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?

Member Deborah Wellbrock from alliance clubhouse Side by Side shares this poem in honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month:
Life Provides varieties of magic,
Unfortunately, there also are occasions that are tragic.
Some people acquire their injuries at birth,
Others have accidents or any mishap on earth.
Any trial or tribulation,
Can change life in a severe variation
Your whole existence will change,
Daily or more often you must rearrange,
How you have scheduled your day,
We must be flexible anyway.
Change in inevitable,
You must protect your one and only miracle;
YOU!!
๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’‹๐’–๐’“๐’š ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰!! ๐Ÿง 
๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐žr ๐š๐ญ Alliance Partner Clubhouse: The Denbigh House, Clubhouse for Survivors of Brain Injury answered the following question; which was provided to us by Evan Folanโ€™s โ€œToro and Tidesโ€ framework.
๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: What part of your injury do people misunderstand the most?
๐€๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ: “The part of my injury that people misunderstand the most is that it takes me a while to answer a question they ask because I need to comprehend what they said, I need to understand it, and I may need them to repeat it.”

What else is going on?

Happy Brain Injury Awareness Month!! ๐Ÿง 

This year is all about sharing survivor’s journeys. We will be highlighting many survivor stories throughout the month so be sure to follow along, and be sure to give them love on our social media!ย 
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Stay tuned! We’ll be posting goodies all month long. ๐Ÿ’š

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Join Us for our next Collaborations Meeting – where you can provide input on how your clubhouse wants to collaborate with the rest of the IBICA Alliance Partner Clubhouses!

IBICA Standards

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.