Acquired Brain Injury Education & Prevention Team

09/05/2024

👋HEY THERE👋 elementary school educators!

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION is now available for VIRTUAL BRAIN WAVES - fun free learning about the brain for grades 4-6. To find out more & to register, go to:

DECEMBER 2024 session https://tinyurl.com/43ac9ca4
MARCH 2025 session https://tinyurl.com/5e2p95e4

🌟Prefer an IN-PERSON Brain Waves session for your classroom?🌟 ABI Education & Prevention health educators travel to communities across Saskatchewan. Email us at [email protected] for booking availability.

Our aim is to promote and support community efforts to reduce brain injuries in Saskatchewan.

09/04/2024

🍎BACK TO SCHOOL ALREADY🍎

Now that your little ones are off to kindergarten, it's EASY to think they're all GROWN UP!

✏️ But don't forget, they're still likely not BIG enough to travel in a vehicle without their booster or car seat! They may be big kids in your 👀's but safety first!

By law children in Saskatchewan must use a BOOSTER SEAT until they are age 7, OR weigh 80 lbs. and stand 4'9" tall!

Remember👨🏻‍🏫 Even if your child is 7 years old, 4'9", and weighs 80 lbs, they can still use their booster seat as long as it meets the weight and height limits set by the manufacturer. So keep them in that booster until they OUTGROW it 🐛

Always follow the instructions and Stay safe this school year!🚌

07/20/2024

Waskesiu Children’s Festival is happening today come stop by our booth to see the eggs drop!

07/19/2024

ABI Education & Prevention is always up for a BIKE RODEO! 🚴‍♂️🤠☀️

This week we were Whitecap Dakota First Nation south of Saskatoon for their bike rodeo event, talking with kids about the brain 🧠 & the importance of wearing a properly-fitted bike helmet on every ride. Thank you Whitecap for the invite, it was so much fun!

07/10/2024

👋Come by and see us this week if you’re in the Carnduff, Alameda or Lake Alma areas this week.

It’s going to be a scorcher…. bring 🧊or 🍦or just your kiddos in their car seats 😊🤣

This week our Car Seat Clinic Tour continues at the Carnduff Public Library Branch, Southeast Regional Library , Alameda Public Library , and Lake Alma Public Library Branch, Southeast Regional Library

Details below!

with Acquired Brain Injury Education & Prevention Team

07/10/2024

➡️ Check out the updates CATT online has made to their already awesome site! Canadian, user-friendly, based on best practice/ current research.
Congratulations to the folks at BCIRPU for all the work you’ve done to provide Canadians with usable information about concussion management 👍

07/01/2024

06/25/2024

😎After the long weekend rush, stop by our Fort Qu’Appelle clinic if you’re in the area 🚘
We’d be happy to work with you to ensure your little ones are ‘summer road trippin’ as safe and secure as possible 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

06/22/2024

🤩Thank you to Indian Head Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Ltd. for hosting us at the car seat clinic today. ☀️
🎪Indian Head is hopping this weekend with all the Parade Days festivities!

See you there! 👋

😄 Don't forget that we have our friends from SaskHealth at Indian Head Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Ltd. for a FREE Car Seat Clinic from 11-3! Simply drive up and trained technicians will make sure your car seat is properly secured. 👋See you there!

06/16/2024

Happy Father's Day to all the people we call DAD!

OH NO! Did you forget to get a gift? Don't worry! The ABI Education and Prevention Coordinators have you covered.

🛒 We might be biased, but HELMETS are a great gift. 🚵‍♂️Just make sure you are buying one that will fit his head and the activity they love. Consider coupling a fresh snowmobile helmet with brand-new goggles, and your dad will be ready for the 2024-2025 winter snowmobile trails! 🥽🕶

Let's keep our dad's safe out there!

06/14/2024

Meeting Amelia and starting the process for a car seat check.

06/13/2024

Great to see Amelia secured, safe and snug, in her new car seat! Much safer than her travel bag 😉🫣

06/11/2024

☀️It’s a beautiful, sunny day in Radville! We’re here with Mobile Early Learning Area 011 checking car seats today until 2:00pm.

➡️ If you’re in the area, come by and we’ll help you ensure that your little ones are riding as safe & secure as possible in your vehicle.

06/07/2024

Hey parents! We know swapping car seats is a pain, 😥 but safety comes first. 💪We're certified car seat technicians here to make sure your kiddo rides safely every time🦸‍♀️. Let us help you install that seat like a pro. We want to empower you and teach you the skills! 🚗

Next Car Seat Clinic in Prince Albert is at the 6th Ave Car Wash.

Come check us out on June 11th from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm!

