The Brain Injury Association ("BIA"), is a U.S. organization, which includes affiliated organizations in most of the 50 states. The BIA's primary mission is fourfold - to improve the quality of life for people with brain injury and their family members by: 1) serving as a clearinghouse of community service information and resources; 2) participating in legislative advocacy; 3) facilitating prevention awareness; and 4) hosting professional programs. If your state is not listed here, go to http://www.biausa.org
Phone Numbers To Remember: BIAI Office: (317) 356-7722 HIFI Family Help Line 1-800-407-4246
BIA Family Help Line 1-800-444-6443
Support Group Contacts:
Bloomington (Monroe County)
IU Dept. of Speech & Hearing, 200 S. Jordan Avenue
Rebecca Eberle -
rebeberl@indiana.edu
Laura Karcher - lkarcher@indiana.edu
812.855.6251
1st Monday, 5:30 pm
Elkhart (Elkhart County)
Elkhart General Hospital, Cafeteria -
600 East Boulevard
Dr. Wendell Rohrer
Christine Whitehead
574.523.3242
3rd Tuesday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Evansville (Vanderburgh County)
Deaconess Midtown, Rm. B201-
600 Mary Street
Dawn Westfall
812.450.8586
2nd Thursday, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Ft. Wayne (Allen County)
Parkview Regional Medical Center -
11109 Parkview Plaza Dr.,
Conference Room A, B & C
Kristin Smith - Kristin.Smith@Parkview.com
260.452.4943
1st Monday, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Ft. Wayne Group (Allen County)
NeuroSpine and Pain Center,
Lutheran Hospital,
7950 West Jefferson Blvd.
Lisa Girardot - lgirardot2@lhn.net
260.435.2607
3rd Monday, 6:30-8:00 pm
Kokomo (Howard County)
Howard Regional Hospital,
West Campus, Dining Rm.,
1008 N. Indiana Avenue
Russ and Sue Ragland
317.219.6116
3rd Monday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Lafayette (Tippecanoe County)
St. Elizabeth Outpatient Rehab.
3001 S Creasy Lane, Room 1F27
3rd Thursday. 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Wendy Pullen- 765.423.6885
La Porte (La Porte County)
Anam Cara-Horses Healing the Human Soul Equine Assisted Psychotherapy,
4298 E 1000 North
Stacey Garcelon and Kristy Putnam
219-207-7222
3rd Wednesday , 5:00 - 7:00 CST
Bridging the Gap (Marion County)
RHI Neuro Rehab Center,
9531 Valparaiso Court
Susie Crane - susan.crane@rhin.com
Pam Nihiser - pamela.nihiser@rhin.com
317.329.2237
4th Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Indianapolis Southside (Marion County)
Faith Assembly of God Church,
186 Royal Road (Marion County)
Julia Pratt - juliapratt1@hotmail.com
317.244.4463/ 317.430.1701
2nd Monday, 7:00 pm
Indianapolis – Westside (Marion County)
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana,
4141 Shore Drive
Elaine and Paul Howard
317.299.6433
1st Monday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Indianapolis (Marion County)
Community Rehabilitation Hospital,
7343 Clearvista Drive
Mary Myers
317.585.5428
4th Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 pm
"Heads or Tails"- Twenties & Thirties* (Marion County)
Trader’s Point Christian Church, B224, 6590 S. Indianapolis Road, Whitestown
Susie Fitt - 317.408.2183
Rhonda Freeman - 317.709.5155
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Marion Support Group (Grant County)
Marion General Hospital,
30 Wabash Ave., Marion, IN,
5th floor conference room
Gary Turner
260.273.0529
2nd Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm
Muncie (Delaware County)
Family Practice Center,
221 N. Celia Avenue
Patt Webb
765.748.6957
1st Tuesday, 5:30-8:00 pm
Hearts of Hope (Marshall County)
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth Medical Center- Boardroom,
1915 Lake Ave. Plymouth, IN 46563
Kathy Schoff, Parent Advocate
574.933.1808
3rd Thursday, 6:30-7:30 pm EST
Richmond/Milton (Wayne County)
Milton Christian Church, 307 S. Central Ave., Milton
Matt Duffin
765.259.2917
3rd Tuesday, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Terre Haute (Vigo County)
Vigo County Main Library, Room A, 7th and Poplar Streets
Bryan Gilbert
812.223.5442
2nd Thursday, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Anderson (Madison County)
Anderson Public Library, Red Bud Room,
