Two
major Brain Injury Conferences were just announced!
1.
Conference Name: Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Brain Injury: Practical Solutions to Real World Problems
Location and Dates:
Description: This two-day national conference will provide information on contemporary challenges facing survivors, caregivers, and professionals. Practical strategies for achieving successful outcomes will be emphasized via lectures, workshops, and panel presentations. Detailed information relating to neurobehavioral, cognitive, functional, vocational, psychosocial, and medical interventions will be provided. Special presentations will address the needs of veterans and school age survivors.
Audience: Multidisciplinary rehabilitation providers who serve both outpatients and inpatients with brain injury and other neurological disorders.
Co-Sponsors:
Contact: Linda Lee, llee@braininjurysvcs.org; phone (703) 451-8881
2.
Conference Name: The National TBI Caregivers’ Conference
Location and
Dates:
Description: Family members and caregivers play a crucial role in helping survivors get better. With the needs of caregivers in mind, this one-day national conference will provide detailed practical information on achieving recovery. Panel presentations, lectures, discussion sessions, and workshops will cover a full range of topics including community and home-based rehabilitation, finding and accessing services, recovery, effective advocacy, and rebuilding relationships. Presentations will also cover behavior management, improving self-awareness and memory, safe driving, return to work and school, emotional recovery, avoiding burnout, siblings and childhood injury, mild brain injury, and how the brain works. Conference presenters include nationally recognized authors, caregivers, survivors, rehabilitation professionals, and advocates.
Registration Fee: The fee is $65 for caregivers who register before April 30th and $85 afterward. The fee is $95 for professionals who register before April 30th and $120 afterward. The registration fee covers the cost of attendance along with lunch, snacks, and refreshments.
Audience: Family members and caregivers of persons with brain injury and other neurological disorders; professionals who provide support and other services to family members and caregivers.
Sponsors and Co-Sponsors: Virginia Commonwealth University, Brain Injury Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Memorial Hermann/TIRR (TX), National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Injury Association of Virginia
Contact: For more information including a conference brochure and registration form, please contact Linda Lee, llee@braininjurysvcs.org; phone (703) 451-8881