PRESENTER
Wendy Waldman, BSW, CBIST
Brain Injury Continuum Outreach Manager
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI)
COURSE
BIO
Wendy Waldman, BSW, CBIST has worked in mental health and brain injury since 2000. Wendy worked as a Resource Facilitation Coordinator for BIAF for 9 years until moving back to Indiana in 2013. She now works as a Brain Injury Continuum Outreach Manager with the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI). Wendy educates and presents on acquired brain injury throughout Central Indiana to build professional capacity. She also provides information and navigation to various programs and services available for individuals with acquired brain injury. In addition, Wendy assists survivors and families to access these resources and services, including RHI’s Resource Facilitation Program. Wendy serves as a Vice-President for the Brain Injury Association of Indiana and also as Vice-President for INAPSE (Indiana Association for Persons Supporting Employment First). Wendy is nationally certified as a Brain Injury Specialist Trainer (CBIST) and provides trainings all over the state to professionals on becoming a nationally Certified Brain Injury Specialist through the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists with the Brain Injury Association of America. Wendy is an active member of the Brain Injury Special Interest Group through the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.