Keeping the Passion: Getting 

and Staying Involved in the 

Brain Injury Community

August 31, 2022

TBI TARC is supported by contract number 

HHSP233201500119I from the U.S. Administration for 

Community Living, Department of Health and Human 

Services, Washington, D.C. 20201
Welcome to Today’s Webinar

Terry

Camacho-Gonsalves, 

PhD

Director

Traumatic Brain Injury 

Technical Assistance and 

Resource Center (TBI 

TARC) and HSRI

Thank you for joining us to learn about Keeping the 

Passion Alive: Getting and Staying Involved in the 

Brain Injury Community.

This webinar is sponsored by the Traumatic Brain Injury 

Technical Assistance and Resource Center. TBI TARC is 

funded by the Administration for Community Living.

The TBI TARC is administered by the Human Services 

Research Institute (HSRI) with the assistance of the 

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators 

(NASHIA).

This webinar is free and open to the public.

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Webinar Logistics

• Participants will be in listen-only mode during the webinar. Please use the 

chat feature in Zoom to post questions and communicate with the hosts.

• Towards the end of each section our speakers will have an opportunity to 

respond to questions that have been entered into chat.

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• This live webinar includes polls and evaluation questions. Please be 

prepared to interact during polling times.
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Feedback and Follow-Up

• After the webinar, you can send follow-up questions 

and feedback to tbitarc@hsri.org

(Please note: This email address will not be monitored 

during the webinar.)

• A recording, including a pdf version of the slides, will 

be available on the ACL website (acl.gov)
Who’s Here?

“In what role(s) do you self-identify? Select all that apply.”

1. Person with a traumatic brain injury 

(TBI) or other disability

2. Family member or friend of

a person with a TBI or other 

disability

 

3. Self-advocate / advocate

4. Peer-specialist / peer-mentor

5. Social worker, counselor, or care 

manager

6. Researcher / analyst

7. Service provider organization 

employee

8. Government employee 

(federal, state, tribal, or municipal)

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Speakers & Moderators

Maria Crowley, 

MA, CRC

Technical Assistance 

(TA) Lead

TBI TARC & 

NASHIA

Judy Dettmer, 

BSW

TA Lead

TBI TARC & 

NASHIA

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Speakers

Carole Starr

TBI Survivor, Speaker, 

Author and Advocate

Traumatic Brain Injury 

Advisory and Leadership 

Group (TAL-Group)

Cheryl Kempf

Brain Trauma and PTSD 

Survivor, Advocate and 

Speaker

TAL-Group

Clifford 

Hymowitz

Brain Injury Survivor 

and Mental Health PEER 

Specialist

TAL-Group

Kelly Lang

Survivor, Caregiver and 

Former Board Member

TAL-Group

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SECTION 1: 

INTRODUCTION 

AND PURPOSE

Maria Crowley

Judy Dettmer
Introductions & Purpose

• Brief Introductions to: 

• Administration for Community Living

• TBI State Partnership Program

• Advisory Boards

• Today’s Webinar

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Administration for Community Living

Mission

Maximize the independence, well -being, and health of 

older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, 

and their families and caregivers.

Vision

For all people, regardless of age and disability, to live with 

dignity, make their own choices, and participate fully in 

society. 

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TBI State Partnership Program

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 Purpose: Create and strengthen 

person-centered, culturally 

competent systems of services 

and supports that maximize the 

independence and overall health 

and well-being of people with TBI 

across the lifespan and the people 

who support them. 
TBI SPP 

GOALS

• Better coordinated public investment in effective, 

high-quality, equitable, evidence-based services 

& supports, resulting in...fewer people with TBI 

encountering barriers to needed services and 

supports

• Better collaboration and coordination across 

state systems and agencies

• Ample opportunities for all people with TBI to 

participate meaningfully in state efforts and 

plans to improve services & supports

• Enhanced data collection to show level of need 

for (and barriers to) various types of services 

and supports across systems

• Greater understanding of state demographics, 

resources, and program impact as well as 

effectiveness of services or supports

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TBI SPP Grantees

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• Alaska

• Alabama

• Arkansas

• California

• Colorado

• Georgia

• Iowa

• Idaho

• Indiana

• Kansas

• Kentucky

• Maine

• Massachusetts

• Maryland

• Minnesota

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• New Jersey

• North Carolina

• North Dakota

• Ohio

• Oregon

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• Tennessee

• Utah

• Virginia

• West Virginia
TBI SPP Grantee Responsibilities

STATE ADVISORY 

BOARD

STATE TBI 

PLAN

TBI RESOURCE 

FACILITATION

TBI GRANTEE 

WORKGROUPS

SUSTAINABILITY 

PLAN

GRANTEE 

MEETINGS

DATA 

COLLECTION

PERFORMANCE 

REPORTING

OPTIONAL 

ACTIVITIES

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508 

COMPLIANCE
State TBI Advisory Board 

Requirement

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 Description The advisory board or council provides an opportunity to ensure a variety of 

