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The Importance of Relationship Development Between Survivors and Loved Ones, Caregivers and Therapists

 
WATCH THE PRESENTATION
 
 
 

Saturday, January 15, 2022

SPEAKER: Gail Ludwig, M.A.CCC.
Gail Ludwig is a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist with decades of experience serving the San Diego brain injury community, and will discuss the Importance of Relationship Development Between Survivors and Loved Ones, Caregivers and Therapists. Each one of us has important people in our lives who have been a support to us. After a brain injury, relationships with those who are in the position to help us make the most of our recovery are of utmost importance. This talk will focus on sharing tips on how loved ones, caregivers and therapists can develop and maintain positive, supportive relationships that will allow survivors to thrive!

 


15 Years of Celebrating Brain Injury Recovery & Raising Awareness!


THANK YOU ALL for making surviveHEADSTRONG 2022 AMAZING!!!

Please Keep Raising Brain Injury Awareness Through March—
We are So Close to Reaching Our Goal!

There are still a few days left in March (a.k.a. Brain Injury Awareness Month)…so please keep doing just that—raising awareness!!

• Use #sH2022 to SHARE YOUR PHOTOS you took at surviveHEADSTRONG on social media.
• Ask your social media followers to continue to DONATE to your fundraising page.
• But most importantly, SHARE YOUR STORY about your connection to brain injury.

Only as a community can we make it known how brain injury affects so many people, in so many different ways!


 
What We Have Raised
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Please Support our surviveHEADSTRONG Teams

Team ABI
Comebackers Neuro Club
Team Rusty
Walk STRONG with Megan
Team Magpie
Mr. P & Family
Concussion Gale’s Gals
Gomez Trial Attorneys
Brain Team
Team DB
Walking in Memory of Tommy
Team Amanda
Hidden Valley Ranch Rehab
Rehab Care Coordinators
Patsy’s Peeps
Team M&M – For Mariah
Team Dubin
Sharp Rehab
RCSA
Team Darbi
LOOK!!!!

 

We Can’t Thank Our Generous Sponsors Enough!

and a big thank you to Windmill Farms, Boba’s Bars and Hippie Snacks
for the in-kind food donation!

Check out the GREAT Exhibitors for the
Brain Injury Health Fair
 
Gomez Trial Attorneys
NeuroRestorative
Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS)
Devore Realty Group
ABI Program
Sharp Rehab Services
PALS
OG Yoga
Farm Fresh To You
South Bay Rehab
Learning Services
Beyond Concussion
NeuroLab360


 

 

Online SDBIF Day of Art for Survivors

DATE: Friday, July 16, from 10am-12pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, July 8

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Our Day of Art event is an opportunity for brain injury survivors to engage with creation of art projects in a variety of mediums. Survivors will learn basic art techniques during Day of Art that they can use even after the event is completed. It will also provide a positive environment where survivors can connect with peers—something that is increasingly important during these times of increased social isolation.

Participants must have registered by JULY 8, because they will be mailed an art kit for the event—this means the participants do NOT have to buy their own supplies!!! Veltz Fine Art and LoveJoy Creations will provide professional art instruction to event participants.

Registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact SDBIF at either 619-294-6541 or info@sdbif.org.

Here is the painting that will be completed during this class

with Veltz Fine Art and Lovejoy Creations

Join us for a Festive HOLIDAY PARTY

it will be held on

Saturday, December 18, 2021 from 10-noon PST

Join SDBIF and a bunch of your brain injury community friends for some fun-filled hours of holiday cheer!
The Zoom link below will be active, but it is yet to be determined if we will have an in-person party. More details coming soon…

Zoom Link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5019416338

Don’t have Zoom? That’s ok!
Download it by clicking the button

 

Online SDBIF Day of Art for Survivors

DATE: Friday, December 11, from 10am-12pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 30

All Spaces have been filled.
There were only 15 spaces available, AND you must have registered by Nov 30 so we can mail you your art supplies. Thank you!

Here is the painting that will be completed during this class

with Veltz Fine Art and Lovejoy

 

Day of Art for Survivors

DATE: Friday, November 13, from 10am-12pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 2

**We are taking only Wait list people now**
To register, please call SDBIF at (619) 294-6541 or email info@sdbif.org by November 2 (or until the spaces fill up). Thank you!

Painting “Palm Tree”

with LoveJoy and Veltz Fine Art
Please consider joining us for this fun, FREE event!

 

This is the painting kit you will receive in the mail


Keep Raising Brain Injury Awareness
during the month of March!


Host your surviveHEADSTRONG event by the end of March!!!
And be sure to email your photos and video clips to info@sdbif.org.
The video below is the video that we created and shared during the
Zoom surviveHEADSTRONG event on March 20th…
but an even longer one will be created as more photos/videos come in.

If you haven’t yet, please send your content to info@sdbif.org so it can be included!!!

You can still donate to surviveHEADSTRONG!!
[[CLICK HERE]]


Our sponsors mean everything—Thank you!


 

 

There are now 2 Ways to Celebrate surviveHEADSTRONG!!!

 

A modified “Live” surviveHEADSTRONG has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2020
 
OR
A (semi)Virtual surviveHEADSTRONG provides another way to celebrate in the comfort of your home.
Check out how much we have raised!!!
 
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This has been a year of adaptation, but
together through surviveHEADSTRONG we will
show how great the brain injury community is—
that each inch, is an inch toward recovery from brain injury!

Each year, surviveHEADSTRONG is the largest gathering of the San Diego brain injury community. This year, even with event modifications for COVID-19 safety reasons, it will still be the biggest celebration of the achievements of survivors and their families and friends as they all take steps on their journey to recovery from brain injury—through both virtual activities and the modified event at Mission Bay Park on Sunday, Sept, 20. Whether you walk, roll or are just there to cheer the others on, it is a day where we all ACHIEVE MORE TOGETHER!




 
Or CLICK HERE to Download this Paper Registration Form and Mail it Back to SDBIF
 
 

Our Sponsors Are AMAZING!!!
 

…and Our Honorary Committee

Dan Gardner, M.D.
Carl Hillier, O.D., FCOVD
Harish Hosalker, M.D.
 
Catharine Kroger-Diamond, Esq.
Amy Magnusson, M.D.
Mark McDonough, Ph.D.
Jerome Stenehjem, M.D.
Walter Strauser, M.D.
Barbara Welsh-Osga, Ph.D.
Kevin Yoo, M.D.
 
 

The Exhibitors Provide Soooooo Much Vital Information
SDCCD ABI Program
Accredited Home Care
Beyond Concussion
Peer Support Network
Wounded Warriors
 

Check out all the teams that have registered!
(Click on the team to go to their team page)
 

Team Rusty
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/264552

Team ABI
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/267563

Josh Mendell
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/270841

Cathy’s Cause
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/272341
 
 

Team M&M-for Mariah
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/272615

Team Magpie
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/273721

Team Darbi
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/275424

Walk STRONG with Megan
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/276866
 
 

Comebackers Neuro Club
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/280804
 

National Student Speech Language Hearing Association CSUSM
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/280855

Team Howard House
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/282132
 

Sharp Allison deRose Rehabilitation Center
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/282832
 
 

5W Trauma PCU—UCSD Hillcrest
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/283657
 

Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services Inc.
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/284059

The Hiking Vikings
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/284235
 

Patsy’s Peeps
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/285150
 
 
 

Aztec Braniacs
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/285231

Team Madi
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/287442

Pride of Vista Pageants
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/287628

A Better Solution in Home Care
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/287811
 
 

Cindy Pahr
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288072

Learning Services
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288538

Team Amanda
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288554

Rehab Care Coordination
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288570
 
 

Brain Troopers
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/289039

Team DB
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/289876

Walkin’ in Memory of Tommy
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/290266

 
 
 

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