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BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF OREGON
Brain Injury Association of Oregon, Inc.  (BIAOR)
2145 NW Overton Street Portland, OR 97210
Phone: 503.413.7707 or  Outside the local area: 800.544.5243
Fax: 503.413.6849
e-Mail: [email protected]

Mission:
"To improve the quality of life of persons with brain injury and their families; and to prevent brain injury. "
 


 

Exhibitors 2006

To Order Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide for Survivors and Families by Richard Adler  call office 503-740-3155

Brain Injury Association of Washington: 
featuring Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide for Survivors and Families by Richard Adler, BIAWA Board President

Avamere: Avamere Health Services offers 17 Skilled Nursing Facilities and 5 Assisted Living Communities in Oregon and Washington.  Programs range from Rehabilitation and Specialty Care to Alzheimer’s Care and Dementia Programs that are designed to enhance the  life of every person we serve.  We accept most Insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid, V.A. and private pay.  Early sale and preview of this limited edition, hand-numbered ornament by Betty Woods-Gimarelli that is a perfect addition to any Christmas ensemble.  Betty has been crafting these exquisite holiday ornaments since 1989, each depicting a special Portland location.  Each ornament is tax deductible and will benefit individuals who have sustained a brain injury.


$15-  to order call office 503-413-7707

Brain Injury Association of Oregon:   featuring the Brain Injury Three Heads Pin.  A solid sterling pin offered for $15, plus additional pieces of jewelry featuring the BIAA logo.  503-413-7707
 

Centre for Neuro Skills: Provides post acute brain injury rehabilitation programs at 3 locations: Bakersfield, CA, Los Angeles, CA, and Irving, TX.  They provide residential, out patient, and home/community services for persons with acquired brain injury.  1-800-922-4994

Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq. PC: a Portland law firm where our lead lawyer, is both a doctor and a lawyer. The combination allows our firm to fully understand the wide variety of health problems that can result from an injury.  For much of his career as a doctor, Dr. DeShaw specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic injuries including brain injuries and other neurological injuries resulting from motor vehicle collisions. For this reason, our legal practice focuses on insurance claims regarding these same type of injuries.  The Law Firm Trusted by Friends, Family & Physicians.  (503)227-1233  www.doctorlawyer.net
EPI Rehabilitation:  The services include capacity evaluation testing (pbpce/fce/fca) with a specialization directed to scientific documentation of physiological work time tolerance prediction.  Dr. Ted Becker, PhD, RPT, CET, CEAS, CDE, CDA, DACFE, DABDA, Human Performance Specialist, Everett Pacific Industrial Rehabilitation a Human Performance Specialist, Everett Pacific Industrial Rehabilitation.  Dr. Theodore J. Becker, PhD has been providing capacity evaluation testing to brain injured individuals in Washington for over 20 years.  He has been a presenter at Brain injury association meetings in Oregon, Washington and Utah, and has been a presenter at the National Meeting on two occasions.  For further information please access the website www.epirehabilitation.com
Highland Heights Home Care: Caring for the medically fragile in a home setting, specializing in traumatice brain injury.  503-674-6790. 
Homeward Bound: Brain Injury rehabilitation with long term and short term residential programs, where brain injury rehabilitation can be a fun process.  503-640-0818

Medtronic: There are ways to help control even the most severe spasticity-tight stiff muscles that make movement-especially of the arms and legs-difficult or uncontrollable  in adults and children.  1-800-638-7621 ext: 95886

The Mentor Network: Founded in 1980, The MENTOR Network is a national network of local human services providers offering an array of quality, community-based services to adults and children with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injury; to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges; and to elders in need of home care. www.thementornetwork.com

The Oregon Advocacy Center:  An independent non-profit organization which provides legal advocacy services for people with disabilities anywhere in Oregon. OAC is designated under federal law as the protection and advocacy system for Oregon, but it is not a part of the state or federal government. OAC has attorneys and advocates who assist people with disabilities. 1-800-556-5351

 

Performance Mobility: Wheelchair Vans-let Performance Mobility provide you with all your vehicle adaptive equipment needs.  1-888-707-0456

 

Progressive Rehabilitation Associates and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center (BIRC) Portland OR, are skilled in providing the highest quality of healthcare and rehabilitation services for individuals who suffer from disabling conditions.503-292-0765

Quality Living, Inc. (QLI):  the nations premier provider of cost effective, post-acute services for individuals with brain and spinal cord injury or severe physical disability.  QLI’s innovative Tri-Dimensional Approach® to rehabilitation focuses on restoration of functional skills and building a sense of hope and optimism. A private non-profit corporation in Omaha, Nebraska.  www.qliomaha.com

Second Step, Inc.: Helping people walk again, David Dubats, CEO, and Steffani Bjelke.  541-337-5790

Teaching Research Institute: The Teaching Research Institute (TRI) is a unique organization housed at Western Oregon University to inform and facilitate change in educational and human service systems. Faculty and staff at TRI are engaged in more than 45 projects that include research, model development, training, consultation, technical assistance, dissemination and program evaluation in: Early childhood education, K-12 education and teacher quality enhancement, Special education, Deaf-Blindness, Traumatic brain injury, Dispute resolution, Urban school improvement, Development and management of state and national data bases.  541-346-0593

United Seating & Mobility: provides seating and mobility solutions for people with disabilities. We consider your long-term needs and take into consideration your work and home environment, and access to transportation, as well as social and emotional environments. 1-800-500-9150 , www.unitedseating.com

Windsor Place: a 15 bed facility specializing in the care fo traumatically brain injured adults.  Our residents participate in a program that will encourage them to maximize their independence of which they are capable while rehabilitanting them.  With an interdisciplinary team consisting of staff, Occupational, Physical, Speech and Behavioral therapists, the residents are encouraged to reach their potential with the hope that they will be able to transition to a more independent lifestyle in the community. Residential housing for people with TBI in Salem. Sharon Slaughter,
   

Executive Director, 503-581-0393

 

Resource Materials supplied by:

Center for Disease Control (CDC) 

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Information Clearinghouse    

National Institutes of Health (NIH)               

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