Welcome to The Brain Injury Association of North Carolina Classes Page! We have content for everyone impacted by brain injury to address consistent needs identified in NC including access to services, reducing isolation, as well as opportunities for recreation and employment.
Check out our Thriving Survivor Classes! These weekly classes are available from your living room (via Zoom video conferencing), hopefully helping to enrich your day with something new, offering coping strategies, and building skills to help further rehabilitation and potential for employment. Individuals, groups, day programs, residential facilities, and others are welcome to join!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
| Mondays at 1-2pm | Mending to Music: Music Therapy | MedRhythms neurologic music therapy groups will focus on movement, speech & language, and cognition! Join us for a fun hour full of music for brain health! |
| Tuesdays at 1-2pm | Moving Forward: Adaptive Exercise | Staying Driven Fitness's class is a live, interactive, online based experience brought to you weekly with exercise classes. Each class offers inclusive exercises for all abilities with scalable options. |
| Thursdays at 1-2pm | Drums Alive® for Brain Injury | Resources for Seniors hosts Drums Alive®, an evidence-based drumming fitness, health, wellness program that provides a “Whole Brain & Whole Body” workout which promotes physical, social, emotional, and cognitive health at all life stages. |
| Fridays at 10-11am | MindFull: Mindfulness & Meditation | Connie Riet bring us Mindfulness & Relaxation activities and strategies to enhance your coping and center your thoughts. Each class will begin with an open discussion then focus on four areas of mindfulness to help find peace, health, and happiness. |
The classes are available (from June 2021-May 2022) for free, weekly via Zoom video conferencing.
Join us whenever you are available, don't feel like you need to commit to every class (though we'd love to see you there!).
Participate as a group or by yourself! Day programs, residential, and other organizations are welcome to join us virtually.
Our goal is to help you engage after brain injury and reach your goals. We've seen the isolation and limited access to services that can limit individuals living with brain injury - not because they are not capable.
We hope to see positive outcomes physically, emotionally, and socially within the brain injury community with these classes. We hope that by engaging, these classes might help you take the first step to reaching your goal of walking, living more independently, finding a job, or more! The possibilities are endless.
If you're just looking for something to do and have fun, that's what we want too! Rehabilitation after brain injury is often long and can be difficult. If you just want a space to connect with others and learn something new, this is the perfect class for you.
Once you've signed up, you should be all set to receive reminder emails with the meeting link. So you won't have to sign up each week and the link to each meeting stays the same. If there's an issue and you are not receiving reminder emails, please let us know.
It might help to add a reminder in your phone on computer with the meeting link. We will be investigating a text reminder option as well. Let us know if that would be more helpful for you.
On the day and time of your class, you should receive a reminder email with the meeting links. Select your day/meeting and join the Zoom meeting waiting room. You will be let in at the start of the class. If you arrive late, you may be still allowed in but at the discretion of the facilitator. If you've missed a key warm-up or teaching of a skill, it might be hard to catch up.
Classes are interactive, we do a lot of activities and there may be questions asked by our facilitators. If you feel comfortable, turn on your audio and camera to share with everyone. Let the facilitator know if you just would like to watch or have any questions.
At the end of the class you'll be encouraged to take a poll (4 questions) that let us know how you felt about the class. These answers are anonymous, meaning your name won't be tied to them, so please answer these honestly.
Within the hour after the class, you'll receive a follow-up email with an additional survey if you have any comments, concerns, or ideas to share.
This is a new program to host for our Association, and we understand there are bound to be some hiccups to begin with. We appreciate your patience and are here to help you throughout the entire process.
Reach out with any troubles or concerns, a staff member can go through filling the form out with you via phone or Zoom if needed.
If Zoom intimidates you at all, we can schedule some time to practice or help you get into the meeting.
We don't want the technology aspect to be confusing or stop anyone from participating. Call us at (919) 833-9634 extension 7010. You can also email training@bianc.net.