Employer of the Year Award
The Missouri Rehabilitation Association Eastern Chapter has awarded Brain Injury Foundation of St. Louis the 'Employer of the Year' Award. This is awarded to an employer in the community who has made a significant difference in advancing the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities.
This honor was presented at their awards banquet on April 29th.
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Counseling and Brain Injury
So, you have a brain injury, and your life has changed. Do you need psychotherapy and counseling?
This is not an uncommon question and is also a great thing to ask yourself. In some cases, you may already know the answer. If you don’t, that’s okay. Change can be scary, and brain injury can result in a life changing scenario; and it is okay to need help to manage these changes.
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#MoreThanMyBrainInjury
Brain Injury Awareness Month
March was all about Brain Injury, and more importantly, how we are more than just our brain injury. Using person-first language is a key approach at BIFSTL and how we treat our clients. “People First Language” (PFL) puts the person before the disability, and describes what a person has, not who a person is. PFL uses phrases such as “person with a brain injury,” “i...
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Brain Injury 101: How education leads to empowerment
What does empowerment mean to you? What does it look like? According to the Oxford
dictionary, “empowerment is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in
controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.” This is such a significant process to recovery and
allowing a person to fully embrace who they are. At BIFSTL it is not only important to us to help our
clients ac...
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