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#201 – 2890 Garden Street Abbotsford, BC, V2T 4W7 Phone: 604-557-1913 Fax: 604-850-2527 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fvbia.org
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Chuck Jung Associates – Psychological and Counselling Services
Vancouver: (Main Office) Surrey: Abbotsford: Chilliwack: Langley
1303 – 750 W. Broadway 101 – 8501 – 162nd
St 260 – 2655 Clearbrook Rd 101 – 45625 Hodgins Ave. 206 – 20641 Logan Ave.
Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1H1 Surrey, B.C. V9N 1B2 Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 2Y6 Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 1P2 Langley, B.C. V1M 2G5
Tel: (604) 874-6754 Tel: (604) 874-6754 Tel: (604) 852-7885 Tel: (604) 792-7177 Tel: (604)-874-6754
Fax: (604) 874-6424
Other locations in Port Coquitlam and Richmond Website address: www.chuckjung.com
Contact us at one of our locations for more information or to book an appointment.
Thank you to Soroptimist International of
Abbotsford Mission and Opus Art Supplies in
Langley for their support of FVBIA’s ArtWorks
and Photo Club!
Opus Art Supplies in Langley chose the Fraser
Valley Brain Injury Association ArtWorks
Program as the recipient of their annual
Christmas fundraising campaign again this
year.
Opus raised $1699.03 (Mary McKee accepting
the donation) and matched this amount with
art supplies. Thank you to Opus for their
generosity and corporate citizenship.
Artworks programs are coming to Langley,
Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope – stay tuned.
Art Classes coming soon! For further information contact
Mary McKee – 604-897-1452.
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#201 – 2890 Garden Street Abbotsford, BC, V2T 4W7 Phone: 604-557-1913 Fax: 604-850-2527 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fvbia.org
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New Centre for Brain Health to unite research and patient care
Canada’s largest integrated brain centre officially opened on February 27, 2014,” uniting research and patient care to change
the way brain disorders are treated and studied.
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH), a partnership between the University of British Columbia and
Vancouver Coastal Health, unites under one roof research and clinical expertise in neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology in
order to accelerate discovery and translate new knowledge into better treatment and prevention strategies. . The DMCBH is
home to clinics for Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, depression and other brain disorders.
Innovative programs that integrate research and patient care, led by Canada’s top researchers – including Canada Research
Chairs, BC Leading Edge Endowment Fund Leadership Chairs and a Canada Excellence Research Chair – will offer British
Columbians improved access to treatments and clinical trials.
The DMCBH will also house research labs in concussion, stroke, addiction and healthy aging, and serve as a venue for the
education and training of hundreds of medical students and graduate students..“
http://news.ubc.ca/2014/02/27/cbh/?fb_action_ids=434675049997668&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B227358544123187%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
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Tax Deductible Contributions Endowment funds offer permanent financial support because of the income generated through careful investment management. The FVBIA endowment fund will benefit people with acquired brain injuries of today and tomorrow in perpetuity. Your contribution will leave a lasting legacy that is forever linked with Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association. If you are interested, tax deductible contributions can be made to FVBIA’s endowment fund through the Abbotsford Community Foundation.
Want to stay on top of current research, news articles, inspirational stories/quotes like this one and FVBIA activities? We are sending out fewer emails and are putting some great articles and research information out on social media instead. Like our facebook page www.facebook.com/FVBIA and/or join us on twitter @fvbi and stay in touch! Check out our new and improved website too! www.fvbia.org. The website has a twitter and facebook feed as well.
Simpson Family Award Nominations Deadline Extended! Do you know a family or family member of a person with an acquired brain injury who you think deserves to be recognized? The deadline for applications for the Simpson Family Award has been extended to March 14, 2014 (See pages 7 & 8 for application form). The award will be presented at Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association’s annual Pathway to Hope Gala on March 29, 2014.
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FVBIA’s Pathway to Hope Gala
Tickets and Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available!
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Simpson Family Award
The Simpson Family Award was created by John and Morna Simpson to honour families and family members who have a loved one with an acquired brain injury that have made an outstanding contribution to the acquired brain injury community. John Simpson is a founder of the BC Brain Injury Association and the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association and has been a strong advocate and community developer for acquired brain injury since 1982.
Non-profit organizations, community groups, businesses or individual may nominate a family that has made outstanding contributions to the acquired brain injury community. The recipient will be a family (Two or more persons who are bound together over time, living in the same community) or family member who has demonstrated outstanding and consistent caring for the acquired brain injury community.
