CONFERENCE Program and Objectives 
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Thursday |
Pre-Conference Workshop
Thursday, March
7 8:00 – 4:00 pm
$100 - Box Lunch provided
Thinking Outside the Box:
Music, Sensory and Art Therapy for Individuals with
Brain
Injury
Overview
An entire day with experts devoted to
demonstrating the benefits of music, art,
sensory and
physical therapy.
Music, Sensory, Art and Physical Therapy sessions also incorporated
throughout conference.
Thursday – March 7
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in
7:45 am - 8:00 am
Welcome to BIA
Conference 2013: Music, Art and Physical Therapy Workshop
Hands on booths,
interactive, demonstrations
and individual trainings throughout the day
8:00
am – 9:15 am
Sensory Based Therapy
and Brain Injury, Strategies for Increasing Positive Outcomes -
Tori Eaton, OT,
Homeward Bounds Bridges to Independence, Inc.
This presentation will address
evidence-based strategies for improving
outcomes for brain injury survivors.
Discussion of sensory systems includes
awareness of environment and possible
triggers for behaviors. Modifications
presented.
9:30
– 12:00 pm
How to Use Physical Therapy for
Increasing Positive Outcomes:
Walking Again: What Works, What Doesn’t
-- David Dubats, Bill Thornton, MPT, specializing in spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, Clinical Director, Co-Owner of Level Eleven Physical Therapy, Holly, MI and Director of Physical Therapy at Irvine Head Injury Clinic David Dubats, President of Second Step, Inc. and developer of the Gait Harness System®, will share his experience of over 24 years helping people walk again following accident, illness, and injury. Explore a new and unique look through the lens of the inventor and advocate for “Helping People Walking Again.” David has demonstrated that helping people walk again is a better option, is possible, and contributes toward environmental enrichment options for the client. Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of people who are confined to beds and wheelchairs that need to have proper healthcare equipment to walk and stand. Whether they can re-establish quality of life often depends on whether they have opportunity, and access, to break confinement and compensatory patterns, reaching effective therapy and equipment.
Medical professionals will gain new insight to a very efficient and cost effective delivery method, helping people with standing, balancing and walking activities in a safer, more independent manner. If your goal, as a case manager or clinician, is to treat people, help them improve, assisting both the patient and their family – this subject needs to be explored.
12:00
pm – 1 pm Lunch
1pm
– 2:15 pm
Art Therapy and
Brain Injury in Pediatric Rehabilitation
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Katie Dunn,
MS, ATR, Clinical Pediatric Art Therapist,
Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel
This presentation will focus on the
role of art therapy with pediatric patients
suffering from anoxic and traumatic brain
injuries within a multi-disciplinary team of
therapists and medical professionals in an
inpatient pediatric rehabilitation program.
It will touch on the various origins of of
pediatric brain injury in an acute pediatric
setting and specific impacts each my have on
the art therapy counseling process.
Challenges and factors of brain injury to be
considered while providing art therapy
counseling services will be reviewed as
well. Five different art therapy
mediums will be highlighted briefly in the
context of the pediatric patient suffering
from brain injury (drawing, painting, sand
art, modeling clay and collage).
2:30
pm – 3:45 pm
How to Use Music Therapy for Increasing
Positive Outcome
- Lillieth Grand, MS, MT-BC
Music is a powerful tool because it follows unique neural pathways and functions globally in the brain. Because of this, the music therapist is able to access neural function using music to assist their patients to achieve rehabilitative, habilitative and palliative goals. This presentation will introduce participants to the field of music therapy and potential outcomes for the brain or spinal cord injured patient. Music therapy techniques and research will be highlighted. The presenter will share several case stories from her work with children and their families from the PICU through the rehabilitation process and after. There will be a few experiential demonstrations as well. Participants learn how to utilize music on their own to enhance their practice/life and when to contact a professional music therapist.
4
pm – 5 pm
How to Incorporate Music, Art and Physical Therapy into
a daily routine to Increase Positive Outcomes
- Karen Campbell and Carol Altman
This will be a interactive presentation with
survivors showing their skills and telling
the audience how these multiple expressive
therapy techniques have improved the quality
of the lifes.
