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Featuring:
Keynote Speaker Friday- Governor Kulongoski-
How Oregon has pulled together for the Returning
Vets
Keynote Speaker Saturday—Dr. Herbert Gross,
Neurophychiatrist, the "story" of how we have come
to know TBI and how it has evolved in our
understanding and what is currently going on in the
country to further the knowledge of TBI.
6th Annual Pacific Northwest Brain Injury
Conference
The Brain Injury Association of Oregon (BIAOR)
invites you to participate in the 6th Annual Pacific
Northwest Brain Injury Conference: “Living
with Brain Injury: Emerging Partnerships”.
The two day conference will be held on Friday and
Saturday, Feb 29-March 1, 2008, at The Sheraton
Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 N.E. Airport Way,
Portland, Oregon 97220-1398
https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/landingPage.jsp
Brain Injury Association of Oregon Conference 2008
Rates Single / Double rate: $119
Reservations: (503) 281-2500 or (888) 625-5144
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2008 Pacific Northwest Brain
Injury: Living with Brain
Injury-Emerging Partnerships
Conference Program |
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Friday, February 29 (Professional
Focus) |
Saturday, March 1 (Professional
& Consumer Focus) |
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7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Foyer
Registration and Check-in -
Continental Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Foyer
Registration and Check-in -
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Mt
Hood A
Welcome to BIA Conference 2008 |
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Mt
Hood A
Meeting of the Members
8:00 a.m. - 8:15a.m. Mt
Hood A
Welcome to BIA Conference 2008 |
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8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Mt Hood A: Keynote Speaker
-
Governor Kulongoski
( or his representative) - How
Oregon has pulled together for
the Returning Vets |
8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Mt Hood A: Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Herbert Gross,
a Neurophysiologist and
Neurophychiatrist, will share
with us how the recognition and
awareness of how mild to
moderate Brain Injury has
evolved during the past 45 years
of his experience. |
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9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A:
TBI Model Systems: an update -
Kathy Bell, MD
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Serving Behavioral Needs after
Brain Injury - Martin J.
McMorrow, MS; The MENTOR Network
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
TBI and Blast Injury - Adam
Nelson, PhD, Oregon VA |
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A: Interactional
and Formal Approaches to
Behavioral Issues after Brain
Injury - Martin J. McMorrow, MS;
The MENTOR Network
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Traumatic Brain Injury and Kids:
Is There Anything New? Sharon
Stapleton
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
WIN - Oregon's Work Incentive
Network: Molly Sullivan and
Sherri Rita |
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10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A:
TBI Model Systems: an update -
Kathy Bell, MD (cont)
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Neurobiofeedback for TBI- Kayla
Sandberg-Lewis, MS
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
PTSD & TBI – Panel: Thomas
Schumacher, WA Dept of VA and OR
Dept of VA |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A:
Interactional and Formal
Approaches to Behavioral Issues
after Brain Injury, by Martin J.
McMorrow, MS; Director of
National Business Development;
The MENTOR Network (Continued)
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Feeling the Blues: Dealing With
Insurance Companies - Panel -
Moderator Jan Johnson
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Strategies for Working Again, by
Kathy Moeller |
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12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Mt
Hood B
Lunch Speaker:
Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary
of State |
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Mt
Hood B
TBI Skit by Kids in the Block |
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1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Track 1:Mt Hood A:
Brain Injury Trial Strategies
and Training - Understand Brain
Injury and Win Higher Awards for
your clients, by Fred Langer,
Esq., WA
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
What a Neuro chiropractor can
do—Dr. Thomas Kelly
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Rebuilding Shattered Lives -
Tri-Dimensional Rehabilitation -
Jeff Snell, PhD, Quality Living,
Inc |
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A:
Depression and BI - Will Levin -
has developed a self-help
interactive video in CD format
addressing depression
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Advocacy Training - How to make
a difference to your legislator
- Senator Bill Morrisette and
former Rep. Tootie Smith
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
How to File for SSI/SSDI and get
it – Attorney’s Sharon Maynard
and Kim Tucker |
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2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Track 1:Mt Hood A:
What an attorney needs to know
about TBI
(Continued)
Track 2: Mt Hood C: :
Student Transitions Post-TBI:
From Hospital to School to the
Community and Beyond, by Robin
Barbier, Don Hood, Kevin Prier,
TR
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
The Assessment and Co-treatment
of balance and vision impairment
following ABI.- Kevi Ames, PT,
and Julie Allen, OT
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2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Track 1:
Mt Hood A:
Children and brain injury - Dr.
