support Group
bluesheet Club
The Blue Sheet Club is a support group that meets weekly improve abilities and the quality of life for those impacted by brain injury. A guideline for The Blue Sheet Club is that survivors are to be respected and honored for the challenges they are dealing with and be provided with strategies to realize their untapped potential to live as accepted individuals while being a part of a strong, loving and understanding community. Clubhouse gatherings take place Wednesdays at 11am at Mary Cridge Manor (#101 – 1172 Yates Street).
Activities
- Community engagement, social events and opportunities to meet and talk about life with a brain injury with other survivors.
- “Saving Mr. Tomato Head” is an initiative that allows young students to learn about parts and functions of the brain to help them self-advocate to meet their learning needs, understand the fragility of the brain and ways to prevent concussions and other brain injuries. The “Saving Mr. Tomato Head” presentation is available for booking for grade schools, camps, and after-school-care groups around Victoria, BC.
- The Giant Word Winder is a word game that meets several of the curriculum standards for several grades and levels of English learners. The brain injury survivors in The Bluesheet Club found that Word Winder improved their language, cognitive abilities, and communication deficits. The Giant Word Winder can be booked for schools, retirement homes and learning centres.
- Word Jumble is a word game inspired by The Word Jumble. This game was found to improve the language abilities of brain injury survivors, restock their active vocabulary, and connect them with local and international communities. Mind X. Magazine, David Hoyt’s Education Foundation, and international magazines have previously published Word Jumble, created by Greg Goldberg and Bluesheet Club.
“Did your brain injury affect your intelligence?” “Will you ever get back to normal?” Bluesheet Club members Greg Goldberg and Robin Bienvenu (along with other brain injury survivors) discuss the stereotypes and frustrations associated with brain injury in this 23-minute video.
contact Geoff at 250-479-5299 or gsing@cridge.org to learn more