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FIND A SUPPORT GROUP

*During COVID19 quarantine we are offering a number of online “virtual” support groups. We offer weekly, bi-weekly and monthly support groups. Everyone is invited to participate- survivors, caregivers and friends. Contact kellymc620@gmail.com or contact the Support Group Leader. See below for which groups are meeting virtually and when. You do not have to be a member of a group to join their virtual meeting. The meetings are open to all!
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Please see below for an alphabetized list of support groups in your county. Support Group information is subject to change. Please contact the support group before you attend a meeting for the first time or if you have not attended recently. Some groups may take breaks at different times during the year. Always ask to be added to their contact list. If you are interested in starting a support group and consideration for Brain Injury Association of Georgia affiliation please contact us.

Support Groups, which are volunteer-administered, provide an opportunity for those individuals and family members affected by brain injury not only to learn more about brain injury but to be present in a safe and encouraging venue to discuss the challenges they face.

Ask to be added to their email list to stay in touch with Group meetings, updates, social outings, guest speakers and BIAG news. If a change has been made or link is broken send an email to info@braininjurygeorgia.org
Support Groups accept all brain injuries. Others may be specific to the ABI (i.e. Stroke, Aneurysm, Aphasia, and Tumor) but may accept all brain injuries.  Please call or email the Support Group contacts to confirm.
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**PLEASE NOTE: Support Groups listed are for your information only and to assist you in locating a group near you. Support groups have been established and are run by persons with brain injury, family, professionals and/or staff from other organizations serving people with brain injury and do not necessarily reflect the views or official position of BIAG. As social media grows, so does the ability to locate groups on-line, Facebook … etc. Use caution with sharing personal information
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Click on a county listed below to view more information.
* means they are offering a virtual meeting option
Bibb
*Cobb/Cherokee 

Floyd
​Glynn
*Richmond
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​Catoosa/Walker County
​Dekalb/Emory

Forsyth

​Gwinnett
​Spalding/
​Lamar/Upson
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​Chatham
Dekalb/VA
*​Fulton
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​Lowndes
Thomas
Clarke
*Emory/Young & Restless
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​Fulton
​​Muscogee
​Toombs
Clayton
Fannin
*Fulton/ Aphasia (A Toastmasters Group)
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​​Newton/Rockdale
Universities: Emory, *GSU, Mercer, UGA
Bibb

Macon
Central Georgia Rehab Hospital

3351 Northside Dr
Macon, GA 31210
Meetings held: Every 3rd Tuesday @ 6:00 P.M. You are invited to bring dish to share. Voluntary. We eat first.

Phyllis Dorn (478) 960-2804
dornphyllis@yahoo.com
Rachael Devito
rdevito100@windstream.net

Catoosa/Walker County

​Rock Spring
​North Georgia Brain Injury Support Group

Jimmy Simpson Foundation
9558 N. Hwy 27
Suite B
Rock Spring, GA 30739
​North Georgia Brain Injury Support Group
www.safehavensjf.org

Meetings Held: Every 2nd Tuesday @ 6:00 PM

Tina Lovern
(706) 375-9530
tlovern@safehavenjsf.org

Chatham

Savannah
Grey Matters
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Memorial Medical Center, Cardiac Rehab Conference Room, located on first floor in the Heart & Vascular Tower.
Meetings Held: 3rd Wednesday of each month 5:30-6:30 PM

Our meetings provide support through engaging discussions regarding brain injury (ABI/TBI).

Our support is for people who have experienced a brain or spinal cord injury. Family members and caregivers are always welcome.

Contact us at 912-350-7274 or email us:
greymatters912@gmail.com

Clarke

Athens
Athens Support Group
Saint Mary’s Hospital (5th floor, ADL room)
1230 Baxter Street
Athens, GA 30606
Meetings Held: Every 3rd Monday @ 7:00 P.M.

Floretta Johnson
(706) 353-1892 or (706) 389-3550
fbjohnson0521@att.net

Janice Ward
(706) 548-4397

Clayton

​Riverdale
Miracles Happen Support Group
Southern Regional Medical Center
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11 Upper Riverdale Rd.
Riverdale, GA 30274
Meetings Held: Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7:00 P.M.

Pat Buice
(678) 773-4930
superhope@msn.com

Tiki Carter
(770) 402-4684
tiki4684@gmail.com


Cobb/Cherokee 
*Virtual Contact Kelly Campbell
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​Marietta
Unlimited Possibilities Support Group
For all Brain Injuries (TBI/ABI)


Kennestone Hospital – Outpatient Rehab Center
100 Lacy St.
Marietta, GA 30066

Meetings Held: Every 1st Tuesday @ 7 P.M.
View our Facebook Page here.

Kelly Campbell
(678) 677-2589
kellymc620@gmail.com ​
Breakfast social every Friday at 10 AM, at IHOP, 1950 Cobb Pkwy NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152. All are invited.

VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
Weekly 
  • Friday 10 AM – Weekly “Breakfast Club” To join- https://zoom.us/j/6786772589. If the link does not work, go to www.zoom.us and click on join a meeting. The meeting code is 6786772589

Monthly
  • 1st Tuesday at 7 pm: Unlimited Possibilities TBI and Stroke Support Group (survivors and caregivers)- https://zoom.us/j/6786772589.  

Dekalb/Emory 
*Virtual Contact Pat

Atlanta
​Emory Support Group
Center for Rehab Medicine
1441 Clifton Road, R240
Atlanta, GA 30030

Free Parking in rear. Enter from front Clifton Road entrance of Rehab building, go to the right, hit the telecom speaker button and tell them you are attending the Emory Support Group. Meetings held on 2nd floor, directly across the hall from the rear elevator entrance
Meetings Held: Every 2nd Tuesday @ 6:30 P.M.

Carl Griffith
(404) 409-9339
Carlg1008acg@gmail.com

Pat Gartrell
(404) 401-3295
gar216@bellsouth.net

Esther Connor (Enews)
(404) 414-4971
no1uno9@hotmail.com

Dekalb/VA

​​Decatur
VA Support Group

VA Clinic
250 North Arcadia Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
​​A program designed to offer hope, support, and resources to brain injury survivors and their families and/or caregivers in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities. You can contact Jane Jackson  at jane@braininjurygeorgia.org to request a peer visit for a veteran close to your heart through the Dekalb VA TBI Program.

Emory/Young Survivors
*Virtual Contact Roger
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​Emory University School of Medicine – Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

​Young Stroke Survivors Group – The Young and the Restless
3rd Thursday of every Month at 6:30 pm
We welcome all Traumatic Brain Injury or an Acquired Brain Injury (STROKE), Survivors, and Caregivers. We are a young group, which means in how we think, versus age
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​James B. Williams Medical Education Building, 650 Means Drive
Atlanta, GA 30329, Room 153 A







VIRTUAL MEETINGS:

3rd Thursday at 6:30 pm: The Young and Restless in Atlanta Young (at heart) Stroke/TBI Peer Engagement Group- https://zoom.us/j/99472545462

We also have a Facebook Page – “The young and the restless of Atlanta - young stroke support group”

Roger L Brathwaite
(678) 804-5995
roger.brathwaite@mac.com

Fannin

Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Support Group

Meetings Held: Every 2nd Tuesday @ 6:00 P.M.
Carolyn Stepp
(706) 492-5308
carolynstepp@etcmail.com
View out Facebook Page ​here.

Floyd

Rome
Rome Support Group
For all Brain Injuries (TBI/ABI)

​Floyd Behavioral Health
Windwood – main level conference room
306 Shorter Ave.
Rome, GA 30165
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Meetings Held: Every 3rd Thursday @ 6 P.M.
Stayce Van Gorp PT
(770)713-2526)
Svangorp@floyd.org
Molly Burrows
(706) 509-6608
moburrows@floyd.org

Forsyth
*Virtual contact Cassie
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​Cumming
Peace of Mind Brain Injury Support group

Northside Hospital-Forsyth
Bennett Education Center Bldg
Meeting Room B
1400 Northside Forsyth Drive
Cumming, GA 30041
Meetings Held: 2nd Thursday @ 7:00 pm.
Cassie Palmer
(678) 822-3529
c58862@bellsouth.net
Alicia Anderson
​chloesconnections@gmail.com

Fulton
*Virtual contact Art Fuller​
Atlanta BUCKHEAD area
Mild Brain Injury Support MBISG

Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA 30305
http://www.mildbraininjurysupport.org/
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Meetings Held: Every 2nd Thursday @ 7:00 P.M.

Jean Kropa
(770) 612-0612
Kropa@bellsouth.net

VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
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2nd Thursday at 6:30 pm: The Mild Brain Injury Support Group-https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9214503526

Art Fuller
art_full@yahoo.com


Fulton
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Alpharetta
Currently Not meeting 
North Fulton Support Group NFSG

If anyone is interested in starting a support group in the North Fulton/Alpharetta/Cumming area, please contact Kelly at kellymc620@gmail.com who is the Support Group Liaison, or info@braininjurygeorgia.org

Fulton
*Virtual contact Mark
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Roswell
Seminole Spirit, A Speech Language Improvement Group

We are a Toastmasters Speech Craft Group to help survivors improve their speech language articulation, which may include videotaping speeches.

North Brook Methodist Church House
50 Houze Way Rd
Roswell, GA 30075

Meetings held:  1st, 3rd, 5th Fri @ 12:00-2:00 PM.
Bring a lunch.