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Friday |
Saturday |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in - Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:15 am |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in - Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
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Welcome to
BIA Conference 2013:
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Look where we have
come in 30 years--what is in the future? -
Dr. Muriel D. Lezak
This review of the past and present of TBI
rehabilitation in the U.S. and abroad begins with a
brief history of TBI rehabilitations' mostly wartime origins. A triad of issues critical for the
development of effective TBI rehabilitation are traced from their origins to today: executive
function disorders; the "awareness" problem problem; and outcome evaluation. Some future
directions are suggested. |
Welcome to
BIA Conference 2013:
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Music
and the
Brain -
Larry
Sherman,
PhD. Senior
Scientist,
ONPRC, OHSU
Brain
Institute,
Professor,
Department
of Cell and
Developmental
Biology,
Portland,
Oregon
This presentation/performance explores the origins of music and how music
therapy and playing instrumental music can lead to functional and structural
changes that could benefit the injured brain.
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9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Track 1 - Legal pitfalls of presenting a TBI Case:
Common Mistakes Plaintiffs Attorneys Make
When Representing a Traumatically Brain
Injured Client - Arthur Lertiz
This presentation will focus on my
experiences in defending TBI cases when I
was a defense attorney and discussing some
of the mistakes I used to see and
identifying potential "red flags."
Track 2 -
Brain Injury and the Returning Military 101-
Bronwyn G. Pughe, MA, MFA,
TBI Program Education Specialist, Administrator Traumatic Brain Injury Program, Madigan Healthcare System
When traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its
symptoms have happened to our Service members, the results
are often misunderstood by both Military and
community members. From her
standpoint as an educator, Bronwyn G. Pughe,
MA, MFA presents some of the basic facts of
traumatic brain injury, the impact among the
military, family, and community members, and
how we can use reintegration and resiliency
skills to make our communities stronger and
healthier after one or more members have
suffered a TBI.
Objectives of session: By the close of this session, participants will be able to:
1) Define Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI);
2) Distinguish between the common myths and facts about TBI;
3) Summarize reintegration and resiliency skills for Service, family, and
community members;
4) Take action towards healthier communities after one or more members have
suffered a TBI.
Track 3 - The Role of Music Therapy in Rehabilitation
- Lillieth Grand, MS, MT-BC
Music is a powerful tool because it follows unique neural pathways and functions globally in the brain. Because of this, the music therapist is able to access neural function using music to assist their patients to achieve rehabilitative, habilitative and palliative goals. This presentation will introduce participants to the field of music therapy and potential outcomes for the brain or spinal cord injured patient. Music therapy techniques and research will be highlighted. The presenter will share several case stories from her work with children and their families from the PICU through the rehabilitation process and after. There will be a few experiential demonstrations as well. Participants learn how to utilize music on their own to enhance their practice/life and when to contact a professional music therapist.
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Track 1 - Defuse
Tensor Imaging and Other Medical Advances to
Identify Brain Injury and Win Your Case -
Dr. Aaron DeShaw, JD
This
presentation will discuss advanced imaging
for brain injuries including 3T MRI, DTI,
tractography, NDFT, MEG and more.
Aaron Deshaw will discuss how he uses these
in brain injury litigation cases.
Track 2 -
A Pragmatic Approach to Treating TBI Survivors and their Families- Nancy Irey Holmes, PsyD, CBIS
The Presentation will be sharing what has worked and not worked in my practice working with survivors. Addressed will be: post rehabilitative treatment considerations, loneliness, recreating a meaningful life and
crucial community supports.
Track 3 -
The Future of Prosthetic Cognition
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Kathy Moeller, CBIS, President, Cognitive
Harmonics, Inc., Founder, My Bionic Brain®
Cognitive Prosthetic
Know how to
access Internet resources to find cognitive
prosthetics, how to use knowledge of
“Cognitive Loop” in their search for a
cognitive prosthetic, and future trends.
“Low Tech” and “High Tech” demonstration of
Cognitive Loop Objectives:
1. Information Capture: Paper day
planner, key entering in Evernote, Awesome
Note, smart phones, My Bionic Brain® etc.,
voice-to-text note taking
2. Information Storage: Store in
notebooks, dayplanner, sticky notes. smart
phone, iPad, other tablets, various apps
3. Information Retrieval: Using color
codes and visual cues at home, at school, at
work, key word using prosthetic memory,
searching within calendar, within Memory
Notes, within projects, etc.
4. Information Use: Managing TO DO lists
by checking off items as completed,
transferring to schedule, using whiteboards,
notebooks, software, computer, smart phones, apps |
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10:45 am - 12:00
pm |
10:45 am - 12:00
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Track 1 - Brain Tumors-Why We Should Care
-- Edward Allen Neuwelt, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Oregon Health
This presentation will identify and define different types of Brain Tumors and how they affect the brain.
