Key Direction #1: Build comprehensive and coordinated systems.
Systems Development -- Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury Service Coordination
Traumatic Brain Injury Course for Educators
Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Team Project
Traumatic Brain Injury Educational Programs
Maricopa Community Continuum of Care
Needs Assessment


Key Direction #2: Facilitate access to services and full community participation.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Service Delivery
Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist Program
Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association
Brain Injury Association of Arizona
Arizona Center for Disability Law


Key Direction #3: Promote prevention of injuries and subsequent conditions.

Injury Prevention
Prevention of Subsequent ConditionsSystems Development -- Traumatic Brain Injury
Formal and informal partnerships involving state agencies and community organizations have been developed to improve resources and provide greater consistency for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families.


Traumatic Brain Injury Service Coordination
Service coordination provides continuity as a child with traumatic brain injury (TBI) moves through stages of recovery and through various aspects of the service delivery system. The system is integral to identifying gaps and barriers in services and information.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Course for Educators
This course builds capacity and expertise among educators by improving and enhancing their ability to serve children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The course provides a basic modular curriculum that has been adapted and used in other trainings.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Team Project
This project involves collaboration between the Council and the Arizona Department of Education to increase awareness of the needs of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) among educators. In addition, the understanding of the educational system is increased, which guides the Council’s systems development efforts.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Educational Programs
These statewide programs for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Division of Developmental Disabilities case managers increase and enhance their capacity to serve people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by providing an understanding of TBI and its impact on the individual and family members.
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Maricopa Community Continuum of Care
This project cultivates local networks of consumers, families, community-based providers and organizations, government and service programs to promote an improved service delivery system for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Needs Assessment
An ongoing process to gather information about the issues that impact the quality of life for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families, this assessment determines the needs of individuals with SCI and TBI and reviews the resources available to them.
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Service Delivery
The Council provides funding to the Independent Living Rehabilitation Services Program to support direct services for clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or spinal cord injury (SCI). In addition, the Council provides educational programs, informational materials, technical assistance and support to increase and enhance the capacity of the program.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist Program
This program, along with the TBI Specialist positions, were created to assist people with TBI to secure and maintain meaningful employment.
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Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association
The Council contracts with the Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association to provide services including information and referral, support groups and counseling, consumer, family and professional education, and social and recreational activities.
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Brain Injury Association of Arizona
The Council contracts with the Brain Injury Association of Arizona to provide an information and referral system for people with brain injury, their families and caregivers, and service providers.
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Arizona Center for Disability Law
The Council facilitates networking among the Arizona Center for Disability Law and other community resources to enhance the advocacy services for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Injury Prevention
The Council provides funding to several community-based organizations for primary injury prevention projects for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI). These projects include promoting bicycle safety and the use of helmets and seat belts, and providing training to increase the number of certified child passenger safety seat technicians.
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Prevention of Subsequent Conditions
The prevention of subsequent conditions for people with SCI addresses not only physical, psychological and behavioral health concerns, but also quality of life issues. The Council provided expertise and facilitation to develop an educational program that provides participants with information and links them with community resources.
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