David Spiro, OHSU, Chief,
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
You can recover - a survivors
story. Tyler Blitz and Dr.
Charles Kilo of GreenField
Health
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Family Panel - The needs of
Families dealing with TBI |
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3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A:
What an attorney needs to know
about TBI
- Dr. Herbert Gross
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Serving students with traumatic
brain injury (TBI) in the
schools: Utilizing the Oregon
TBI Consulting Team for
education and support - Pat
Sublette
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Idaho Virtual Training Program -
Russ Spearman |
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Track 1:
Mt
Hood A:
Sports Concussion and Brain
Injury - Dr. Bryan Andresen
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Brain Injury Prevention -
protectyourhead.com - Wendy
Williams, Brain Trust, CA
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Caregiver Training and education
with interactive skits– Legacy
Caregiver Alliance |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Track 1: Mt Hood A:
What an attorney needs to know
about TBI : Dr Aaron DeShaw
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
Oregon Concussion Awareness and
Management Program: Making an
Impact - Dr. Michael Koester
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Co-occurring disorders including
substance abuse, mental illness
and depression - Rebecca Curtis,
State of Oregon Mental Health |
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Track 1:
Mt
Hood A:
Understanding the Brain - Wendy
Williams, BrainTrust CA
Track 2: Mt Hood C:
The Application of Guided
Learning Techniques to Create
Successful Daily Routines. -
Dawn Hiesler, PhD
Track 3: Cascade A&B:
Caregiver Training and education
with interactive skits– Legacy
Caregiver Alliance |
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Friday, February 29 (Professional
Focus) |
Saturday, March 1 (Professional &
Consumer Focus) |
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7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in - Continental
Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Registration and Check-in - Continental
Breakfast |
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8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.
Welcome to BIA Conference 2008
8:10 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Opening with Traditional Tribal
Ceremony-Ramona Ahto, WA, Bell Ceremony
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
- Governor Kulongoski- How Oregon has
pulled together for the Returning Vets |
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Meeting of the Members
8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.
Welcome to BIA Conference 2008
8:10 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Opening with Traditional Tribal
Ceremony-Ramona Ahto, WA
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Herbert Gross, CA, Neurophychiatrist,
the "story" of how we have come to know
TBI and how it has evolved in our
understanding and what is currently
going on in the country to further the
knowledge of TBI. |
|
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Track 1:
TBI Model Systems - Kathy Bell, MD
Track 2:
Serving Behavioral Needs after Brain
Injury, by Martin J. McMorrow, MS;
Director of National Business
Development; The MENTOR Network
Track 3:
TBI and Blast Injury - Adam Nelson, PhD,
Oregon VA |
10:00
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Track 1: Interactional
and Formal Approaches to Behavioral
Issues after Brain Injury, by Martin J.