It will also cover cutting edge developments
in new brain tumor procedures
Track 2 - Assistive technology - low to high assistive devices to live life to the fullest with brain injury Susan Powell, MS/P, OTR/L, ATP Madigan
The Assistive Technology Act of 2004 defines assistive technology devices as items, equipment, or systems used in functional capability of individuals with disabilities. Participants at this presentation will be able to describe low and high technology devices and systems to maximize self-care and organizational skills. Resource information will be available for consumers, caregivers, and providers in diverse situations with emphasis on members of the military and veterans.
Objectives:
-Define "assistive
technology" (AT)
-Give five examples of
AT available for active duty service members
(SMs)
-Describe options of a Veterans
Administration prosthetics program
-Name
three occupational therapy roles in
providing AT to Military SMs, VA veterans,
TBI-related assistance
Track 3 - Acupuncture and Complementary Medicine in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury - Douglas Wingate, MAcOM, Lac
Americans spend around 34 trillion dollars a year on complementary medicine. A brief overview of what this includes and ways in which I have used Easter Asian
Medicine techniques including acupuncture and
traditional herbal medicine in the treatment of
traumatic brain injury will be discussed.
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Track 1 - Brain Injury and Hidden Vision Problems
- Dr. Bruce Wojciechowski, OD,
FCOVD
The use of electrodiagnostics in treating the visual
disturbances in a person who has suffered a
brain injury.
Track 2 - Growing Through It® WHOLEistic recovery services for people who want to grow, especially after brain trauma
- Bittin Duggan, MA, BFA
Being a young art student before her TBI in 1989, Bittin was gifted with the ability to use her artistic skills to deepen a balanced recovery. You will view reflective and colorful artwork of her “before, during and after” pieces showing her recovery process. A selection from the 65 completed Growing Through It® (GTI) art workshops will also be displayed. GTI workshops are one of the greatest fruits of Bittin’s trauma. A group of people co-create a visual and verbal expression of their shared life experience – living after brain trauma. By viewing Bittin’s & GTI art workshop images you will see the importance of WHOLEistic recovery for you, your family members, and your clients. Two original art pieces will be on display for viewing, reading, touching, and writing feedback in the accompanying books. Information about GTI Facilitator Training Seminars will also be available.
Each session participant will take home your own tree map – naming the pieces of your life in relationship to one another, from your core, through trauma, and up towards the light where you rebuild the branches and fruits of your personal tree. Bittin both practices and advocates to integrate the body, mind and spirit union toward self-love. You will feel inspired to also follow your heart and continue to explore and nurture your own unfolding path of personal growth and community service. Bittin believes that we each have the right to be WHOLE and to be a meaningful member of our communities - family, friends, neighborhoods, towns, nations & world!
Track 3 -
Two Stories of Survival
- Dr. James Meade and Gordon Viggiano
Making Your Own Miracles -
James Meade
was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross,
the Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts, ten Air
Medals, and other commendations. His
helicopter was shot down three times during
three months of combat. After
being shot down
May 8, 1967,
in Vietnam and seriously brain
injured, doctors told my family I would die
or be a vegetable the rest of my life.
My parents trained me to be a functional
human being again. From being
animal-like and tied down, I went to
college, learning to read and write and
earning a BS, MA and PhD in Psychology.
I worked with TBI victims around the world.
My Brain Has a Hole in It -
Gordon Viggiano
was an expert sales consultant, specializing
in building and developing sales teams in
small to mid-sized companies. He had
over 30 years of experience as a VP of Sales
for a number of California Companies.