111 E 12th St, Anderson, IN 46016
Becky Jones Reed and
Michael Boyer
765.278.6331
3rd Monday, 5:45 pm
Mooresville (Morgan County)
The Morgan County Miracles,
1st United Methodist Mooresville,
900 Indianapolis Road,
Mooresville, IN 46158
Julie Workman
317-525-5897
Last Thursday of each month - 7 pm
New Albany (Floyd County)
Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital- Education Conference Room
Bob & Beverly Setree
502.452.9851/ 502.819.2542
3rd Thursday, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Seymour (Jackson County)
“Tri-County Brain Injury Support Group”
First Financial Bank Meeting Room,
1130 East Tipton Street,
Seymour, IN 47274
Lynde Doup
812.569.2622
1st Thursday, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Lebanon (Boone)
Lebanon Library, 104 E. Washington Street,
Lebanon, IN 46052
Anna Diefenthaler - athaler1976@outlook.com
414.412.3962
Meets weekly- Every Monday at 6 pm
* Denotes groups with signed agreements.
OKLAHOMA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION - SUPPORT GROUPS
OREGON BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION - SUPPORT GROUPS
NEW HAMPSHIRE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION- SUPPORT GROUPS
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA- SUPPORT GROUPS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BRAIN INJURY - SUPPORT GROUPS
Our group operates in an art therapy mode (to help improve motor skills, and promote reaclamating them back into society) my wifes idea, as she had and continues to have some of these same probs. We have seen that other tbi people feel more compassion for those newly affected with a tbi and therefore every one involved (volunteers) have some type of tbi. And it works well!!
We can be found at http://206.232.129.129:80/brainteasers/. We will be setting up another Web on AOL soon and are searching for volunteers to assist with that project. We can be reached at brainhope1@aol.com (e-Mail)
Statewide Parent to Parent Network
Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS)
877-336-5333 parents only, in Wisconsin
Green Bay: Julie Gordon (920) 336-5333
Oconomowoc: Bridget (262) 567-7807 or
Chris (262) 965-4238
Email: mums@netnet.net
Web Site: www.netnet.net/mums/
(A non-profit tax-exempt organization, whose mission is to help parents who have a child with any disorder, medical condition, mental or emotional disorder make connections with other parents whose children have the same or similar condition.)
Northwest Wisconsin
Brown Country
N.E.W. Curative Rehabilitation
2900 Curry lane
Green Bay, WI 54311
2nd Tuesday every other month, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Contact: (920) 593-3570 Stephanie Umentum
Making New Connections
Varied Locations - Green Bay
4th Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Contact: (920) 866-9493 Karen Feld
Contact: (920) 433-8088 Carol Sweney
Manitowoc County
First Lutheran Church
North 8th Street
3rd Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Contact: (920) 755-2692 Lynn Paider
Northwest Wisconsin
Ashland
Memorial Medical Center
1615 Maple Lane - North Twin Island Room
Ashland, WI 54806
3rd Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Contact: (715) 682-5676 Stewart Holman
Rice Lake
Lakeview Medical Center, Conference Room
1100 N. Main
Rice Lake, WI 54868
(Barron County)
1st Sunday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Contact: (715) 234-0079 Corinne & Jim Richie
Burnett County
Siren Covenant Church
7686 Lofty Pines Drive
2nd Sunday, 1:00 - 2:30pm
Contact: (715) 349-8985
Jerry or Karen
EauClaire
Young Persons TBI Group
Meetings have varied locations/days
Contact: (715) 838-3258 Mary Beth Clark or Tom Sather
Acquired Brain Injury Group
Eau Clair
Contact: (715) 838-3310 Tom Sather
Mild Brain Injury Group
Luther Hospital - Eau Claire
1221 Whipple Street
3rd Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Contact: (715) 838-3258 Jerry Hoepner or Mary Beth Clark
Eau Claire Self Help
Sacred Heart Hospital-Eau Claire
900 West Clairemont (Bishop Hall)
3rd Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Contact: (715) 717-4446 Rhonda Olson or (715) 838-9352 Audrey Nelson
