Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Virtual Survivor & Family Caregiver Conference

Virtual Conference, November 13th & 14th, 2025. The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA) Conference This virtual (online) two-day event will feature insightful and informational workshops to inspire, encourage, and embrace the needs of brain injury survivors and family caregivers. There is no cost to register, and we encourage all survivors and family caregivers to attend
Conference Speakers & Topics include:

• Communicating Effectively With Your Care Team. Alison Rheaume, MS, Public Speaker & Educator, and Taryn Barlow, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS, CIHC, Cognitive Health, Coach, The Wellbrain.
  
• Redefining & Evolving Your Identity After Brain Injury. Michelle DemoreTaber, Sc.D, CRC, Clinical Consultant, MAB Community
  Services
• A Brain Injury Support Group Could be One of the Best Things to Happen to You, Too! Helen Stewart, RN, CBIS, Consultant,
  BIA-MA,  and Barbara Webster, Survivor & Family Educator, BIA-MA
• Incorporating the “4 P’s” of Brain Fatigue Into Daily Tasks: Planning, Prioritizing, Positioning, & Pace. Amy Karas, MS, CCCSLP, CBIS/T, Speech Language Pathologist, and Amy Karas, SLP, LLC
• The Irlen Method: A Solution for Light Sensitivity, Headaches, and Visual Disturbances After Brain Injury. Dr. Sandra Tosta, COO, Irlen Institute

To register or for more information visit  https://biama.org//forcaregiversandsurvivors/  or contact BIA-MA at 508-475-0032 or email education@biama.org   

Past Conferences – 
The 2023 conferences features Carole Starr –  “Weasilience: Handling Life’s Wild Moments”. Carole has been living with brain injury since a car accident in 1999, which left her unable to return to her life as an educator and classical musician. Over time, Carole has reinvented herself as a national keynote speaker, the author of the award-winning book To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury, and the founder of the Maine-based survivor group Brain Injury Voices.