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Brain Injury Program Resources
Required Training
The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Brain Injury
This webinar describes the relationship between domestic violence and brain injury and provides practical strategies to implement when working with an individual who may have sustained a brain injury.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the link between brain injury and intimate partner violence
- Better understand brain anatomy and brain injury
- Identify at least 3 common consequences of brain injury
- Learn at least 3 communication, behavior and treatment intervention strategies
Trauma Informed Care
Trish Smith, LPC provides information about domestic violence and its relationship with brain injury, while covering the importance of a trauma-informed approach during intervention.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how power and control underlie intimate partner violence
- Learn about the brain's response to trauma
- Identify SAMSHA's Principles of Trauma Informed Care and how to apply them in practice
- Discuss real-life examples of Trauma-Informed Care
Recommended Training
Domestic Violence 101
Provided by: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
An introductory webinar describing the dynamics and common tactics that characterize domestic violence. In this recording, the presenter provides an overview of its root causes, as well as the scope and impact on individuals and society. Drawing connections to the theme for DVAM 2025, "With Survivors, Always," this session will help new advocates, allied professionals, students, and the general public achieve a basic understanding of this complex issue and how they can be part of the solution.
Brain on Trauma: Domestic Violence and PTSD
Provided by: Women's Advocates
What is domestic violence? Trauma? PTSD? Domestic violence & head injuries A note on strangulation Prevalence of PTSD among survivors Domestic violence-based trauma Initial instincts in the face of trauma: seeking connection, fight, flight, freeze Core of Traumatic Reaction: hyperarousal, constriction, dissociation, immobility Common emotional, psychological, Key Brain Regions that Process Trauma Emotions & regulation Trauma triggers More traumatic brain processes A traumatized persons reality Trauma is preverbal Trauma & memory Biology of trauma Continued learning & resources behavioral, physical reactions to trauma The 3 Brains