CONFERENCE Program and Objectives
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Thursday, March
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Understanding Brain Injury and Managing Behavioral Challenges Following Brain Injury
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ACBIS National Certification Training
March 4, 2010
The Academy for the Certification of 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.
The Brain Injury Association of Oregon is
offering a training program geared toward
preparing for the CBIS examination. This
training will be delivered in a one day
workshop March 4, 2010, from 8:00-4:00pm.
Students
must attend the entire session. The workshop
will include study materials and interactive
workshop with Sherry Stock, Certified Brain
Injury Specialist Trainer. The National
Written Examination will be given at the end
of the day, from 4:00-5:30.
Registration fee: $375 (early registration
is $350), includes 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 BIAOR.
Applicants must
complete and submit the required eligibility
paperwork prior to March 4, 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.
This paperwork and payment in full
must be received by BIAOR no later than
February 18, 2010.
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.
Click here to register
Handouts and study guides |
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Friday,
March 5 |
Saturday, March
6 |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in - Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:10 am |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in - Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. |
Welcome to
BIA Conference 2010:
8:10 a.m. -
8:30 a.m.
Keynote Speaker Panel -
Legislative panel: Federal and State
Legislators discussing TBI and Veterans
Issues
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Fred Flynn, Director,
Madigan TBI Unit
The Faces of the Returning
Soldier |
Welcome to
BIA Conference 2010:
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Joan
Ryan
Author of The Water Giver: The Story of
a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance
JOAN RYAN is an award-winning journalist
and author. She was a pioneer in sports
journalism, becoming one of the first female
sports columnists in the country. Her first
book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The
Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and
Figure Skaters was named one of the Top 100
Sports Books of All Time by Sports
Illustrated. She is a media consultant for
the San Francisco Giants. Joan lives in
Marin County, north of San Francisco, with
her husband, Fox sportscaster Barry
Tompkins, their 19-year-old son, Ryan, and
their dog, Bill. |
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Track 1-
Update on Research on the Acute
Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Craig R. Warden, MD, MPH, OHSU, Pediatric Researcher
Dr Warden will discuss the current status of traumatic brain injury acute treatment research. He will introduce the Progesterone for Traumatic Brain Injury : Experimental Clinical Treatment (ProTECT™) trial that will be started in the Portland metropolitan area this spring. He is the site principal investigator for this trial and will present the data supporting progesterone as a neuroprotectant for brain injury and the operational challenges of such a study at a trauma center.
Track 2:
Dr. Fred Flynn - Director, Madigan TBI Unit
Track 3:
Legal Issues for the Brain Injury Professional
Winning a Traumatic Brain Injury Case: Using Lay Witnesses, Illustrations, New Laws, Imaging, Neuropsychologists and other Practice Pointers - Richard Adler,
Esq., Seattle, WA |
Track 1:
How Can I Promote Hope When Mine Is In Jeopardy?
-Jacek (Jack) A. Haciak, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist
Oregon State Hospital
Community Transition - 40D
Health care providers often find themselves wondering how they will sustain their own hope while assisting a brain injury victim and the severe life challenges their clients can face. This educational session will address two key foundations of hope for service providers and recipients: 1) a good knowledge of the treatments available; and 2) how to provide a shared, but emotionally safe, treatment relationship with our clients, allowing us to help them keep their hopes alive.
Objectives: Participants will:
1. review evidence based treatments available for individuals affected by acquired brain injury and their mechanisms of effectiveness
2. become familiar with two ways of creating a treatment structure which promotes self-confidence and hope
3. examine ways to connect with the emotional reality our clients experience while maintaining effective boundaries and the ability to provide an expert and objective source of treatment
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Track 2:
The Benefits of Hippotherapy for the Brain Injured Client,
Sharon Stapleton, RN
Track 3:
Alternative Medicine: A Highly Positive Outcome Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of MTBI Dr. Bob Pfiffer
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10:45 am - 12:00
pm |
10:45 am - 12:00
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Track 1: Concussions and the most up to date management of the injury - Dr. Scott Laker,
MD, Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation in Seattle, Washington.
Track 2:
The Idaho Vet Model
- Russ Spearman,
Idaho TBI Director and Ron Grigsby, Idaho
TBI survivor
This presentation will give an overview
of what Idaho is doing for veterans and how
one vet, injured in Iraq is recovering from
his injuries. Russ will focus on the work accomplished via Idaho's TBI Implementation
Grant and will include an overview of
Idaho's new partnership grant with a focus on returning service members and their families.
