Next meeting: March 12, 2007

Lifelines: The Brain Injury Support Group
hosted by the Neuroscience Center at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.


The March meeting is scheduled for Monday, the 12th, from 6:30 – 8:00 PM (directions below).

Jane Fuld, a vocational counselor with the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services of Texas, will present information on vocational rehabilitation.

DO YOU WANT TO WORK???!!!

DO YOU NEED HELP REACHING THIS GOAL???!!!

Vocational Rehabilitative (VR) services help people with disabilities prepare for, find and keep jobs. The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services is the state agency responsible for the delivery of the vocational rehabilitation program in Texas. A person may be found eligible for services depending upon his or her individual needs. You will be helped to make informed choices of services, service providers and an employment goal.

Do you want to get back to work?

Is the only thing stopping you the fact you need more therapy and can't afford it?

Are you struggling to hold on to your job?

You need to come to this meeting.

If you want to get back to work but don't have the finances for the different therapies that you need in order to do so, then DARS can help you. If you are struggling to hold on to your job, DARS can help you. If eligible, DARS offers the following services: neurocognitive rehabilitation, vocational training, counseling and neurofeedback. Services will determined through informed client choice. You will only get the services that will help you reach your goal.

In order to get services, you must:

• be in Texas
• have a physical and/or mental condition that affects your ability to work
• be able to get and keep a job after receiving services
• need services in order to help you get and keep a job
• recipients of social security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) are presumed eligible for vocational rehabilitation services

DARS website: http://www.dars.state.tx.us/


Come to the March meeting to learn how to properly prepare for your appointment with a DARS counselor and how to best navigate the DARS system.

Please send a reply email to Kimberly Aikman (kaikman1@sbcglobal.net) or call 214 289 0286 so we know to expect you.

Directions to Presbyterian Hospital:
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is located on Walnut Hill Lane, just east of U.S. 75 (Central Expressway). The meetings are in the

Fogelson Building, Ground Floor, Classroom A

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

8200 Walnut Hill Lane

Dallas, TX 75231

***The main entrance to the hospital was closed at the time of February's meeting, so be advised that entry is a bit complicated. When turning into the campus from Walnut Hill, the best route of entry may be the driveway prior to the light. The Fogelson Building is to the right when facing the main hospital entrance, and is next to the Margot Perot Center. Using the underground parking is the easiest way to reach the meeting location; if entering from the main floor, cross the foyer (past the stairs) and take the elevators to the ground floor. Classroom A is to the left off the elevators.

Remember that parking is now free! Be sure to get your validation sticker at the start of the meeting.

Neither Lifelines: The Brain Injury Support Group nor Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas support, endorse or recommend any method, treatment, or a program for persons with a brain injury. The intent of the group is to provide support and make information available. Attendance in the group is not a substitute for an informed discussion between a patient and his/her health care provider. No endorsement is intended nor implied.