SIMPSON FAMILY AWARD NOMINATION FORM
NOMINEE INFORMATION
Family Name:
Last First Name(s)
Address: City/Prov. Postal Code
Phone:
NOMINEE DESCRIPTION
1. Give a description of each family member’s volunteer work over the past years including
what you feel is their motivation for this work. /50
2. Give us an example of how the family or family member showed leadership in their activities (for example, in identifying a need, building and attracting support, fundraising and overcoming obstacles). /30
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Simpson Family Award Continued
**NOTE – Attach all supporting documentation such as letters of support, news articles etc. The nomination must be accompanied by at least one letter of support. /20
NOMINATOR INFORMATION
Name(s): Organization:
Address: Postal Code:
Phone: Email:
SIGNATURE
Nominator’s Signature: Date:
Nominations can be emailed or sent to:
Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association
#201 – 2890 Garden Street, Abbotsford, BC, V2T 4W7 Phone: 604-557-1913 Fax: 604-850-2527
[email protected] www.fvbia.org
Downloadable nomination form
The deadline for nominations extended to March 14, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.
Late nominations will not be reviewed.
The Simpson Family Award will be presented at the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association’s
Pathway to Hope Gala on Saturday March 29, 2014 at Northview Golf and Country Club, Surrey, BC.
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Thank you to the Workshop Partner
We Care Home Health Services
and Silver Sponsor
Chuck Jung Associates
Happy Saint Patrick's Day – March 17, 2014 Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland.
Post-Traumatic Stress and Acquired Brain Injury Workshop
Chuck Jung Associates Psychological and Counselling Services
Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association hosted a one-day workshop and Post-Traumatic Stress and Acquired Brain Injury in Abbotsford, BC on February 21, 2014. The DSM V Criteria for PTSD include;
have experienced at least one traumatic event Intrusion symptoms Avoidance of situations reminiscent of the event Negative alternations in cognitions and mood Alterations in arousal and reactivity symptoms must exist for at least more than a month traumatic event caused clinically significant distress or
functional impairment
As many people with brain injuries have sustained them during the course of a traumatic event, this workshop sought to compare the issues with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury and to offer some strategies on how to deal with PTSD symptoms. Some of the treatment options for Post-Traumatic Stress may include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with a therapist who is trained in trauma, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) or Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) amongst other treatments. For full article, see upcoming Spring edition of the Headline.
FVBIA Case Manager Mary McKee experiencing what an EMDR session would be like
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John Simpson Editorial: These are the comments and thoughts of John Simpson not necessarily shared by the Board and the staff of Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association. Once asked how long rehabilitation lasted, his reply was, “A lifetime to get over the trauma of birth.” I very recently received an article, Dr. Sheldon Berrol: Champion of Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Disability Rights – D. Nathan Cope, MD, M. Elizabeth Sandel, MD, Cynthia Berrol, PhD, BC-DMT, Nathaniel Mayer, MD, Stanley Yamell, MD.
Reading this article brought back many cases I have been involved in with the late Dr. Berrol. The wonderful times I had driving him from one appointment to another when he came to evaluate some clients in BC and having lunch or dinner together. Shelly died suddenly December 31st, 1991, ironically of a ruptured aneurysm. His dedication and love of physical medicine and rehabilitation was immeasurable. He did not practice his profession within the four walls of an office or a whole hospital. He practiced his craft everywhere and I think he had a great love of getting people into the community and working in the community was very evident, at least to me. From the article I think this is well supported because of his involvement with Independent Living and Disability Rights. There was a 25 day sit-in in San Francisco and Dr. Berrol was the doctor on call during that 25 day sit-in. Dr. Berrol became the Associate Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Santa Clara Valley Medical Centre and later headed up the brain injury program. From Santa Clara he moved to San Francisco General Hospital where he remained right up until his untimely death in December of 1991. Dr. Berrol was a trail blazer in the development of teaching clinical programs but he also was successful in gaining funding for research programs which were based on both medical and non-medical models. He was instrumental in the setting up of community based day treatment programs funded by the Public Education System for patients with severe brain injuries at a community college in California. Everything that we know now about brain injury, rehabilitation programs and outcomes is due to the work done by Dr. Sheldon Berrol. It is a great pity everyone could not have heard him lecture, could not have talked to him, benefit from his wonderful worthy advice. The article I refer to was published the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Vol. 5, 907-914, November 2013. “Sheldon Berrol has a unique and distinguished place in the history of the field of PM&R, as well as other
rehabilitation fields. These words from a colleague capture the essence of his legacy: ‘ln a sense, Shelley's
contribution was not a specific theory or technique, but a way of thinking that shaped a professional field’
(personal communication, Leonard Diller, August 2013). He embodied the ideal of a humanistic, holistic, and
empathic physician who provided care but also advocated for the individual health care needs of his patients
and for their civil and human rights. With great dedication he undertook the mission that the f ield has carried
forward for decades and expanded that mission into another sub speciality area, influencing and inspiring
countless medical students, residents, fellows, and other colleagues. Years after his passing, his name and
photograph conjure up memories and anecdotes that demonstrate the love and respect that he garnered. His
enthusiasm, energy, and drive created collaboration among disparate professional groups and fostered the
development of new concepts, perspectives, and interventions for the field of BIM.”