stakeholders participate in determining the needs of individuals with TBI, their families, 

and support systems. It creates structure for statewide cross-systems collaboration, 

which is essential for systems change work. All grantees are required to establish

and/or maintain an advisory board within the lead state agency

Clarifying points TBI advisory boards or advisory councils should include the following in accordance with and 

in addition to the mandates of 42 U.S.C, § 300d–52, and in alignment with ACL's commitment 

to independent living and person-centered planning:

• Membership that is at least 50% comprised of people with TBI (i.e., survivors)

• Family member(s) of people with TBI

• Center for Independent Living/State Independent Living Council representation

• Aging and Disability Resource Center representation if one exists in the state

• Protection & Advocacy agency representation

• Long-term care ombudsman representation

• NIDILRR-funded TBI Model System Center representation if one exists in the state

• Is representative of the state and includes individuals from culturally and linguistically 

diverse populations from both rural and urban areas. 
Other State Boards and Involvement

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• Advocacy Organizations

• Coalitions

• Trust Funds

• Support Groups

• Peer Supports Advisories
Today’s 

Webinar

•Readiness to engage and 

engagement

•Opportunities to engage

•Places/Events to engage

•Graduate to leading others

•How to find opportunities

•How to stay engaged 

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SECTION 2: 

READINESS TO 

ENGAGE AND 

ENGAGEMENT

Carole Starr

Cheryl Kempf
Readiness to Engage

Carole Starr

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Gauging Readiness 

Questions for Brain Injury Survivors

TBI Program Staff & 

State/Community Providers (1 of 5)

Where is the person in their 

brain injury journey—learning to 

cope vs. ready to pay it 

forward?

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Gauging Readiness 

Questions for Brain Injury Survivors

TBI Program Staff & 

State/Community Providers (2 of 5)

Have they regularly attended 

meetings such as a support 

group?

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Gauging Readiness 

Questions for Brain Injury Survivors

TBI Program Staff & 

State/Community Providers (3 of 5)

Can they tell their brain injury story 

briefly, without excess emotion? Are 

they telling their story to help 

themselves or to help others?

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Gauging Readiness 

Questions for Brain Injury Survivors

TBI Program Staff & 

State/Community Providers (4 of 5)

Do they use strategies to 

manage brain injury 

symptoms?

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Gauging Readiness 

Questions for Brain Injury Survivors

TBI Program Staff & 

State/Community Providers (5 of 5)

Do they know what 

accommodations they 

need to be successful?

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What is Engagement?

Cheryl Kempf

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What is Engagement? (1 of 3)

• Engaged is to be involved in an activity. 

• If you have experienced a brain injury and the life changes it brings, being active in areas we 

did not choose is a decision that is hard. 

• In the summer of 2012, an event happened to me that resulted in my deciding to work for a 

law to prevent what happened to me as a brain injury survivor on a road at night. The 

success along the way led me to the advanced levels of engagement; the passing of a 

federal law protecting brain injury and PTSD survivors by educating law enforcement about 

our needs.

• These points are drawn from my advocacy for the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training 

Act, which I advocated for and saw become both a Texas state law, HB 1338, 84(R)), 

Naishtat, and at the US Congressional level as HR 2992 – 117th, signed into law by the 

President on August 16, 2022.

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What is Engagement? (2 of 3)

•Engagement can be lowkey or complex 

as you participate in a goal or effort.

•Good engagement takes planning and 

preparation, to evaluate if you are 

ready, here are some questions and 

considerations.

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What is Engagement? (3 of 3)

Points to consider

1. What is your comfort level? As a brain injury survivor, I didn’t talk much about it for many years. Not 

until I met other survivors. Never publicly. 

2. What will it take to achieve your goal? I had to find the starting point and then the path for this law.

3. Where do you start? With an interested person, learn what they know, who they know. The national 

level was more learning. I was invited to Washington for the first time in June of 2017.

4. Who are you speaking to? What is the environment? A few moments, loud, rushed, quiet?

5. How can you best present it so it is heard? 

6. What do you want them to do with your message? State your ask.

7. Do they have a card for how you can reach them? Leave the impression that you will follow up. Then 

do.