Central and North Central Wisconsin
Wausau
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
333 Pine Ridge Blvd.
2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm
Contact: 715-847-2826 Lea Ratajczyk
West Central Wisconsin (La Crosse)
LaCrosse
Big River Chapter - LaCrosse
Franciscan-Skemp Healthcare, Rose Conf. Rm-2nd Floor
Last Tuesday, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Contact: (608) 785-0940 x22857 Janet Papenfuss
Contact: 608-775-3050 Vicki Monk
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Support GroupIndependent Living Resources - LaCrosse
Contact: (608) 787-1111 Mark Roesler-Begalke
Email: mark.rb@ilresources.org
Fox Valley and East Central Area
Fond du Lac/TLC
St. Agnes Hospital
2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Contact: (920) 923-5462 Shirley Speie
Contact: (920) 929-7322 Niki Bartus
Sheboygan/Brainstorm
Sheboygan Retirement Home & Beach Healthcare Center
930 N. 6th Street
2nd Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Contact: (920) 917-0918 Kay Konik
"Spouses in Support" call Kay Konik
Miracle Point Head Injury Society
St. Nicholas Hospital / Francis Room
1st Monday, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Contact: 920-459-4642 Wendy Clark
Appleton
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Helen Fowler Conference Center
1506 S.Oneida Street
4th Monday, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Julie Biesterveld - Traumatic Brain Injury Support Program Coordinator
920-731-9831 x113
Oshkosh
Ablility Resource Center
115 Washington Avenue, Ste. A
2nd Thursday (alternate months) 10:30am - 12:30pm
Contact: (920) 236-9230 Mr. Ashley Hesse
Southeast
Dodge County
Clearview Brain Injury Center
199 Home Road
Juneau, WI
3rd Monday, 6:00 - 7:00pm
Contact: (920) 386-3400 Laura Bertagnoli
Madison Area
Mild Brain Injury Resource Network
Madison Meriter Hospital
202 S. Park,
Community Health Education Center-Atrium
3rd Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Contact: (608) 238-3571 Ellyn Kroupa
Mild Brain Injury Group for Spouses & Significant Others
502 N. Eau Claire Avenue
2nd Monday, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Contact: (608) 238-3571 Ellyn Kroupa
Email: elkroupa@tds.net
Janesville
Contact: (608) 752-4993 John Weber
Milwaukee and Racine Area
Embracing Hope
Zablocki Library
3501 W. Oklahoma Ave.
4th Thursday, 6:45-8:15 p.m.
Contact: (262) 679-9684 Lisa Albert
Milwaukee Support Group
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center of Milwaukee at Mt.Carmel
5700 W. Layton Avenue
4th Monday, 7:00 - 8:30p
Contact: (414) 325-4226 Holly Hanson
Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute Brain Injury Group
SHRI - 2nd Floor
2025 E. Newport Avenue
2nd Wednesday, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Contact: (414) 298-6798 Joy Tanguay
(1 survivor group & 1 caregiver group)
Milwaukee Area Self-Help (MASH)
West Milwaukee Community Center
1345 S. 47th Street
2nd Tuesday, 7:00pm
Contact: (414) 444-7270 Ruth Kleist
Racine County
Alpha Homes, Inc
6216 Washington Ave.
4th Thursday, 7:00pm
Contact: (262) 886-3328 Betty Carlsen
Information Current as of 07/10/08
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