MindKnit Research Center

• 1: Home
• 2: About MindKnit
  • 2.1: MindKnit Board of Advisors
  • 2.2: Moses Max
• 3: TBI, Autism, Cognitive Research
  • 3.1: American Psychiatric Association Institute - VR and Autism
  • 3.2: NY, Davos, Japan Symposia
    • 3.2.1: TBI Confc Gov NY
      • 3.2.1.1: NY TBI Confc_Workshop
• 4: First US-Japan Veterans TBI, Disability Conference
  • 4.2: US-Japan Vets TBI, Autism Exchange: International, Medical, Research, Speaker Bios
    • 4.2.1: Mayer Max, US Co-Chairman, Director, MindKnit Research Center, US
    • 4.2.2: Dr. Reiko Fukatsu, NRCD Japan
    • 4.2.3: Minister Shinoda
    • 4.2.4: Dr. Joel Scholten
    • 4.2.5: Dr. Robert Mays, Jr.
    • 4.2.6: Dr. Michael S. Jaffee
    • 4.2.7: Dr. Stephen Mott
    • 4.2.8: Dr. Anthony Campinell
    • 4.2.9: Jared Max
    • 4.2.10: Mr. Ralph Zaccheo
    • 4.2.11: Dr. Noelle Berger
    • 4.2.12: Dr. William Brim
    • 4.2.13: Dr. Steven Grant
    • 4.2.14: Mr. Michael Snider, Esq.
    • 4.2.15: Sheila Max, RN
    • 4.2.16: Lee Ann Brumble
    • 4.2.17: Burt Nakasone
    • 4.2.18: Patricia Greene-Gumson
    • 4.2.19: Judith Avner, Esq.
  • 4.3: Agenda
  • 4.7: Presentations
  • 4.8: Visit to Japanese Embassy Tea House
  • 4.9: Vets TBI, PTSD, Health Resources
    • 4.9.2: Blast Injury Treatment-Overview
      • 4.9.2.2: Vets Medical & Benefits Links
• 8: July 2010 Maryland: US-Japan Veterans TBI University Reintegration Conference
  • 8.1: (Preliminary) July Veterans TBI University Agenda
  • 8.2: VA National Study Supported Education
• 8: July Veterans TBI University Reintegration Experts
  • 8.1: Charles Drebing CV
  • 8.2: Sharon Crowder - CV
• 10: Nov 2010 Tokyo Japan-US TBI Conference
• 11: Ambassador Shinoda US-Japan Disabilities Cooperation Speech

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Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury  (TBI) , Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD), and Persons with cognitive disabilities (such as Autism) face difficult community reintegration challenges. The MindKnit Research Center (non-profit) builds leading national, international research, and community partnerships to bring them into: education, workplace, home and community. We share leading US and International collaborations for research, medical treatment, technology, training, and social supports for Vets with TBI and persons with cognitive disabilities. We jointly share integrated research and treatment models across: brain injury, Autism and cognitive disabilities.  This knowledge helps advance life goals of Veterans with TBI, PTSD and Persons with Autism and cognitive disabilities across the US, Japan, and the world.

News

• July 13, 2010, Columbia, Maryland, Sheraton (on the Lake): 2nd US-Japan Goodwill Meeting of the Minds Conference for the Reintegration of Veterans with Mild TBI/PTSD into University, Healthcare, and National Volunteer Systems. Bringing together VA National Psychosocial Rehabilitation, VA Medical Center TBI/Polytrauma Clinical Practitioners, National (White House) Volunteer Portal Leaders (with 220,000 volunteers), University leaders, non-profit Neurological Research and Reintegration Experts to share best practice on full-life reintegration into college and high quality of life careers - to repay their service and sacrifice. Hotel Registration Website.
  

• "November 2010, Tokyo, 34th Annual Conference of Higher Order Brain Dysfunction (Neurological) Society; US-Japan Exchange - Meeting of the Minds" Satellite Session shares: research, clinical and community return outcomes with VA Traumatic Brain Injury/Polytrauma, Walter Reed Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center, Japan Society clinicians, MindKnit Research Center (Co-Moderator) with 1,500 researchers, clinicians, therapists;

• 2009 Meetings, NRCD Tokyo, to plan areas of exchange and to plan a Conference with the NRCD and Higher Order Brain Dysfunction (Neurological) Society in Japan for 2010;
• MindKnit Research Center "Meeting of the Minds" - A US-Japan Goodwill Exchange for Technology and Research to Bring Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Individuals with Autism and TBI into Healthcare, Community and Workplace, held in Washington. Visit the Conference Web site.
  

Return to Work, Higher Education, Community and Medical Treatment for Vets with TBI

MindKnit Research Center participated in the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Best Practices Conference." Learn more about the New York State Department of Health TBI Waiver Program.