8. Did it work? Watch for results.

9. Leave them a takeaway, a reminder of your work.

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Links to State and National Level 

Legislation

• H.B. 1338, 84(R), Naishtat

Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury Training 

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/84R/billtext/pdf/HB01338F.pdf

House Bill 1338 amends the Occupations Code to require the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), in collaboration with the office of 

acquired brain injury of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council, to establish and 

maintain a training program for peace officers and first responders that provides information on the effects of an acquired brain injury and of a 

traumatic brain injury and techniques to interact with persons who have such a brain injury. The bill requires TCOLE, in collaboration with the Texas 

Veterans Commission, to establish and maintain a training program for peace officers that provides information on veterans with certain specified 

trauma-related injuries.

• H.R. 2992, 117th Congressional Session, Pascrell and Bacon

Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act or the TBI 

and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house- bill/2992#:~:text=H.R.2992%20-%20TBI%20and%20PTSD%20Law%20Enforcement%20Training,%282021- 2022%29%20Bill%20Hide%20Overview%20More%20on%20This%20Bill

This bill requires the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to consult with relevant agencies to establish crisis intervention training tools for first 

responders to address individuals with traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The BJA must ensure that 

at least one police department designated as a Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Site utilizes the tools and that such tools are part of the 

Police-Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit. Additionally, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study and report about 

the prevalence and incidence of concussions among first responders.

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SECTION 3: 

OPPORTUNITIES TO 

ENGAGE

Clifford Hymowitz

Carole Starr

Cheryl Kempf
Engaging in 

Community/

Grassroots 

Efforts

Clifford Hymowitz

• Who is part of the TBI community where I 

live? 

• Where do I find people in the TBI community 

to connect with them?

• How did I begin a grassroots effort?

• Asset-Based Community Development

The ABCD approach was developed by John L. McKnight and 

John P. Kretzmann at the Institute for Policy Research 

at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. They co-authored 

a book in 1993, Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path 

Toward Finding and Mobilizing A Community’s Assets, which 

outlined their asset-based approach to community 

development. The Community Development Program at 

Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research 

established the Asset-Based Community Development Institute 

based on three decades of research and community work by 

John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight.

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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset-based_community_development#cite_note- Building_Communities_from_the_Inside_Out-3

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Engaging in 

Brain Injury 

Support 

Groups

Carole Starr

• Brain injury support groups provide 

opportunities for survivors to practice 

skills and get involved

• Support groups are also a good place 

for TBI program staff & 

state/community providers to find 

brain injury survivors who are ready 

for the next level of engagement

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Engaging in State Advisory Boards 

Cheryl Kempf

• I have been an acquired brain injury, ABI, survivor since 1994. 

• In that time, I have worked at many levels, from attending committee meetings to learn about 

brain injury needs and services to being the chair of the advisory council to the Health and 

Human Service Commission for the state of Texas.

• Most states have a brain injury advisory council, their meeting schedule and structure differ from 

state to state. The required make-up was presented earlier.

• These councils advise the state agencies about brain injury. They are usually supported by a 

program office that connects the council to the agency they work with. 

• The councils are composed of both brain injury survivors with lived experience, family members, 

caregivers and program or agency employees. 

• Membership qualifications are often by a specific background so that a balance of perspectives 

is maintained.

• There are opportunities to engage for survivors, program or agency staff, family members and 

caregivers. Nominations are made and members are appointed to the council.

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Engaging in Committees

Cheryl Kempf

• The Advisory Boards are supported by committees whose job it is to research and do work between 

meetings on the aspects of the council’s business.

• They are a good way to learn the work of the council without the formal appointment or responsibility 

of the council. 

• An example board might meet quarterly and has standing committees such as: 

• Legislative, Policy

• Nominations

• Education

• Awareness, Outreach, 

• Services and Supports

• Administrative items, such as database development or rules

• The committees provide an update to the advisory council at the official council meetings.

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What have I 

learned as a 

board chair?

• Creating an open, welcoming environment helped survivors, 

family members and professionals to contribute to our effort 

for brain injury. Survivors and program people are our front 

line and can often give effective suggestions or solutions. 

Some suggestions:

 Be ready

 Be organized

 Be flexible 

 Be fair

 Be empathetic

 Be mindful of time

 Be engaged

 Do follow-up 

 Do work between meetings 

 Work in writing or documentation

 Keep your language and pages simple

• I resigned as Chair of TBIAC so I could advocate for the law, 

the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act, HR 2992 –

117th (formerly Texas HB 1338, 84(R), which was signed into 

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BREAK

Up Next: • Places and Events to Engage • Graduating to Leading Others • Finding Opportunities to Engage • Staying Engaged • Questions & Answers

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SECTION 4: STATE 

& NATIONAL 

EVENTS FOR 

ENGAGEMENT

Kelly Lang
What are some of 

the places and 

events to engage in?

