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Certified Brain Injury Specialists
Michigan leads the nation in Certified Brain Injury Specialists!
The Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) offers a voluntary national certification program for both entry-level staff and experienced professionals working in brain injury services. ACBIS provides staff and professionals the opportunity to learn important information about brain injury, to demonstrate their learning in a written examination, and to earn a nationally recognized credential.
Certification is based on a comprehensive training manual that covers the following topics:
- Incidence and epidemiology of brain injury
- Continuum of services
- Brain anatomy and brain-behavior relationships
- Functional impact of brain injury
- Effective treatment approaches
- Children and adolescents with brain injury
- Health and medical management
- Family issues
- Legal and ethical issues
Certification is not restricted to any one profession or discipline. Rather, it is intended for anyone who delivers services specific to brain injury.
Incomplete applications will be maintained for up to one year. After one year, the application will become null and void and the applicant will need to reapply. Applicants who have submitted completed applications but have not taken the certification exam within one year will need to reapply after one year.
The ACBIS Committee has updated its Code of Ethics. The detailed version is available here and the brief version is available here.
The Association is grateful to our core team of volunteer Certified Brain Injury Trainers and their organizations for their commitment to education:
- Deborah Adams, LMSW, CBIST
Eisenhower Center
- Lynn Brouwers, MA, CRC, CBIST
Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers, Inc
- Cindy Barrus, PT, MM, CBIST
Spectrum Health Rehabilitation & Nursing Center - Kalamazoo Ave.
- Carol Green, OTR\L, CBIST
F. Lax Construction, Barrier Free Division
- Carol Greenburg, MS, LMSW, CBIST
Spectrum Health Neuro Rehabilitation Services - Residential
- Michael O'Connor, OTR\L, CBIST
Rehab Without Walls, a Gentiva Company
- Heidi Reyst, PhD, CBIST
Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers, Inc
- Martin Waalkes, PhD, CBIST
Hope Network Rehabilitation Services
CBIS - Certified Brain Injury Specialist
CBIST - Certified Brain Injury Specialist TRAINER
General Information
Renewal Information
Renewals are processed directly through ACBIS - be sure to complete the proper employment verification form below.
- CBIS or CBIST Renewal Form - Complete online
- (a new window will open to the ACBIS website-renewal is only available to complete online)
- CBIS Employment Verification Form - complete and send directly to ACBIS
- (a new window will open to the ACBIS website-you will download the pdf, complete and mail or fax to BIAA)
- CBIST Employment Verification Form - complete and send directly to ACBIS
- (a new window will open to the ACBIS website-you will download the pdf, complete and mail or fax to BIAA)
More and more professional members of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan are undergoing the training. Indeed, one out of five Brain Injury Specialists in the U.S. are members of our Association.
Training Flash Cards
The Brain Injury Association of Michigan is pleased to announce that we have a new resource for you in studying for your CBIS Examination. There are flash cards for each of the 8 chapters of the Essential Brain Injury Guide.
Price: $16.00 per pack
Shipping: $7.00
Contact us to place your order!
IMPORTANT! 2009-2010 Training & Examination Dates
| SESSION 1 |
| ACBIS Application DUE |
March 20, 2010 |
| ACBIS Training (Grand Rapids) |
April 21, 2010
9:00 am |
| ACBIS Training (Howell) |
April 21, 2010
9:00 am |
ACBIS Exam
Grand Rapids & Howell |
May 6, 2010
2:00 pm |
| SESSION 2 |
| ACBIS Application DUE |
August 7, 2010 |
| ACBIS Training (Grand Rapids) |
Sept. 8, 2010
9:00 am |
| ACBIS Training (Howell) |
Sept. 8, 2010
9:00 am |
ACBIS Exam
Lansing |
Sept. 22, 2010
2:00 pm |
