Domestic Violence and Brain Injury for Survivors and Caregivers

This webinar is for brain injury survivors and caregivers to understand domestic violence, trauma, and its impact. We’ll cover physical, emotional, and verbal abuse, and explain ways domestic violence, trauma, and head, neck, and facial injuries can affect memory, attention, emotions, and daily functioning. Participants will learn common warning signs of abuse, what healthy relationships look like, barriers to leaving abusive relationships, strategies for safety, addressing concerns about domestic violence with families and friends, and how to access support. The session will also provide information on trauma-informed care, domestic violence programs, brain injury support services, and forensic nursing, including how these services can help survivors heal, document injuries, and get the care they need.

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe characteristics of healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships.
• Recognize common tactics of domestic violence and common barriers to leaving an abusive relationship.
• Identify available resources and support options, including domestic violence programs, forensic nursing services, and brain injury services.

Presenters: 

• Rachel Ramirez, MA, MSW, LISW-S, RA, Director of Health and Disability Programs and Founder of The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury, Ohio Domestic Violence Network
• Kasey Holderbaum, MPA, Health and Disability Program Coordinator, Ohio Domestic Violence Network 
• Chanda Kelly, CBIS, Program Director, Brain Injury Association of Ohio 
• Heather Wilde, BSN, RN, SANE-A, Director of Education, Forensic Nursing Network