On Gordon's 51st birthday, out of nowhere, a
terrible thin happened: He suffered a
massive stroke. Gordon will cover:
- Life before I had a stroke
- The grim realities of the stroke
- Death vs recovery
- I wake up
- The long road ahead of me
- What I discovered
- Looking forward to what is next
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12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
Video: Brain Injury: Voices of a Silent
Epidemic |
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
Video:
Brain Injury: Voices of a Silent Epidemic
Meeting of BIAOR Members and Updates |
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Afternoon Keynote
Breakthrough practical applications of brain plasticity principles in the recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury -
Anat Baniel, clinical psychologist, dancer and leader in the field of NeuroMovement
In this experiential presentation Ms Baniel will introduce the importance of shifting the focus during the rehabilitation process of the brain injured patient from repetitive attempts to perform lost functions - physical, cognitive or emotional - to providing the brain with the new information it needs to differentiate and create new connections and patterns leading to the recreation of the lost functions. "The brain is constructed, by its own nature, to change itself." (Dr Michael Merzenich.) Repetition and forceful attempts by the patient to perform lost functions, activate the plasticity of the brain to quickly groove in the patterns of the disorder and the disorganization that the brain damage caused. These patterns of limitation get deeply grooved in the brain and result in a restricted and asymptotic process of recovery. Any successful rehabilitation process depends on taking advantage of the power of the brain to change itself in a positive direction, i.e. resume the process of massive creation of new neural connection that took place the first time those functions were formed and are required for the formation of any new skill. The Anat Baniel Method offers an innovative approach that provides a new understanding of the conditions the brain requires in order to “wake up” and resume creating new connections. It defines Nine Essentials, supported by contemporary neuroscience, that are principles and practical ways to leverage the remarkable potential of the brain to change itself to improve and often transform expected clinical outcomes. The Essentials can be easily integrated and applied by the clinician in their own practice. This presentation will include a short experiential movement process demonstrating the power of the brain to change, video of the work done with brain-injured patients, power point, lecture, and Q&A.
Objectives:
Objective 1: The participant will get deeper knowledge of the most current brain plasticity research and ways to translate this knowledge into practical applications with their patients.
Objective 2: The participant will acquire tools to be able to intentionally activate positive brain change and learning in their patients.
Objective 3: The participant will be able to recognize aspects of traditional rehabilitation practices that can limit their patient’s progress rather than enhance it and how to avoid those.
Objective 4: The participants will experience first hand the power of their brain to quickly change and clearly enhance their own movement coordination and flexibility.
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1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Afternoon Keynote
The Returning Veterans - What
they need, what are they going
through: Cultural, social, organizational
sources of hindrance and support for
returning veterans.- Eddie Black,
Oregon National Guard Resiliency Program
Manager
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2:30 pm -
3:30 pm |
2:30 pm -
3:45 pm |
Track 1 - Successful Malingering
During Neuropsychological Assessment: What,
Where, and How -
John DenBoer, PhD, Clinical
Neuropsychologist/Psychologist, Casa Colina
Centers for Rehabilitation
This presentation covers important
information relating to
dissimulation during neuropsychological
assessment. Attendees will gain
knowledge relating to different methods of
faking bad behavior during cognitive
assessment, as well as techniques for
detecting sub-optimal effector.
Track 2 -
Technology – Tomorrow & Today
- Jonathan GrayThis presentation will include a live demonstration of hands free communication
solutions and new technologies emerging on
the market.
Track 3 - Learning to Talk Again
with Music - Lillieth Grand, MS, MT-BC
Congresswoman Giffords is talking today
after being shot on the left side of her
brain. That she is alive is amazing,
but she also talking. She is talking
because of music therapy. This
presentation will discuss how the music therapist is able to access neural function using music to assist their patients to achieve rehabilitative, habilitative and palliative goals. This presentation will introduce participants to the field of music therapy and potential outcomes for the brain or spinal cord injured patient. Music therapy techniques and research will be highlighted. The presenter will share several case stories from her work with children and their families from the PICU through the rehabilitation process and after. There will be a few experiential demonstrations as well. Participants learn how to utilize music on their own to enhance their practice/life and when to contact a professional music therapist.
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Track 1 -
Cognitive Curbcuts: Visual Scheduling, Video Modeling, and Personal Wellness supports for Self-Management
- Dr. Tom Keating
This session presents the concept of
"cognitive curbcuts" as a way to understand
information accessibility challenges
experienced by individuals who experiences
brain injury and other cognitive
disabilities. Examples of simple user
interface models demonstrate accessible IOS,
desktop, and Web-based software applications
that enhance the ability of individuals with
cognitive disabilities to manage personal
schedules, complete tasks at home, school,
and work, and monitor their personal health
and wellness.
Track 2- Brain Injury: Voices of a
Silent Epidemic - Cindy
Daniel, BRAVE Publications, Andy Palumbo,
Outside the Lab
Brain Injury: Voices of a Silent Epidemic
guides viewers on a journey about brain
injury – its causes and effects on people
who are injured and those around them.
Narrated by experts in the ¬field and
supported by interviews with people who live
with brain injury, this video was created
for a broad audience including students,
clinicians, caregivers, attorneys,
policymakers, people with injury, as well as
others seeking information about brain
injury.