• State events

• Brain Injury Awareness Day

• Administration for 

Community Living Brain 

Injury Stakeholder Day

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SECTION 5: 

GRADUATING TO 

LEADING OTHERS & 

PEER TO PEER 

SUPPORT

Clifford Hymowitz
Leadership Strategies (1 of 2)

• Building trust is the foundation for leading others (https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/250979/strengthsbased-leadership-building-trust-followers.aspx) 

• Bring positive energy and a willingness to listen (https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/250931/strengthsbased-leadership-building-compassion-followers.aspx) 

• Ensure people can count on you (https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/250817/strengths-based-leadershipbuilding-stability-followers.aspx) 

• Encourage people to believe in a better future (https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/250571/strengthsbased-leadership-building-hope-followers.aspx) 

• Having a common bond of lived experience with those who are using services

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Leadership Strategies (2 of 2)

• Speak from EXPERIENCE

• Educate other disability groups about TBI

• Show up when action is required

• Keep aware so that you can educate others

• Refer people to resources such as:

o Administration for Community Living (https://acl.gov/programs/postinjury-support/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi )

o NASHIA (https://www.nashia.org/state-program-directory) so that they can 

identify their local State Resources 

o Brainline - https://www.brainline.org/resource/national-resource-centertraumatic-brain-injury

o Brain Injury Association of America - https://www.biausa.org/find-bia

o United States Brain Injury Alliance- https://usbia.org/about/ 41
What is the Peer Mentorship Program?

Mentoring is a process of semi-structured guidance 

thereby the mentor shares their knowledge, skills, 

and experience to assist the peer. Mentorship is 

peer-centered.

Zach Hudson, Program Manager – Peer Mentorship, Brain Injury 

Alliance of Colorado

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Benefits of Peers

•Increased community integration and 

independence

•Increased confidence with communication and 

interpersonal skills and perceived social support

•Increased satisfaction with life and selfempowerment

• Decreased isolation

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Texas: Peer Support

• Brain Injury Network of Dallas (BIND) (https://www.thebind.org/): 

o Serves as the Dallas-Fort Worth areas only provider of peer-to-peer 

mentoring – a program called Peer Partners.

o Launched in 2012, trained mentors are brain injury survivors and 

caregivers who offer support and resource facilitation to others who are 

experiencing adjustment challenges following acquired brain injury. 

o Also have a Clubhouse program that is based on the operating 

standards established by the International Brain Injury Clubhouse 

Alliance (https://braininjuryclubhouses.net/). 

• Behavioral Health State Contact: Noah Abdenour 

(Noah.Abdenour@hhs.Texas.gov) a Certified Peer Specialist is the Director 

of Peer and Recovery Services Programs, Planning and Policy at Texas 

Health and Human Services Commission. 

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Georgia: Peer Support

• TBI Peer Support:

o Kathy H. O’Brien and Tracy Wallace (her collaborator at Shepherd Center) 

currently have a training program for people with mild TBI. 

o The training is built off Sheperd’s spinal cord injury peer program , which was 

developed by Pete Anziano and supported by a Patient-Centered Outcomes 

Research Institute (PCORI) grant.

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o In developing their peer support program, they visited 8 different sites, including 

the most developed program through the Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA)

• Behavioral Health State Contact: Dana McCrary (Dana.McCrary@dbhdd.ga.gov) a 

Certified Peer Specialist-Parent and Certified Peer Specialist - Addictive Diseases is 

the Director of the Office of Recovery Transformation, Georgia Department of 

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Behavioral Health

1 https://www.shepherd.org/resources/peer-support

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SECTION 6: FINDING 

OPPORTUNITIES TO 

ENGAGE

Carole Starr
Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

A Few Ideas for Brain Injury Survivors (1 of 5)

Join Brain Injury Email Lists

• Local brain injury organization

• Brain Injury Association of America https://www.biausa.org

• United States Brain Injury Alliance https://usbia.org

• Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center https://msktc.org/tbi

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Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

A Few Ideas for Brain Injury Survivors (2 of 5)

Attend Events (or parts of events) & Meet People

• Brain injury support group

• State brain injury conference

• Resource fair

• Fundraisers

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Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

A Few Ideas for Brain Injury Survivors (3 of 5)

Talk to Other Brain Injury Survivors

• Ask how they got involved

• Learn from their experience

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Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

A Few Ideas for Brain Injury Survivors (4 of 5)

Get Involved in Brain Injury Groups on Social Media

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Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