05/30/2024

The FREE Car Seat Clinic is all set up ready for YOU!!! The ladies are here from now until 2pm, bring your little ones up to big ones and your seats to get checked and get some awesome giveaways! Inside it’s nice and dry and warm!
Mobile Early Learning Area 011

05/21/2024

Last week nearly 2,500 students from 100 schools🏫took part in virtual sessions💻 focused on bicycle safety that included information about the importance of helmet use. 🚴This initiative was made possible through ABI Education & Prevention's partnership with the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute 👭

🏘Communities from across the province included 🏘

Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, Grayson, Weyburn, Lashburn, Waterhen Lake First Nation, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina, Neilburg, La Ronge, Christopher Lake, Biggar, Langenburg, Loon Lake, Debden, Canwood, Spiritwood, Laird, Canoe Narrows, Viscount, Buffalo Narrows, White City, Clavet, Biggar, Warman, Big Island Lake Cree Nation, Assiniboia, Choiceland, Kinistino, Rosetown, Assiniboia, Lake Lenore, Waldheim, St. Walburg, Flying Dust First Nation, Debden, Wahpeton Dakota, First Nation, Tisdale, Melfort, Balcarres, & Shellbrook.

THANK YOU students & teachers for joining our sessions!

Our aim is to promote and support community efforts to reduce brain injuries in Saskatchewan.

05/17/2024

👋 Meet our newest additions to the community Car Seat Clinic “Team” 🤭
❓Now, what shall we name them❓

😍 Not only adorable, these little guys will also help keep our parent education hand-out materials from blowing away in our good ‘ol SK wind 🌬️
🎪 Look for us, under our big green canopy, at various car seat clinics this spring/summer ☀️

❗️ If you live in southern Saskatchewan, this next month we’ll be with Mobile Early Learning Area 011 and FHQ Health Services in Oxbow, Carlyle, Pasqua First Nation, Lampman, Bienfait, Ogema, Radville and Windthorst❗️

Keep tuned here for other clinics and fun safety events we’ll be at this spring/summer.

05/16/2024

⁉Did you know⁉ STROKE is a common type of acquired brain injury.

Whether you've had a stroke yourself, or support someone who is post-stroke, you'll want to 👉REGISTER👈 for the STROKE RECOVERY DAY event happening June 14, 2024 at the Holiday Inn, 1838 College Drive in Saskatoon.

This FULL DAY GATHERING features presentations from researchers, health care providers & people with lived experience on topics like:

🧠 stroke recovery
🧠 stroke prevention
🧠 social connections after stroke
🧠 symptom management & more!

Tons of informational booths & resources, PLUS a chance to mingle after the formal event!

LIVE OUT OF TOWN? Be part of the day VIRTUALLY!

TO REGISTER, go to https://tinyurl.com/yc8a934s
EVENT WEBSITE: https://tinyurl.com/dhde6h33

Our aim is to promote and support community efforts to reduce brain injuries in Saskatchewan.

05/14/2024

It's 🙌TEAMWORK TUESDAY🙌 friends!

This month, we're spotlighting a Prince Albert company that hosts Car Seat Clinics year-round.

🚗6th Avenue Car Wash & Auto Glass is a busy place, yet they consistently PRIORITIZE supporting their local community⭐️ Shelley, one of the owners, generously provides space - whether it's a bay or somewhere in the parking lot - she finds a spot for us Child Passenger Safety Technicians to set up🚗

As the Health Educator on the Sask North Team, Laquisha is grateful for this relationship👭 Utilizing one of their bays in the winter spares her and other Child Passenger Safety Techs from standing outside in the cold🥶

💦🧼Thank you, Shelley, and everyone at 6th Avenue Car Wash and Auto Glass! You've demonstrated a clear commitment to your community's SAFETY on the road. You rock! 🧼💦

❗️❗️❗️THE NEXT CAR SEAT CLINIC at 6th Avenue Car Wash and Auto Glass is scheduled for May 14th, 2024, from 11-3pm

05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day to All 🌷

Did you know❗️ When a mom or another adult role-model wears their helmet, their child is more likely too as well! 🚴‍♀️

🐵👀🐵

Modelling safe behaviors is 🔑to preventing bike injuries.

If you want to learn more go to https://tinyurl.com/3w62seww

05/03/2024

Join us Tomorrow at the ABI booth during the Prince Albert 8th Annual Family Expo to discover the importance of helmet safety 🚴

The Family Expo will be held on May 4, 2024, at the Exhibition Centre in Prince Albert, SK. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

Admission is $2.00 per person or $5.00 per family.

☀️The event starts at 10:00am and ends at 4:00pm☀️

05/01/2024

🫶🏻 Thank you File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council for inviting us to be part of your Parent Wellness Day 👶
What a wonderful turn out! 🥰 We loved seeing all the parents and little ones who came by to chat with us at our display. Congratulations to the winners of the car seats generously donated by Cree Nation 👏🏼

04/29/2024

🚗 A busy CAR SEAT CLINIC season is about to begin ‼️
This one is the for the folks living in south east SK.
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 We’ve partnered with Mobile Early Learning Area 011 to bring these opportunities to your community.
➡️ Keep tuned for other clinics being held throughout our province or check the SGI Clinic Listing at https://sgi.sk.ca/clinic

04/28/2024

Today is NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING. April 28th is a day set aside to remember those who were killed or seriously injured on the job.

