Are you looking for a speaker for your organization or event?
Please contact us if you’re interested in a speaker for a specific topic and we can connect you with someone from within or outside of Brain Injury Connections Northwest.
Email: info@bic-nw.org
Phone: (503) 208-4533
We have a panel of experienced speakers; both survivors or professionals. Our presentations:
- Use video, PowerPoint, resource brochures and props (skateboards, helmets)
- Inform and engage the audience about brain injury from the survivors’ points of view
- Are delivered with passion and first-hand experience of injury, recovery and support
- Include audiences at all grade levels in an interactive discussion
- Can be offered in classes, school assemblies and PTA meetings
- Advocate for safety, prevention, support and resources
Contact us for more information, or to schedule a presentation in your class, assembly or meeting.
Thank you to Professor Enie Vaisburd and her Pacific University class for their beautiful collaboration in creating the above video.
Acupuncture and more for TBI
Download Aiden Seraphim’s presentation (PDF)
This presentation is offered for informational purposes only. The presentation/presenter does not necessarily represent the views, opinions, or official recommendations of Brain Injury Connections Northwest (BIC-NW) or its board of directors.
Thank you to Karl Moritz for arranging Aiden’s presentation during the March 2018 BIRRDsong meeting!
Speakers and Presenters
This is a growing list of individuals who give lectures, workshops, and presentations on various topics related to brain injury. Some are peers with brain injury, and some are clinicians and providers. Please follow up with each individual presenter to arrange a presentation for your group or organization. These speakers may or may not be associated with Brain Injury Connections NW. They are provided for your information.
Cheryl Green, MFA, MS (peer)
Experience: Public speaking, lecturing, and facilitation since 2000.
Type of Presentations offered: Informational, film screenings with lecture or Q and A, educational. I present on my own, with other peers (survivors), and with speech-language pathologists depending on the topic.
Audience: Brain injury survivors and family, speech-language pathology students and clinicians, artists.
Topics:
- Mild≠Minor: How mild traumatic brain injury creates specific barriers to rehabilitation
- Personal Narrative Film: A social participation approach to cognitive rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury
- “Cooking with Brain Injury” and” Friending with Brain Injury!”: presentation of one or both short comedy films with discussion on topics shown in the autobiographical films (executive dysfunction, social isolation, emotional control, stigma, stereotypes, cognitive difficulties). Available with captions and audio description.
- “Who Am I To Stop It”: Presentation of this Pacific NW documentary film about isolation, art, and transformation after brain injury that I co-directed and co-produced. The film is 86 minutes and is also available as three separate short films, one for each person starring in the documentary. Available with captions and audio description. Film is followed by Q and A or panel discussion.
Other topics can include:
- Personal narrative
- Disability arts
- Brain injury arts
- Filmmaking and documentary
- How peers with brain injury can create an online presence through blogs, video posting, and audio posting
Fees: Please inquire. Depends on length and type of presentation.
Contact: info@StoryMinders.com
Website: www.WhoAmIToStopIt.