00-5:30.

Registration fee: $375 (early registration is $350), includes The Essential Brain Injury Guide, materials, instructor time, and the ACBIS certification fee.

Join us for this comprehensive training, and gain your national certification in Brain Injury, with support through BIAOR.

Applicants must complete and submit the required eligibility paperwork prior to Feb. 18, 2010 in order to secure enrollment to this class. Required paperwork includes the following: ACBIS Application Form, Employment Verification and your current Resume. To access the required paperwork forms click here.

Eligibility and Application Requirements:

1. Applicants must have worked or have had direct contact with one or more individuals with a brain injury, 10 hours per week (25% of a 40 hour work week) for a minimum of 12 months. Part-time employment must accomplish the same amount of required contact time within a 2 year period.

2. Experience can be employment and/or academic internship.

3. The qualifying experience must have included formal supervision or have been conducted while the applicant operated under a professional license. Volunteer work does not qualify.

4. The qualifying experience must have been obtained within the 3 years prior to the application.

5. Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Click here to register

Handouts and study guides

ACBIS Training Handouts and Study Guides

Here is a list of the forms, workbooks and handouts you will need in order to complete your ACBIS Certification. If you encounter any problems downloading these forms, please contact Sherry Stock at sherry@biaoregon.org

All files are PDF printable versions. Please be patient some files are very large and may take 2-3 minutes to open up.

ACBIS Certification Forms

CBIS Application Form Group Number is Please download this form, answer all questions, save it and then submit, along with your resume, and employment verification, to your Group Administrator (Sherry Stock). MUST BE DONE IN ADVANCE - no later than three weeks before class

CBIS Employment Verification Form Print and have signed by your supervisor, if you do not have a supervisor, have it signed by a Board Member or other type of Director. MUST BE DONE IN ADVANCE- no later than three weeks before class

ACBIS Course Evaluation Form

ACBIS Certification Workbooks:

ACBIS Workbook
ACBIS Participant Guide

ACBIS Certification Handouts:

Pearls of Wisdom
Study Cards
Category Card Game
Chapter 4 Drawing
Reference Table
Reference Table Answers

ACBIS PowerPoint

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4 (part one)
Chapter 4 (part two)
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8