According to WorkSafe Saskatchewan:
 More than 21,000 workers are injured every year in our province
 Serious, life-changing injuries number over 2,400 annually in SK
 In 2023, Saskatchewan recorded 29 workplace deaths

All workers, no matter their age or the work they do, have the right to get home safely. On April 28, TAKE TIME to…look around your workplace today. Is there anything that can be changed to make it safer and/or healthier?

Do not forget about your 3 rights as a worker, if you are not familiar check out the link below.

https://www.worksafesask.ca/youth/rights-responsibilities/

04/22/2024

What does the 🌎 and 🧠 have in common? They both got hemispheres❗

⚔️Home sweet EARTH can be sliced and diced in all sorts of ways. The four sections typically divided are the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western hemispheres. On the other hand, the brain, has just two hemispheres - the right and the left⚔️

The Northern and Southern hemispheres of Earth have their differences. For example, the climate in both hemispheres differ due to their seasonal tilt toward and away from the ☀️. Our brain's hemispheres are no strangers to such differences. The right side of your brain plays puppeteer to the left side of your body, and vice versa? Weird Huh?

Have you ever been told you are either right-brain or left-brain dominant? If so, you were fed a commonly believed misconception!

Whether you're crunching numbers 📊 or splashing paint on a canvas, 🖌both sides of your brain are hopping into the action. Sure, each hemisphere does different distinct functions, however, it isn't as black and white (logical vs creative) as those right/left brain tests suggest.

Anyways, Happy Earth Day, everyone!

Resources: https://tinyurl.com/22bb2k8r, https://tinyurl.com/756d9dct, https://tinyurl.com/4x88kx2n, https://tinyurl.com/f6beaja9

04/15/2024

🤩 This week we THANK 🙏 and CELEBRATE 🎉 the many people who take time away from their busy personal/professional lives to make our 🧠 educational events happen 👏👏

💐 We are incredibly grateful for all you’ve done to positively affect the health & safety of our Saskatchewan 🌾 residents and communities 💕
THANK YOU 🥰

04/09/2024

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 🙌 😀🚲

ABI Education & Prevention is once again partnering with the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute to offer ➡LIVE⬅ VIRTUAL BICYCLE SAFETY PRESENTATIONS for Saskatchewan elementary school students 👧🧒👦 in grades K-6.

These FREE presentations are a great introduction to bicycle safety & can be used in conjunction with a planned bike rodeo or as a stand-alone activity.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER go to https://tinyurl.com/yd76dt5h

Don't delay..spots filled up quickly last year!

04/08/2024

❓WONDERING if you've got your kiddo👶👧 correctly secured in their car seat? 👉QUESTIONS about the best time to switch your child to a forward-facing or booster seat?

Come talk with CPSAC-certified child passenger safety technicians at a ➡️FREE CAR SEAT CLINIC⬅️ sponsored by the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute & SGI at Prairieland Park in ⭐️SASKATOON⭐️ from 4 pm to 7 pm on TUESDAY, APRIL 9.

See you there!

Our aim is to promote and support community efforts to reduce injuries in Saskatchewan.

04/07/2024

DID YOU KNOW? Almost 90% of Canadians say they support ORGAN DONATION, but only 32% have actually registered their intent to donate. Every year, approximately 250 people die in Canada annually waiting for an organ transplant.

Today is 💚GREEN SHIRT DAY💚 This special day recognizes the Logan Boulet Effect, highlighting the importance of organ donor awareness & registration.

Logan, a member of the hockey team, was among those fatally injured in the tragic bus crash that occurred six years ago in Saskatchewan. Logan was a registered organ donor & shared this information with his parents. His selfless decision to donate, & to tell his family about his wishes, ultimately saved the lives of six other people. In the weeks following Logan's organ donation, almost 150,000 Canadians were inspired to follow his example & register their intent to donate.

CONTINUE LOGAN'S LEGACY by registering as an organ donor, & having the conversation about organ donation with your friends & family today. ➡️TO FIND OUT MORE, go to https://greenshirtday.ca

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04/05/2024

It's getting WARMER outside🔥 This means more Car Seat Clinics in the Sun☀️ Tell your friend and 🗣 DON'T FORGET to come by on TUESDAY at 503 Ruth Street West in Saskatoon. 🚙🌅

The next Car Seat Clinic in Prince Albert will be on May 14th from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. For more clinic dates or to set up one in your community feel free to contact us.