Ron Grigsby, a traumatic brain injury survivor,
is actively involved with the Brain Injury Association of Washington’s Spokane chapter, as well as a member of the TBI Idaho Foundation. On March 21, 2007, while working as an independent contractor for Blackwater in the Middle East, the convoy he was riding in was hit. The explosion threw him more than 40 feet, with an impact estimated at 13 g. His helmet was caved in 1½” and was found several feet away. He was LifeFlighted to Germany, and spent months in hospitals in the Middle East, Idaho and Washington. The injury resulted in a devastating traumatic brain injury (TBI) and broken neck. Family, friends, good doctors, support groups, training and the strength to drive on have made this tough journey to recovery a much easier path. After many difficult months of recovery, he
is proud—and lucky—to be working again.
Track 3:
Legal Issues for the Brain Injury Professional
Winning a Traumatic Brain Injury Case: Using Lay Witnesses, Illustrations, New Laws, Imaging, Neuropsychologists and other Practice Pointers - Richard Adler,
Esq., Seattle, WA
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Track 1:
Treatments that are working for TBI patients - Daniele Erb, MD.
Track 2: Brainline.org -
Theresa Rankin
Track 3:Alternative
Medicine: A Highly Positive Outcome Approach
to Diagnosis and Treatment of MTBI
Dr. Bob Pfiffer |
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
Tae Kwon Do
Demonstration
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12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
Meeting of the Members
Tae Kwon Do
Demonstration
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1:00 pm -
2:00 pm |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
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Track
1: Mild TBI: Failures of Controlled Processing
- Michael Sullivan, Ph.D.
Dr. Sullivan will
discuss the nature of attentional lapse in
mild TBI and PTSD
Track 2: Serving Behavioral Needs after Brain Injury
Debra Braunling-McMorrow, Ph.D., Vice President ABI Service Diversification, The MENTOR Network
Often following brain injury a person with brain injury may experience behavioral issues, which may significantly interfere with their lives. While an unfortunately common issue, many providers feel inadequate in addressing the often complex and dangerous behaviors that a person may demonstrate. This presentation is intended to provide an overview of contemporary behavioral interventions applicable to a variety of behavioral issues and settings. In addition, the attendee will learn practical strategies in providing least restrictive treatment alternatives. Sample Personal Intervention plans utilizing contemporary and least restrictive treatment alternatives will also be discussed. In addition, the importance of understanding behavioral sequences and the importance of windows of opportunities in determining when to provide support will be discussed.
Track 3:
Legal Issues for the Brain Injury Professional
TBI and Workers Comp - Chris Frost, JD |
Track 1:
Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome:
Finding a Sense of Control When Faced With Internal Chaos
- Jacek (Jack) A. Haciak, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist
Oregon State Hospital
Community Transition - 40D
The plight of many returning veterans suffering blast injuries compounded by the effects of trauma is one of internal chaos, and extreme compensatory responses. No matter the diagnostic labels applied, the person struggles to regain a sense of control. This educational session will explore: 1) the dynamics involved in this struggle; 2) identify key factors needing attention; and 3) the mechanisms for gradually providing an external structure by which internal organization and self-confidence can return.
Objectives: Participants will:
1) become familiar with the interplay of symptoms stemming from post-traumatic stress disorder and acquired brain injury
2) identify and understand the phases of the coordinated treatments and factors common to each phase
3) review the form and adaptive components of treatment structures which help organize thoughts, emotions, and daily functioning
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Track 2:
Meet the Author: Joan Ryan
Track 3: Legislative
Advocacy--States working together
Colorado
Minnesota
Oregon
Washington |
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm |
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm |
Track 1:
Cognitive Rehabilitation IS Medically
Necessary-Kathy de Domingo,
MS, CCC-SLP and Laurie Ehlhardt, PhD,
CCC-SLP
A ToolKit for Working with Insurance Companies to Fund Treatment
Description: The 2009 Oregon State Legislature passed a law mandating that insurance companies pay for all “medically necessary” treatment following a traumatic brain injury; this should include cognitive rehabilitation. This presentation is for professionals (e.g., speech pathologists, OTs, case managers and attorneys) and family members who advocate on behalf of survivors to insure insurance companies cover cognitive rehabilitation treatment post-injury.
Track 2:
The Oregon VA Poly Trauma Team - Andrea Ingrid Karl MD,
Director of the Portland VA Polytrauma
program; Katherine Noonan, PhD, a psychologist with the Post Deployment Health and Polytrauma
Clinics; Ellen Kessi, Social Work Case Manager for the Polytrauma Support Clinic
Track 3: Essential
Insights - Learning Today for Tomorrows
Success - Laurie Van-Si, MS.ED |
Track 1: Adult Human Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury - Associate Professor and PI Larry Sherman, PhD, OHSU Primate Center
A number of recent studies have indicated
that neural stem cells can either directly
or indirectly impact on recovery following
insults the the central nervous system.