McMorrow, MS; Director of National
Business Development; The MENTOR Network
Track 2:
Traumatic Brain Injury and Kids: Is
There Anything New? by Sharon Stapleton
Track 3:
WIN - Oregon's Work Incentive Network:
Molly Sullivan and Sherri Rita |
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10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Track 1:
TBI Model Systems - Kathy Bell, MD
Track 2:
Neurobiofeedback - Kayla Sandberg-Lewis
Track 3: PTSD
& TBI – Maj Jim Sardo, PhD, Regional VA |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Track 1:
Interactional and Formal Approaches to
Behavioral Issues after Brain Injury, by
Martin J. McMorrow, MS; Director of
National Business Development; The
MENTOR Network (Continued)
Track 2:
Feeling the Blues: Dealing With
Insurance Companies - Panel - Moderator
Jan Johnson
Track 3:
Strategies for Working Again, by Kathy
Moeller |
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12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Lunch Speaker:
Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State |
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
TBI Skit by Kids in the Block |
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Track 1:
Brain Injury Trial Strategies and
Training - Understand Brain Injury and
Win Higher Awards for your clients, by
Fred Langer, Esq., WA, Darrell D.
Dorrell, CPA/ABV, MBA, ASA, CVA, CMA,
DABFA
Track 2:
Thomas Kelly, neuro chiropractor
Track 3:
QLI’s clinical model Tri-Dimensional
Rehabilitation - Dr Hiesler and Dr.
Snell, QLI |
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Track 1:
Depression and BI - Will Levin - has
developed a self-help interactive video
in CD format addressing depression
Track 2:
Brain Injury Prevention -
protectyourhead.com, by Wendy Williams,
Director Community Development with
Brain Trust
Canada
Track 3:
How to File for SSI/SSDI and get it –
Attorney’s Sharon Maynard and Kim Tucker |
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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Track 1:
What an attorney needs to know about TBI
(Continued)
Track 2:
Student Transitions Post-TBI: From
Hospital to School to the Community and
Beyond, by Robin Barbier, Don Hood,
Kevin Prier, Teaching Research
Track 3:
Kevi Ames, PT, and Julie Allen, OT. The
Assessment and Co-treatment of balance
and vision impairment following ABI.
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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Track 1:
Dr. David Spiro, OHSU, Chief, Pediatric
Emergency Medicine; Children and brain
injury
Track 2: You can recover - a survivors
story.
Tyler Blitz and Dr. Charles Kilo of
GreenField Health
Track 3:
Family Panel - Families dealing with the
emotions of dealing with TBI |
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3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Track 1:
What an attorney needs to know about TBI
(Continued)
Track 2:
Serving students with traumatic brain
injury (TBI) in the schools: Utilizing
the Oregon TBI Consulting Team for
education and support, by Pat Sublette
Track 3:
Idaho Virtual Training Program - Russ
Spearman
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3:00
p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Track 1:
The Guided Learning process used at QLI.
- Dr Hiesler and Dr. Snell, QLI
Track 2:
Sports Concussion and Brain Injury - Dr.
Bryan Andresen
Track 3:
Caregiver Training and education with
interactive skits– Legacy Caregiver
Alliance |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Track 1:
What an attorney needs to know about TBI
(Continued)
Track 2:
Understanding the Brain, by Wendy
Williams, Director Community Development
with BrainTrust Canada
Track 3:
Co-occurring disorders including
substance abuse, mental illness and
depression - Rebecca Curtis, State of
Oregon Mental Health
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Track 1:
ImPACT - ImPACT Concussion Management
Software
Track 2:
Advocacy Training - So what are the
other states doing that we can do?
Tootie Smith
Track 3:
Caregiver Training and education with
interactive skits– Legacy Caregiver
Alliance (Continued) |
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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:
2008 Conference
Brain Injury Association of Oregon
2145 NW Overton •
Portland OR 97210-2924
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.
Cancellations must be received in writing by
February 15, 2008 to qualify for a refund. A
$25.00 administrative fee will be deducted.
Substitutions are always welcomed and
no-shows will be billed.
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 15, 2008, to be eligible for
discount. All cancellations are subject to
a $25 processing fee. No refunds will be
issued for cancellations received after Feb
15, 2008;
however, registrations are transferable.
  Continuing
Education Units:
SPL,
CRCC, CDMS, CLE CEU’s will be available
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