Seasons greetings from all of us at Neuro Community Care!
We hope that this holiday season finds you healthy, safe and happy!
We are honored to partner with you in serving the brain injury community.
Enjoy the holiday with your loved ones!

TBI / Veteran Related Trainings

**Please note these trainings are intended to support 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.
Wednesday, December 1: Employment Accommodations, Innovations and Assistive Technology for TBI
Presented by the National Association for State Head Injury Administrators
12pm ET. CEUs available. $10 – $15.
Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, December 1: Ethical Considerations For Working With Older Adults
Presented by the American Society on Aging
10am PT. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, December 1: Covid and the Brain
Presented by the North Dakota Brain Injury Network
1:30pm CT. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, December 8: The Relationship CheckUp: Support for Military Couples
Presented by the Military Family Learning Network
11am ET. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

Thursday, December 9: Aging and Addiction: A Disease with Many Faces
Presented by the American Society on Aging
10am PT. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

Thursday, December 14: Adaptive Fitness for Rehabilitation after Brain Injury
Presented by the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
12pm ET. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, December 15: PTSD and Insomnia: Cultural and Clinical Considerations
Presented by PTSD Consultation Program: Lecture Series
2pm ET. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

Wednesday, December 15: Need to Refuel? Tools for Self-Care and Resilience
Presented by the Military Family Learning Network
11am ET. CEUs available. Free.
Details and registration found here.

On Demand: Finding Meaning in Afghanistan
Presented by TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing
Recording available here.

On Demand: The Power of Peers: Peer Mentoring as a Support Intervention for Patients Transitioning Home After Catastrophic Injury
Presented by Shepherd Center NeuroRehabilitation Learning Institute
Recordings available here.

Resource Recommendation:

Soldiers’ Angels Holiday Help

The Soldiers’ Angels Adopt-A-Family Program is a great way to give back

to deserving military families for the holidays. Participants “adopt” an

eligible military family and provide gifts for the children and a grocery gift

card for the family to purchase their holiday meal. Eligibility requirements

are listed below.

• Deployed Service Members who are registered and approved for

Soldiers’ Angels Deployed Support Program, are an E1-E6, meet

income requirements, and will be deployed through December 25,

2021.

• Honorably discharged Post-911 Wounded, Ill, and Injured service

members and veterans.

• HUD/VASH veteran families. The veteran must upload a letter

from their HUD/VASH caseworker and must have received an

honorable discharge.

• All families must have a biological or step-child, ages 18 and under,

living in the home and not yet graduated high school.

• All families will be placed on a priority placement list. Families who

have not participated in the Adopt-A-Family Program in the past

and those with the greatest need will have priority.

Further details can be found on their website.

Creative Arts Corner:

A Cane is Just My Instrument by Whitney H.

Moving faster I try
Hurry
Keep up
Moving the cane as fast as I can
Hurry
You’re slowing us down
As they get in line
I step aside
Are there stairs?
How many?
Is there an elevator?
What if they don’t have one?
I’ll hold everyone back.
Breathe.
Wait for me.
Out of love, nothing more
Wait for me.
I’m here
No one beside me
Screw it
Walking at the pace I please.
Who cares.
Here I come.

Artist bio:

Whitney H. is a 28 year-old Navy Veteran. Originally from Kentucky, she moved around from Montana to Rhode Island. She eventually found a home in San Antonio Texas with her husband Matthew Hardin.

Creative Arts Therapist: 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.

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.