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VA DRS Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Services (BI/SCIS)

VA DRS Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury (BI/SCI) logo The Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Services Unit (BI/SCIS), located within the Community Based Services Division in the Richmond Central Office of the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS), provides support, guidance, and technical assistance to DRS field staff and agency administration regarding the rehabilitation of persons with acquired neurotrauma.

BI/SCIS program staff members often serve as the initial point of contact for DRS staff and external customers who need resources or referral information about brain injury and spinal cord injury in general, as well as information about specific agency services for persons with neurotrauma.

Program staff members work closely with DRS field staff to resolve customer concerns regarding agency services for persons with brain injury and spinal cord injuries.

DRS is actively involved in efforts to meet the needs of persons with acquired neurotrauma injuries (brain injury and spinal cord injury) most notably through:

· Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center's (WWRC) Brain Injury Services Program and WWRC Spinal Cord Injury Services;

· The Long Term Rehabilitation Case Management Program;

· The Brain Injury Direct Services (BIDS) Fund;

· Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services (PAS) Program; and

· Specialized in-service training in brain injury and spinal cord injury for DRS staff.

The BI/SCIS Unit provides staff for the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative (CNI) Advisory Board.

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For more information about BI/SCIS, go to: http://www.vadrs.org/cbs/biscis.htm.

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VA DRS Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Services (BI/SCIS)

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