ACBIS Certificate Distance Learning Program

The Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) offers a national certification program for both entry-level staff and experienced professionals working in brain injury services. ACBIS provides the opportunity to learn important information about brain injury, to demonstrate learning in a written examination, and to earn a nationally recognized credential.

TACE Region 8 is offering a training program geared toward preparing for the CBIS examination. This training will be delivered in an all distance format with teleconference calls on August 24, September 14 and October 12, 2010. All study sessions will be delivered in a teleconference format from 1:00-3:00pm. Students must attend all scheduled sessions. Sessions will include study materials, teleconference, discussion board inter action and one-on-one consultation with Nancy Freeman & Tyler Paris, Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainers. The National Written Examination will be given via local proctor between October 18-22, 2010.

Registration includes teleconference calls, The Essential Brain Injury Guide, materials, instructor time, and the ACBIS certification fee.

Join us for this comprehensive training, and gain your national certification in Brain Injury, with support through TACE Region 8.

Applicants must complete and submit the required eligibility paperwork prior to August 17, 2010 in order to secure enrollment to this class.  Required paperwork includes the following:
ACBIS Application Form, Employment Verification and your current Resume. To access the required paperwork forms click here.

Eligibility and Application Requirements:

1. Applicants must have worked or have had direct contact with one or more individuals with a brain injury, 10 hours per week (25% of a 40 hour work week) for a minimum of 12 months. Part-time employment must accomplish the same amount of required contact time within a 2 year period.
2. Experience can be employment and/or academic internship.
3. The qualifying experience must have included formal supervision or have been conducted while the applicant operated under a professional license. Volunteer work does not qualify.
4. The qualifying experience must have been obtained within the 3 years prior to the application.
5. Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

If paying by check make checks payable to:

CTAT Training, a division of Denver Options, Inc.

Mail checks to:
CTAT Training
9900 E. Iliff Ave.
Denver, CO 80231