Many survivors of brain
injury can appear to be completely uninjured
in their day-to-day lives, but the fact
remains that altered brains often result in
persistent hidden challenges that can have
adverse and dramatic daily effects. Just as
advances in neurology have improved the
survival rate of those who sustain a brain
injury, improved understanding of these
injuries by laypersons and professionals
will improve recovery and reintegration of
brain injury survivors. By exploring the
cases presented in this video and tying them
back to today's understanding of the brain,
this silent epidemic is given a new voice
that can speak to people unfamiliar to brain
injury.
Track 3 - Hope
and Recovery Principles in the Treatment of
ABI - Jacek A. Haciak, PsyD
Recovery philosophy originated in the substance abuse field, but has, since the President’s New Freedom Commission Report in 2003, been broadened and adapted to mental health care. In this application, the emphasis is on relationships, hope, and self-determination as being key elements essential for the maximum growth potential.
I. The history of Recovery, and the more recent inclusion of hope and mental health wellness
A. Alcoholism and substance abuse peer support origins
B. President’s New Freedom Commission
II. The evolution of Recovery and Wellness principles in mental health care
A. Strength-based “positive psychology”
B. Self-determination and personal growth ownership
C. Dignity and respect
D. Relationship as the primary therapeutic variable
E. Hope as the measure of therapeutic value
III. How to implement Recovery in a Medical Model world
A. Sensitivity to provider roles and their training orientation
B. Firm and compassionate expectations
C. Model what qualities of the treatment relationship are desired
The presentation attendees will be able to:
1. Identify the 2 basic factors which drive patient motivation and treatment involvement
2. Elucidate the importance of “relationship” for successful social/coordinated task performance
3. Employ one new strategy for bridging the recovery and medical model philosophies
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4:00 pm -
5:00 pm |
4:00 pm -
5:00 pm |
Track 1 - Conducting Mental
Status Examinations with a Traumatic Brain
Injury Patient
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John DenBoer, PhD, Clinical
Neuropsychologist/Psychologist, Casa Colina
Centers for Rehabilitation
This
presentation will deal primarily with
techniques for conducting mental status
examination on patients with traumatic brain
injury. Attendees will gain
information on how to assess neurocognitive
functioning in the acute phase of TBI
recover, including in-field mental status
assessment.
Track 2 - When War Comes Home:
The Emotional Trauma of Caregiving
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Marilyn Lash, M.S.W.
The aftermath of war comes home as wounded service members return from Iraq and Afghanistan. This session explores the impact on female family caregivers as they experience compassion fatigue, grief reactions, domestic violence and parenting conflicts related to post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Objectives
1. Identify at least 4 symptoms of compassion fatigue among caregivers.
2. Discuss the overlap and interplay of TBI and PTSD symptoms.
3. Describe the impact of TBI and PTSD on marital relationships and parenting.
Track 3 - Using Improv/Theatre Activities with BI
Survivors - Clinical Application of Improvisational Exercises - Ruth Jenkins, MS,
CCC-SLP In this course, participants will have hands-on experience, backed by written instructions, in exercises that are challenging and engaging and yet require little planning/prep time. Many of the exercises address multiple goals, which make them particularly good for groups such as school aged students and stroke or head injury groups. They are most useful in the learning and generalization phases of skill acquisition. Each exercise will be explained regarding its format/rules and regarding its specific use in treatment.. Discussion of modifications to most exercises will also be provided to allow for maximal use across varying skill levels of patients/clients/students. In no way is it necessary to have a performance back ground to teach or participate in these activities. Dress for light movement.
Client age range: 5-Adult. Topics: Use of Improvisational Exercises in TX to address goals in: cognition (memory and attention), word finding strategies, auditory comprehension, pragmatics (reading emotional cues, eye contact), articulation Learning Outcomes:
1) Understand the rationale for using humor rapid thought processes in the treatment of speech/language and cognitive deficits
2) Be able to provide patients/clients/students/residents with challenging and engaging activities that can address a wide variety of goal areas
3) Be able to train caregivers and family in use of the above
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Track 1 - Training Assistive Technology
in the Environment -
Laurie Ehlhardt Powell, PhD
Assistive technology for cognition (ATC)
offers an effective means of compensating
for cognitive impairments following brain
injury. This presentation will provide an
overview of the systematic training of ATC
using the
Training Assistive Technology in the
Environment ATC Toolkit developed
and evaluated as part of a three-year NIDRR
field-initiated grant.
Track 2 - Using Martial Arts for Physical
Therapy -
Ben Luskin and Tony Ellis
We are skilled in some areas and challenged in others. Join Ben Luskin and Tony for this interactive
presentation that will explore how we can
amplify our strengths, and show up confident and able in all areas of our lives. By focusing on what works, rather than what doesn't, you may
be surprised to discover you've known the answers all along
Track 3 -
What I Wish I Had Known ...
The Positive Brain Injury Support group of
Portland
This presentation will be
survivors discussing the issues and things
that they have learned over the last three
years, feelings, acceptance, re-identifying
and finding joy as well as navigating the
system. This group has worked together
for the last three years creating a bond of
support as well as awareness that will be
an aid to others who are survivors or their
families and friends..
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5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Reception
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Dinner
30th Anniversary Dinner
Featuring
Keynote Speaker: Gary Busey
Master of
Ceremony: Ken Boddie
Pioneer Awards for work for individuals with Brain Injury over the last thirty years:
Lifetime Achievement:
Dr. Muriel D. Lezak
Advocacy Award:
Senator Bill Morrisette. Representative Vic
Gilliam, Commissioner Tootie Smith, David
Kracke, JD, James Chesnutt, MD, Michael
Koester, MD, Sherry
Stock, Ralph and Max Conradt, Bob Joondeph, JD
Community Rehabilitation Programs:
Eugene:
Community
Rehabilitation Services of Oregon,
Inc. 19 years -
Jan Johnson
Portland: Community Re-entry Services (CRS), established in 1986 as part of the Legacy Health System - 27 years (now BIRC at PRA)
Salem: Salem Hospital's Acute Rehabilitation Program (SHARP)
- Steve Paysinger
Foster Home in Oregon for People
with Brain Injuries - 32 years:
Karen Campbell, Highland Heights
Outstanding Medical Doctor: Only Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Doctor Specializing
Exclusively Treating Individuals with Brain
Injury:
Danielle Erb, MD
Outstanding Neuro-Optometrist: Dr.
Bruce Wojciechowski, OD, FCOVD
Nationally Recognized Leader in
Academic & Clinical Research:
McKay Moore Sohlberg
Media Awareness:
Elizabeth
Hovde, a brain injury survivor, columnist
for the Oregonian
Exceptional Partner: Brain
Injury Association of Washington, Deborah
Crowley
and Richard Adler
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Poster Presentations:
will be up for the entire conference
Objectives
At the completion of the conference, participants will be able to:
1. Implement strategies designed to significantly reduce brain
injury-related mortality and morbidity in all communities.
2. Summarize recent brain injury-related research with corresponding practical application.
3. Identify clinical management practices, specifically new prevention, diagnosis, and treatment guidelines.
4. Describe public health interventions to reduce the impact of brain injury among different types of racial and ethnic populations and settings (e.g., school, workplace, community).
5. Understand health care delivery trends and their impact on long-term brain injury management, acute care, and prevention.
6. Analyze past brain injury-related interventions and weigh their value in today’s world.
7. Implement health communication strategies and know how to more effectively reach target populations and raise awareness.
8. Summarize brain injury data, including mortality, morbidity, and risk factor prevalence.
9. Create networking opportunities and build partnerships with key brain injury researchers, clinicians, and prevention professionals.
CEUs Offered: CLE,
SLP, OT, CCRC, CDMS, CCMC Hours:
Thursday: 7 hours; Friday & Saturday: 14.25 hours both days
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Payment: Please register online or by
printing the registration brochure and mail
or fax to the office
Mail registration forms and payments to:
2013 Conference
Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon - BIAOR
PO Box 549
Molalla OR 97038
If you need to make travel arrangements - please use the BIAOR
discount travel site at:
http://biaoregon.hemitc.com/
Registration, Payment and Refund Policies
To register,
please register online, contact us via
e-mail at
biaor@biaorgon.orgg
or by telephone at
800-544-5243, M-F, 9-5.
No refunds will be
issues for cancellations; however,
registrations are transferable.
Substitutions are always welcomed and
no-shows will be billed.
Please submit payment with completed
registration form.
Fees are payable by check, credit card, or
state government purchase orders which
obligate payment.
All payments must be
received by Feb 20, 2013, to be eligible for
discount.
No refunds will be
issued for cancellations;
however, registrations are transferable
Continuing
Education Units: 14.25 hours for Friday and
Saturday, 21.25 hours for all three days
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Exhibitors |
The Anat Baniel Method (ABM) Training offers a unique experiential and intellectual process that leads to profound personal growth and transformation while acquiring cutting edge professional skills. This revolutionary method is scientifically based with theory that is at the cutting edge of brain science and techniques that are gentle, sophisticated, and extremely effective.
www.anatbanieltraining.com/ 800-386-1441
staff@anatbanielmethod.com
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Access Technologies, Inc. is a nonprofit organization
specializing in Ergonomic Risk Assessments, Assistive
Technology Evaluations, and Technology Training Services. We
work with government, business, education, health service
organizations, and individuals to provide accessible and
cost-effective ergonomic and technology solutions.
800-677-7512
www.accesstechnologiesinc.org/
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BIAOR
The Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon, Inc. is
the only statewide 501(c)(3), not-for-profit association dedicated to creating a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy and supporting our mission.
Services offered are: Information and Referral:
We serve as a clearinghouse for community resources through
our 1-800-544-5243 toll free helpline, referring survivors,
family and professionals alike to community, state and
national services, resources, and professionals serving the
brain injury community, sending information packets free of
charge;
Peer mentoring and support
for family
members and survivors;
Support Groups: over 40 support groups throughout the state;
Advocacy: working to educate legislators and voters on
brain injury issues; Awareness and Prevention
activities:; Support Services: dispersing donated computers, volunteering opportunities and work trials for survivors in rehabilitation;
Research: working to facilitate research in the field of brain injury by disseminating current calls for input and volunteers on TBI issues;
Education: through conferences, workshops,
trainings, seminar's and presentations and our quarterly newsletter, The Headliner, reaching more than
6000 members and supporters.
www.biaoregon.org
800-544-5243
biaor@biaoregon.org
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BIAWA
The Brain Injury Association of Washington (BIAWA) is dedicated to increasing public awareness, support, and hope for those affected by brain injury. If you or someone you care about is living with brain injury, then you have come to the right place. Providing educational
information about TBI and information about the free
services offered through BIAWA.
www.braininjurywa.org/
877-982-4292.
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Casa Colina
Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation
is an independent not-for-profit, provider that has
served children and adults from around the world for over 70
years. It provides a comprehensive continuum of physical
rehabilitation services and specialized medical care for
people with a wide range of disabilities resulting from
stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and much
more.
The physician-directed Casa Colina Hospital is
a Joint Commission accredited facility and offers 68 acute
rehabilitation beds for people ages 15 and over as well as a
broad range of outpatient services. Post-acute care is
offered at the 38 bed CARF-accredited Transitional Living
Center and long-term residential care for people with
traumatic brain injuries is provided at two additional
locations in Southern California. All facilities are
designed for the comfort of patients and their families.
www.casacolina.org
1-800-926-5462
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The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center (BIRC)
The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center (BIRC) is the Pacific
Northwest's only comprehensive post-acute brain injury
rehabilitation center.
At BIRC, our interdisciplinary team of brain injury
experts help clients to maximize skills, independence and
quality of life. BIRC programs are accredited by the
Commission of the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
(CARF).
www.progrehab.com
503.292.0765
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Clarity
Clarity's goal is to create specialized phones for
individuals with hearing loss, low vision and mobility
issues
www.clarityproducts.com
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Cookie Lee
We sell affordable fashion jewelry
priced between $14-48. We offer home, office and catalog shows. Fundraising is my
specialty! 50% of all sales will be donated to BIAOR. This offer is available to out of state groups
also. Alisha Rutherford 503-781-5006 or
www.cookielee.biz/alisharutherford
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Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq. PC: a Portland law firm where our lead lawyer, is both a doctor and a lawyer. The combination allows our firm to fully understand the wide variety of health problems that can result from an injury.
866-843-3476 www.DoctorLawyer.net
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The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
The Defense and
Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) assists the DoD and VA
in optimizing care of service members
and veterans who have sustained a
traumatic brain injury, at home and in the deployed setting,
through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative research,
care coordination, and educational tools and resources
including those for families. Your Regional DVBIC team
serves within Polytrauma at the Palo Alto VA.
Please
visit:
www.dvbic.org
Jill Storms, OTR/L
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center/ Defense Center of
Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain
Injury
DVBIC/DCoE Palo Alto
Education Coordinator
VAPAHCS 640/117
3801 Miranda Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Disability Rights Oregon
Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) promotes Opportunity, Access and Choice for individuals with disabilities. We assist people with legal representation, advice and information designed to help solve problems directly related to their disabilities. All of our services are confidential and free of charge.
DISABILITY RIGHTS OREGON (formerly OAC)
610 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite
200
Portland, Oregon 97205-3403
(503) 243-2081
http://www.disabilityrightsoregon.org/
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Growing Through It
Wholeistic Rehabilitation
Through the Arts
Growing Through It® - Innovative WHOLEistic services that promote rehabilitation and personal growth to those living with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
The Growing Through It process is designed to compliment and augment traditional treatments and therapies, while providing a comfortable and holistic means for participants to re-define their own identity.
www.growingthroughit.com
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Highland Heights
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Homeward Bound
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Independent Living Living Resources
is Center
for Independent Living in the Portland area. ILR provides
activities such as orientation and mobility, skills training, crafts, and recreation
as well as the four core services of Advocacy, Information
and Referral, Peer Counseling and Skills Training.
503-232-7411
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Lashing & Associates Publishing & Training Inc.
Leading source of information and training on brain injury
and PTSD in children, adolescents, adults and veterans.
www.lapublishing.com
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Learning Services
Learning Services is a national provider of
community-integrated programs that offer innovative,
specialized support for adults with acquired brain injuries. We
provide supported living, residential rehabilitation, neurobehavioral rehabilitation,
as well as day acitivity programming in homelike environments.
For information, call 888.419.9955 or visit
www.learningservices.com
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Providing music therapy services to empower children in achieving developmental and neurological goals.
Lillieth Grand, MS, MT-BC, Executive
Director
Tualatin, Oregon 97062
Milestone Music
Therapy
503-214-0510
director@milestone-musictherapy.com
www.milestone-musictherapy.com
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National College of Natural Medicine
National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) offers
neurofeedback training and naturopathic health care for the
many side effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post
Concussive Syndrome. Survivors of TBI can benefit from
any forms of biofeedback; and NCMC has a nationally
certified provider of neurofeedback.
www.ncmc.edu
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Piel
Canela PERU
Peruvian Handicraft - Fair Trade
Organization: Alpaca
fiber clothing, Finger Puppets. Woven Tapestries, Paintings,
Anden Dolls, Musical Instruments, Handmade jewelry,
Children's Sweaters, Organic Cotton Clothing.
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Rehab Without Walls® delivers services where patients need them most: in their own surroundings—whether at home, school, work or in their own community. This unique approach to rehabilitation uses evidence-based, proven practices to help patients achieve functional outcomes, which means, quite simply, giving them the skills to participate as fully and independently as possible in their lives, wherever that may happen.
www.rehabwithoutwalls.com/
877-497-1863
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Second Step
David Dubats | CEO
Second Step, Inc. |
"Helping People Walk Again"
P.O. Box
42121 | Eugene OR 97404
david@secondstepinc.com |
secondstepinc.com
Toll Free: 877.299.STEP | Direct:
541.337.5790 | Fax: 866.596.0765
At Second Step, helping people
walk again, more independently, is our passion and our
mission. Many individuals who are using the
Second Step Gait Harness System, and who were unable to walk
in the 5, 10 and 20 plus years post their illness or injury,
are now beginning to stand and walk again for the first
time. We believe that recovery is a better approach than
adaption. You will find comprehensive information on
the GHS models on our website,
http://www.secondstepinc.com . You will also see daily
updated posts of user photos and videos under our
Facebook link, which you can access at
the bottom of our home web page.
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VFW -
Molalla
The Veterans of Foreign Wars has a rich tradition in enhancing the lives of millions through its community service programs and special projects. From providing free phone cards to our nation's active-duty military personnel to raising money for the World War II memorial, the VFW is there, "honoring the dead by helping the living."
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United Seating & Mobility
Putting Lives in Motion
At United Seating & Mobility, we’ve helped more than a hundred thousand people overcome obstacles to their mobility by putting lives in motion. For us, the heart of our work is improving the lives of those we serve by offering the smartest seating and mobility solutions possible.
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Windsor Place: is a 3 home, 15 resident
campus dedicated to residents who have suffered a traumatically brain injury.
We do restorative and behavioral therapies to give our
residents confidence and quality of life and independence.
Sharon Slaughter, CBIS Executive Director
503-581-8300
sharons@windsorplacesalem.org
www.windsorplacesalem.org
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