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Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association’s Annual Brain Injury
Golf Classic
Redwoods Golf Course
22011 88th Avenue Langley B.C.
Thursday July 10, 2014
Shotgun Start TBA
Sponsorship and
Registration Details to Follow
Contact FVBIA at 604-557-1913 or
[email protected] for more information.
Proceeds to benefit Fraser Valley Brain
Injury Association Programs and Services
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Upcoming Events: Mark your Calendars!
March 29, 2014 Pathway to Hope Gala, Northview Golf Course, Surrey, BC
July 10, 2014 Brain Injury Golf Classic, Redwoods Golf Course, Langley, BC
Our new and improved website has gone live! www.fvbia.org Thank you to Radian Boskoro for the donation of his services.
Prepare now for income tax season!
For your
convenience you can DONATE to FVBIA through
Paypal with a major credit card. Simply click on the Donate
button below.
FVBIA is a registered charitable
organization and can issue Charitable
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Thank you for your
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Why bother taking out a membership? Your membership supports the activities of the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association.
Each year, fundraising revenues have been dropping and FVBIA is finding it harder and harder to keep offering the same amount of programs as we have in the past.
We are counting on the support of our membership to help us maintain the same quality of service as we have over the past
sixteen years so please take the time to fill out the membership form and contribute whatever you can. Charitable tax receipts are available upon request.
Membership will not be denied to anyone due to an inability to pay membership dues.
FRASER VALLEY BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION #201 – 2890 Garden Street Abbotsford, BC V2T 4W7 Telephone: (604) 557-1913 FAX: (604) 850-2527 Toll Free 1-866-557-1913 [email protected]
Date: January 1, 2014 Membership Expiration Date: December 31, 2014
MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
Please Check One:
NAME: ADDRESS: CITY/PROV: POSTAL CODE: PHONE NO.: EMAIL:
Please check the box if you would like to receive our newsletter by mail rather than by email.
Person with a Brain Injury Family Member Friend Professional Field
TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP COST AMOUNT
Individual $10.00
Individual - Family $25.00
Supporting $50.00
Professional $50.00
Century Club $100.00
Patron $500.00
Corporate $1,000.00 +
Donations
Courtesy Membership (membership will not be denied any person with a brain injury or family member due to an inability to meet membership fees)
$0.00
Payment Enclosed TOTAL
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“Pay it Forward”: Healthy Lifestyles for ABI
Current Scheduled Activities
Mondays Mill Lake Walking Group / “Adopt-a-Park” Program Second Thursday of the month Recipe Exchange Group Fridays Indoor Walking at Abbotsford Rec. Centre
Special Upcoming Activities
Thursday, March 6 Basic Budgeting 2 - Sharing Session Thursday, March 13 Special St. Patrick's Day Recipe
Exchange Group Thursday, April 10 Special Easter Recipe Exchange Group Thursday, April 17 Fraud and Identity Theft Prevention
seminar presented by VANCITY CREDIT UNION
For information on these activities and information sessions, please contact Joy at 604-897-1563. Please call with ideas for new activities, too!
FVBIA Groups & Drop-in Programs
Abbotsford/Mission: Drop-In: Wed 4 – 7 & Fri 1 - 4 p.m. 5:30 meal on Wednesday 103 – 2776 Bourquin Cres. W. Abbotsford Contact Communitas at 604-850-6608 Abbotsford/Mission Coffee and Chat: Meeting on the 4th Monday of each month 204 – 2890 Garden St. Abbotsford Contact Mary McKee at 604-897-1452 Art and Photo Clubs: Contact Mary McKee at 604-897-1452 Chilliwack: Drop-in: Contact 604-792-6266 Tues 10am - 1pm, Thurs.12pm - 3pm Lunch at 11:30 Tuesdays 45966 Yale Rd, Chilliwack Chilliwack in the Now Support Group: Contact 604-557-1913 Toll-free 1-866-557-1913 Langley Langley Art & Photo Clubs Contact Mary McKee at 604-897-1452 Langley Coffee and Chat: Meeting on the 2nd Monday of each month in the Games Room at the Douglas Recreation Centre 20550 Douglas Crescent Contact Mary McKee at 604-897-1452 Hope Community Leisure Program Contact 604-869-9494 Wed & Fri 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm 19855 Owl St. Silver Creek Drop In/Leisure Programs and Support Groups funded in
part by Fraser Health ABI Program and ICBC.
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