This talk will review several questions
related to these findings including:
- What are neural stem cells?
- Where do neural stem cells reside in the
brain?
- How do neural stem cells respond to brain
injury?
- How do transplanted or injected neural
stem cells influence injury repair?
- How does the injury microenvironment
impede repair by neural stem cells?
Track 2:
Typewell - Sharon Allen
Coordinator of Interpreting and Transcribing Services
Disability Access Services
Portland Community College.
Track 3: Brain Injury Survivors Speaking Out Heads
Up!
Finding Possibility and Purpose
with Head Injury - Eane Huff,
MS
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3:00 pm -
4:00 pm |
3:00 pm -
4:00 pm |
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Track 1:
Cutting Edge Rehab that is working -
Bill Thornton, MPT, Clinical
Director, Level Eleven Physical Therapy
Track 2:
Shaun's Victories TBI Tae Kwon Do Team
Track 3: Supporting Students with TBI in Oregon
Presenters: Pat Sublette, Ph.D. Laura Bekken TBI Liaison Region 8, Penny
Jordan, TBI Liaison Region 6
This presentation will feature a brief
overview of supports for students with TBI
across Oregon, Then the focus will shift to
Regions 6 & 8 (which make up the Portland
Metro and surrounding areas) and feature how
to access support for students in these
regions.
Track 1:
Alternative Medicine: How neurofeedback and LENS combined with
Naturopathic medicine can help people with
TBI:
Gil Winkelman, ND, MA Counseling, Naturopathic Physician, Insights To
Health LLC
1. Introduction
2. Overview of primary organ systems and one
theory of interconnection from a
Naturopathic/Chinese Medicine Perspective
3. Overview of physiology of TBI and how
brain injuries affect other parts of the
body
4. Assessment of how the different body
parts are affected
5. Discussion of LENS, what it is and how it
works
6. Case Studies.
How neurofeedback and LENS combined with
Naturopathic medicine can help people with
TBI:
Continued Track 2:
Shaun's Victories TBI Tae Kwon Do Team Track 3:
Traumatic Brain Injury Study: A study looking at the relationship between level of executive functioning and coping strategies among brain injury
survivors.. Zach Bayer, PhD
candidate |
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4:00 pm -
5:00 pm |
Track 1: Cutting Edge Rehab that is working
- Bill Thornton, MPT, Clinical Director, Level Eleven Physical Therapy
continued
Track 2:
Brainline.org -
A new way to help vets
in need and their families
Track 3:
Parent to Parent-thinking out of the box to meet the needs of your child with TBI in schools.
(Co-facilitated by a parent with a child with TBI)
Pat Sublette, Ph.D. (Cathy Chenail, Parent of a young adult with TBI)
Meeting a child’s needs in the school after your child’s TBI is extremely challenging for many families. This session focuses on finding solutions and strategies to working cooperatively with school personnel to help meet the needs of students with TBI.
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Track 1:
Alternative Medicine: How neurofeedback and LENS combined with
Naturopathic medicine can help people with
TBI:
Continued
Track 2: "Unleash the Beast" workshop
- Benjamin Luskin
Unleash the Beast is a holistic conditioning program (geared toward individuals of all ability levels) based on Indonesian martial arts that uses animal movements to reawaken primal modes of expression. Based on my own path of recovery, it is especially useful for TBI survivors because it "retrains" the brain. Emphasis is placed on the individual's relation to his/her body rather than the body's relation to the environment. As a result,
participants are able to move without any expectations or restrictions.
They are able to experience success at every
moment.
Track 3:
TBI Toastmasters Club Presentation
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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, CPDM, CDMS, CCMC Hours:
March 4: 7.5 hours ; March 6-7: 6.5 hours each day
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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:
2010 Conference
Brain Injury Association of Oregon
PO Box 549
Molalla OR 97038
Or Fax to: (503)
961-8730
Confirmation and Cancellation Policies
To register,
please register online, contact us via
e-mail at
biaor@biaorgon.orgg or by telephone at
1-800-544-5243 or 503-740-3155, M-F, 9-5.
No refunds will be
issues for cancellations; however,
registrations are transferable..
Substitutions are always welcomed and
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Registration,
Payment, and Refund Policy
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, 2010, to be eligible for
discount. No refunds will be
issued for cancellations;
however, registrations are transferable.
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Education Units: 13 hours for Friday and
Saturday, 19 hours for all three days
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