TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury

North Carolina Provides Help for People with TBI and Their Families

Resources for Local Management Entities (LME'S) and Providers
Family and Community Support Offices:

• Raleigh: 919-833-9634
• Charlotte: 704-355-1502
• Greenville: 1-800-697-3115
• Asheville: 1-866-890-7801

Support Groups

LMEs (local management entities for mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services)

By law, the Council:

*Reviews how the term 'traumatic brain injury' is defined by state and federal regulations and to determine whether changes should be made to the state definition....

*Promotes interagency coordination among state agencies....

*Studies the needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families.

*Promotes and implements injury prevention strategies across the state.

2008 Meetings:

10:00am-1:00pm:

3/12 | 6/04 | 9/17 | 12/10

March 12- Room 201, Council Bldg. Dorthea Dix Campus

June 4 - Hickory Room, Bldg. 1, 5505 Six forks Rd., Division of Public Health

September 17 - Pine Room Bldg 1, 5505 six Forks Rd., Division of Public Health

December 10 - Cardinal Room, Bldg. 3, 5605 Six Forks Rd., Division of Public Health

Minutes 2008:

06/04/08 (Draft) | 03/12/08

Minutes 2007:

12/12/07 | 9/13/07 | 6/13/07 | 3/14/07

Babies Vulnerable to Brain Injury

UNC, Duke lead first statewide shaken baby prevention research project in U.S.

Article | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NC Statute Defines TBI as Developmental Disability

NC G.S. 122C-3(12a) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:

a. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

b. Is manifested before the person attains age 22, unless the disability is caused by a traumatic head injury and is manifested after age 22;

c. Is likely to continue indefinitely;

d. Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, capacity for independent living, learning, mobility, self-direction and economic self-sufficiency; and

e. Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of a lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated; or

f. When applied to children from birth through four years of age, may be evidenced as a developmental delay.

Someone sustains a brain injury every 15 seconds in the U.S. More than 5 million Americans alive today have had a TBI resulting in a permanent need for help in performing daily activities.

In North Carolina:

Survivors of TBI are often left with significant cognitive, behavioral and communicative disabilities, and some patients develop long-term medical complications, such as seizures....

Facts and Figures:
North Carolina | U.S.

• Males are about 1.5 times as likely as females to sustain a TBI.
• The two age groups at highest risk for TBI are 0 to 4 year olds (falls) and 15 to 19 year olds(auto accidents).
• Certain military duties (e.g., paratrooper) increase the risk of sustaining a TBI.
• African Americans have the highest death rate from TBI.

Brain Injury Association of North Carolina

Brain Injury Association of America

Model Systems of Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Brain Trauma Foundation

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities