The Power of Membership
At the Clubhouse, survivors of brain injury
are considered members, not clients or
patients and, as such, claim responsibility
for making program decisions
and directing the daily operations
of the Clubhouse.

The Work-Ordered Day
The Clubhouse day is structured around meaningful work
in a work unit. Members choose to complete tasks
that directly support the operations of the Clubhouse-
from hiring staff, to advocating for brain
injury services, to writing a newsletter article
or preparing lunch.

Peer Relationships
Members work side by side with staff at the Clubhouse and interact with staff as peers. Through this relationship, members receive necessary supports while still maintaining ownership over their service planning at the Clubhouse and the course of their rehabilitation.

Lifelong, Voluntary, Membership
Clubhouse membership offers survivors of brain injury consistent, long term support that is available for as long as the member needs or desires.

What's Going On With IBICA?

We had our first ever HYBRID conference!
We had over 15 of our IBICA clubhouses participate, with many being able to participate both in-person and virtually. 

What else is going on?

This year, we say goodbye to our outgoing IBICA President – Joe Craig, who ran the presidency for 6 years!
We also say goodbye to our outgoing Treasurer – Dan LaValla, who also ran treasurer for 6 years!

Dan                                                                  Joe

While we say goodbye to Joe & Dan, we eagerly welcome Katiey Surrett – our new President, and Viviana Finol – our new Treasurer.

Viviana                                               Katiey

We have an upcoming community chat – where all alliance partner clubhouses will get to discuss the clubhouse standards. In particular, we plan to focus on standard Standard #13: The Clubhouse is located in its own physical space. It is separate from any other rehabilitation center or institutional settings and is impermeable to other programs. The Clubhouse is designed to facilitate the work-ordered day and at the same time be attractive, adequate in size, and convey a sense of respect and dignity.  BUT we’ll also get to discuss any other standards clubhouses might find challenging, and ones each clubhouse feels they’ve mastered! This community chats gives us all a chance to collaborate, learn, improve, and show off a little!

We’re also creating more ways for our clubhouses to work together to continue to advance IBICA and our individual clubhouses through more collaboration opportunities.

The Challenge

Click to read BIAUSA's "The Challenge" article highlighting IBICA and the BI Clubhouse model.

Our Mission

The mission of IBICA is to support and advance an international collaborative network of standards-based Brain Injury Clubhouses for people impacted by brain injury. The vision of IBICA is that people impacted by brain injury worldwide will have access to life-long support and highest quality of life through Brain Injury Clubhouses.