Featuring the Exciting New Half Day Workshop 

 

Identifying Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) 

 

Monday, July 24 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM 

You will learn: 

.. How to identify and help challenging clients on your caseload -- Hear directly from survivors. 
.. About common TBI symptoms like poor impulse control, memory loss, and others. 
.. How to recognize behaviors that are symptomatic of TBI and utilize screening tools. 
.. Which therapies are effective. 
.. Identify strategies for changing behavior. 
.. How to address TBI in your treatment plan. 


 

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35th Annual Summer Institute 

July 24-28, 2006 

Clayton Hall – University Of Delaware – Newark, Delaware 

Delaware Health and Social Services – Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Did you know… 

…over 5.3 million Americans currently live with 
disabilities resulting from TBI. 

…each year in the US an estimated 1.5 million people 
sustain a TBI, which is 8 times the number of people 
diagnosed with breast cancer and 34 times the number 
of new cases of HIV and AIDS 

…that causes of TBI are diverse and include: open head 
injury, deceleration injuries, and closed head trauma. 

Registration and additional information 

will be available on this website in May. 

 

 

www.dhss.delaware.gov/SI06

 

 

For more information: 

dsamh.training@state.de.us

 

or call 302-255-9480