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SOS Sponsorship

Invest in the future of your organization and in the brain injury community.

State of the States in Brain Injury Conference

October 27 - 30, 2025

Portland, Maine

Sponsoring the SOS Conference promises a multitude of benefits that extend beyond mere visibility. By aligning your brand with our event, you're not just investing in a platform for exposure; you're becoming an integral part of a dynamic and influential community. Your sponsorship will facilitate meaningful connections with industry leaders, experts, and potential clients, fostering collaborations that can shape the future of your business.

2025 Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill

NASHIA was proud to join brain injury champions, survivors, and policymakers in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness about brain injuries and push for policies that support prevention, treatment, and long-term care.

Every year on Capitol Hill, we are amazed by the commitment and tenacity of the many tireless brain injury change makers who educate and promote supports and funding for the brain injury community! 

Couldn't join us? How You Can Help:

  • Contact your legislators and urge them to support brain injury initiatives 

  • Share your story or a loved one's experience on social media using #BrainInjuryAwareness 

  • Stay informed and engaged—policy changes start with us!

Thank you to our friends and colleagues at the Brain Injury Association of America and the Congressional Brain Injury Taskforce for helping to create such a successful day. We can't wait to see you all again in 2026!

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Technical Assistance Services

Allow us to help your state create sustainable systems of care that are comprehensive, respect differences in customs and traditions, survivor-centered, and encompass individuals with TBI and family members.
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Upcoming Trainings

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Reframing Leadership: Building Strategies for Dynamic Teams

This interactive, two-part leadership training is designed to begin to identify existing strengths and build on current ones for aspiring and current leaders.

This curriculum will provide multiple opportunities to refine and practice skills that will directly impact day-to-day service provision. The foundation of the training is based on Bolman and Deal’s Reframing Organization. This framework provides four leadership orientations that can be applied to current and future leadership topics including mentoring, career development, leading in a hybrid/ virtual office environment, and supporting staff. Participants will be exposed to the four leadership orientations, complete an assessment to determine their dominant leadership orientation, analyze leadership scenarios, and develop strategies to implement in their work environment. 

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Disaster Preparedness: Supporting People With Brain Injury

Free Webinar

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More information coming soon.

From Tension to Trust: De-Escalation Techniques for Brain Injury Support

De-escalation refers to a variety of methods used to calm down a person who is experiencing a heightened emotional state by using verbal or non-verbal communication. Essentially, it's about diffusing a crisis through a calm and empathetic approach.

This skill-building workshop will introduce opportunities to learn de-escalation techniques from a licensed psychologist who has experience in state hospital, correctional, and inpatient hospital settings. After an introduction to de-escalation and settings and situations where these methods can be applied, verbal and non-verbal techniques as well as a framework for understanding why certain techniques are more likely to be successful when it comes to brain injury will be reviewed in depth, practiced and discussed. Learn your own tendencies across situations so that you can better handle conflict response and be prepared to manage diffusing a situation effectively.

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Save the Date: NASHIA’s Annual Conference for 2025 in Portland, Maine

Save the Date!

We are excited to announce that NASHIA's Annual Conference will be held in the vibrant city of Portland, Maine, from October 27 to October 30, 2025!

This year’s conference promises to be a dynamic gathering of experts, advocates, and community leaders dedicated to advancing brain injury care and support. Join us for an enriching experience filled with insightful sessions, networking opportunities, and collaborative discussions.

We encourage you to bring your brain injury community partners along. Together, we can strengthen our collective efforts, share innovative ideas, and drive meaningful change in the field.

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details. We look forward to seeing you in Portland!

New Resources

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Supporting Crisis Stabilization for Youth and Young Adults during Reentry

Produced by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, this document emphasizes the critical need for crisis stabilization support for young people and young adults with behavioral health needs as they transition from correctional facilities back into the community. It highlights that many of these individuals have mental health disorders and are at high risk of experiencing crises, often due to pre-existing trauma or lack of appropriate care.

This resource underscores the importance of addressing the unique needs of this population to ensure successful reentry and prevent future crises.

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A.H.E.A.D.: Achieving Healing Through Education, Accountability, and Determination

A psycho-educational curriculum for traumatic brain injury, the goal is to provide justice-involved individuals who have screened positive for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with the insight and tools to better cope with and address the symptoms that they deal with, such as short-term memory loss, delayed speed of processing, and difficulty with emotional regulation. This group curriculum was developed based on best practices for group facilitation for individuals with TBI. In addition, the group topic focus areas were selected to address the hallmark symptoms of TBI.

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Developing Brain Injury Resource Facilitation for Acquired Brain Injury: Indications and Unmet Needs

Members of the Service Access Subgroup of the 2023 Moody Galveston Brain Injury Conference (MGBIC) collaborated on a white paper featuring an overview of the current status of brain injury resource facilitation (RF) along with an analysis on the challenges and opportunities in brain injury RF for acquired brain injury. The paper includes practical policy recommendations for its implementation to the potential funders of brain injury RF programs at the national, state, and community levels. Funding for the MGBIC was provided by the Moody Endowment. 

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