A Few Ideas for Brain Injury Survivors (5 of 5)

Raise your Hand & Get Involved

• Ask a question

• Volunteer

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Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

General Advice

• Be Open to Trying Something New

• Push a Little Past your Comfort Zone

• Recognize that Strategies will be Needed for 

Success

• Keep Trying

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Start Small, Find Success & Build on It

Advice for TBI Program Staff, State/Community Providers

• Break tasks down. Be specific about the commitment 

required from a brain injury survivor

• Use mentors to help turn challenging situations into 

successes

• Think about how to make an experience into a success for 

a brain injury survivor

• Know what the survivor needs, not just what your 

board/committee needs

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SECTION 7: STAYING 

ENGAGED

Kelly Lang
Engagement for 

Survivors • Prepare • Know Yourself • Accommodations • Reflect

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Engagement for TBI 

State Program Staff 

and State Community 

Providers 

• Application • Orientation • Mentor Program • Feedback

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slides with colleagues, people you provide services to, or friends?

6. How could future webinars be improved?

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MEET THE PRESENTERS
Clifford Hymowitz

Brain Injury Survivor and Mental Health PEER 

Specialist

TAL-Group

Clifford Hymowitz is a member of the TBI Community in New York State, where 

he is employed as a Peer Specialist for Federation of Organizations in Suffolk 

County New York. He is presently enrolled in the Academy of Peer Specialist In 

for certification; as well as the PEER Specialist Training Group with the Mental 

Health and Wellness Association of Suffolk County He is currently serving as 

an appointed member to the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services 

Coordinating Council. He previously served as a member of East Seal's National 

Steering Committee of Project Action, where he was the first participant with a 

hidden disability.

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Cheryl Kempf

Brain Trauma and PTSD Survivor, Advocate and 

Speaker

TAL-Group

Cheryl Kempf is a survivor of an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) event which 

occurred in 1994. She works and speaks on brain injury recovery, rehabilitation 

and adjusting to life changes, in topics such as "What Do You See When You 

Look At Me?". In 2012, a negative law enforcement incident added PTSD to her 

life experience, and she became the catalyst for a Texas state law, HB 1338, 

84th R Legislative Session, Naishtat, through her work summarized as "To Be 

Different Is Not To Be Guilty." In 2016 she was invited to Washington, D.C. and 

first presented this Texas law on a national level. On March 4, 2020 she was a 

panelist for the Congressional Briefing discussing this law as part of Brain Injury 

Awareness Day on the Hill. Her primary website, ever evolving is 

https://cherylswords.com/ . 

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Kelly Lang

Survivor, Caregiver and Former Board Member

TAL-Group

Kelly Lang is a brain injury survivor and caregiver to her daughter who sustained a traumatic brain 

injury in 2001 at the age of 3. Kelly is a member of the Brain Injury Association of America’s Brain 

Injury Advisory Council, a co-leader of The TBI Advisory and Leadership Group, and a former faculty 

member of the National Center for Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) 

Brain Injury Learning Collaborative. Kelly also serves on the Virginia Brain Injury Advisory Council. 

Kelly has spoken to many groups including speech, occupational and physical therapists, 

neuroscience students, attorney groups, and support groups. Kelly has presented at the TBI 

Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury and spoke at the NIH Conference for Rehabilitation. 

Kelly and her husband created a website https://www.themiraclechild.org/ to educate others about 

brain injury and published a book The Miracle Child: Traumatic Brain Injury and Me. 

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Carole Starr 

TBI Survivor, Speaker, Author, Advocate

TAL-Group

Carole Starr sustained a brain injury in a car accident in 1999. The ongoing symptoms 

left Carole unable to return to her life as a teacher and classical musician. One small 

step at a time, she’s reinvented herself. Carole is now a national keynote speaker, the 

author of the award-winning book To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury and the 

founder/facilitator of Brain Injury Voices, a survivor volunteer group in Maine. Carole 

serves on the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)—Maine Chapter Advisory 

Board, co-chairs the BIAA Brain Injury Advisory Council and was a faculty member for 

NCAPPS Brain Injury Learning Collaborative. Carole is passionate about using her 

brain injury experience to make a difference for others. She serves as TAL Group CoLead.

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Thank You

The Traumatic Brain Injury Technical Assistance and Resources Center (TBI TARC) is 

an initiative from the Administration for Community Living that helps TBI State 

Partnership Program grantees promote access to integrated, coordinated services 

and supports for people who have sustained a TBI, their families, and their 

caregivers. The Center also provides a variety of resources to non-grantee states, 

people affected by brain injury, policymakers, and providers.