TBI / Veteran Related Trainings

**Please note these trainings are aimed at increasing your professional development, but are not required by NCC. Therefore, the registration fee and time spent participating in these external webinars may not be billed to NCC.   

Tuesday, July 7: Combatting Loneliness in Wake of COVID-19—High Tech Takes Social Work Model to New Heights
Presented by The American Society on Aging
10am PDT. CEUs available. Free. Details and registration found here.

Tuesday, July 7: Engaging Military Fathers to Model Healthy Relationships with their Children: Lessons from Promundo’s Global Work with Dads
Presented by the Military Families Learning Network
11am EDT. CEUs available. Free. Details and registration found here.

Thursday, July 9: Eliminating Disparities in Care: What Can You Do?
Presented by Rockpointe
1pm EDT. Free. Details and registration found here.

Thursday, July 16: Using Technology to Stay Organized After Brain Injury 
Presented by the Brain Injury Association of America
3pm EDT. $30 – $50. CEUs available. Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, July 22: The Spouse Education & Career Opportunities Program Overview
Presented by the Military Families Learning Network
11am EDT. CEUs available. Free. Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, July 22: Elder Abuse in 2020
Presented by The American Society on Aging
1pm PDT. CEUs available. Free. Details and registration found here.

Tuesday, July 28: The Importance of Spirituality on Healing after Traumatic Injury
Presented by the Shepherd Center
12pm EDT. CEUs available. Free. Details and registration found here.

Friday, July 31: Person Centered Dynamic Risk Manageability
Presented by NeuroRestorative Neuro Institute
12pm EDT. CEUs available. Free. Details and registration found here.

On Demand Webinar: Managing Stress as a TBI Caregiver – A Mindful Approach
Presented by the Brain Injury Association of America
$50. Details and registration found here.

On Demand Webinar: Neurofatigue: The Tired Brain and How to Manage It
Presented by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey
Free. Details and registration found here.

Resource Recommendation: Semper Fi and America’s Fund for Specialized and Adaptive Equipment Program

The Semper Fi & America’s Fund Specialized and Adaptive Equipment Program grants cover any equipment that can improve the quality of life for service members with disabilities. Grants have included visual-enhancement devices for the visually impaired, software programs for those who cannot type, specialized wheelchairs for those who are unable to ambulate and therapeutic mattresses for those with multiple injuries and burns.

Further details can be accessed here.

Creative Arts Corner:

 Now by Allen K.

Now

Now.

The answer to

the question

deep in the back

of our repressed

minds.

Now.

The time is now.

The time…

is now.

That we must

speak up,

speak out

against 400 plus years

of categorical

oppression.

The time…

is now.

That privilege

should be cast away

and humility

and humanity

lead the way.

The time…

is now.

To stand with.

For it is not my place

to tell the tale

of soles

to shoes

I have never

taken a step in,

for my path

hasn’t seen the darkness

that lies in the shadow

of theirs.

But it is my place

to ease the burden

of those soles

by lifting them up

and honoring

those lives lost

along the path.

The time…

is now.

Artist Bio:  Allen K. M. is a US Army veteran residing in Winston Salem, North Carolina. When not writing, he spends his time hiking, camping or spending time with his wife, children, grandchildren or his two dogs, Winston and Harley.

Creative Arts Therapist: Ms. Alper has a Master’s in Education, and Counseling, is certified through the Amherst writers and Artist Foundation and completed a 2 year program in California for expressive arts.

Several of our warriors have been participating in creative arts sessions online, once a week with writing instructor, Anne Alper. Sessions focus on guided writing exercises with theme prompts to develop writing skills and structured writing practice.