Please Contact Support Group Leaders to confirm Meeting dates and agenda. Ask to be added to their email list.

VIRTUAL MEETINGS
Mark Halvorsen
(404)434-7452
Seekinmotion2015@gmail.com

Alex Hill
(404) 514-5043
ahillga@yahoo.com
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View our Facebook Page here.
View our agenda here.

Glynn

​​Brunswick and Golden Isles
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“brainREconnect” Brain Injury Support Group – ABI/TBI

Support Group for Life after Stroke or Brain Impairment. (ABI/TBI)

Outpatient Rehabilitation Care, Center Conference Room, 2600 Wildwood Drive, Brunswick, GA 31520
Meetings Held: 4th Wednesday of each month 2:30 – 4:00PM

Information: 912-466-5399 or paul.trumbull@sghs.org

Gwinnett

Suwanee
New Beginnings Brain Injury Support Group

Annandale Village – Patricia M. Brown Center for Programs

3500 Annandale Lane,
Suwanee, GA 30024-2150
1st Friday of every month: 1:30-3:00 p.m.
(Caregivers meet separately)
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Vickie Thomas
770-945-8381
vickie.thomas@annandale.org
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Sue Edmonds
404-403-3963
bkdemo@mindspring.com

Lowndes

Valdosta
Head Injury and Stroke Support Group

South Georgia Medical Center
2501 North Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31602

Meeting Location: Pearlman Cancer Center Conference Room Meetings Held: 2nd Tuesday of each month 6-7 PM (finger foods/snacks provided).

209 Pendleton Drive, Valdosta, GA (Next to the hospital)

View our website here.
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Tina Miller
(229)259-4292
Tina.miller@sgmc.org

Muscogee
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Columbus
Columbus Brain Injury Support Group

Contact Kay Jones for meeting details. 706-325-2386
Brain Injury (ABI/TBI) Support Group and Stroke Support Groups meet at different times.

Meetings held – Call Kay Jones to confirm location and times. 706-325-2386
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TBI/ABI (Traumatic Brain Injury and Acquired Brain Injury (Stroke):
Piedmont Columbus Midtown Tuesday 2 PM
St. Francis – Emory Healthcare – Thursday 2 PM
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Stroke: Northside Medical Center  – Sunday @ 3 PM
Kay McCoy Jones:
Home (706) 565-9298
Cell (706) 325-2386
Kaymccoy3@hotmail.com

Newton/Rockdale

​Conyers

The Disabled Adults and Caregivers Fellowship (DAAC)
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Conyers Presbyterian Church
911 Main Street
Conyers, GA 30012
Meetings Held: 3rd Monday of each month – Meal/social 7:00 PM, Program 7:30 PM
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Delores McDonald
(770) 981-8424 or Cell (404) 985-3156
dbdjill@comcast.net

Richmond
​*Virtual contact Patty or Marti

​Augusta
​Augusta Brain Injury Support Group

NeuroRestorative of GA
2501 Center West Parkway
Augusta, GA 30909
Meetings Held: Every 2nd Thursday @ 6 P.M.
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Patty Goolsby
(706) 737-9300 or (706) 840-9676 Patty.goolsby@thementornetwork.com
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Les Paul Morgan
(803) 279-9611 or (803) 426-6356
mycometpatrol@bellsouth.net
(Note: Les also leads a group in No. Augusta, SC. Contact Les for info)

VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
2nd Thursday at 6 pm: Augusta Brain Injury Support Group-https://zoom.us/j/6786772589.

Marti Hanson (706)736–6465 LoysMartina.Hanson@neurorestorative.com

​Spalding/Lamar/Upson

​Griffin/Barnesville/Thomaston

If ​anyone is interested in starting a support group please contact BIAG.

If you need to speak to someone (peer phone support) contact:
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Mark and Sharon Huey (770) 467-0365 leave a message or email sharonhuey@bellsouth.net

Thomas

Thomasville
“Hope” Southwest Georgia Support Group

Vicky will offer help via phone.

Vickie Gipson (229) 224-1680
vickygipson35@yahoo.com​

Toombs

Lyons
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If anyone is interested in starting a Support Group contact BIAG: 404-712-5504.

Universities: 
Georgia State University
BrainSignal Peer Support Meetings
Isabella Paredes
isabellaparedes99@gmail.com
VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
Every other Saturday 12:30-2:30 pm through Google Meet
meet.google.com/azz-rdpk-bbo
Our mission at BrainSignal is to foster a support system for people affected by brain injury. We are able to fulfill this by having guest speakers lecture at our Research seminars, enlisting students and survivors in our Buddy Program, and hosting bi-monthly Peer Support meetings, which are essentially brain injury support groups. The focus of the peer support meetings is to provide safe spaces for individuals affected by brain injury where they can connect with one another. We also have guest speakers at some Peer Support meetings as well. 


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