Brain Injury Florida

TBI and PTSD: Teasing Apart Complex Associations and Outcomes
2025-01-14 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Maya O’Neil, Ph.D.
In this clinical webinar, Maya O’Neil, Ph.D. will explore how Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affect different aspects of individuals’ lives, including mental health, cognitive function, overall quality of life, sleep, and substance use. She will also discuss treatment options for individuals who have ongoing TBI and PTSD symptoms.
Learning Objectives:

Describe the complex associations between TBI and PTSD.
Identify how both PTSD and TBI relate to short and long term outcomes.
Discuss gaps in PTSD and TBI evidence and how current research is attempting to fill these knowledge gaps.

Includes 1 ACBIS CEU.

Speaker Bio
Dr. Maya O’Neil is a Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University and a Psychology Program Manager at the Portland VA where she sees patients and conducts research. She is also a Core Investigator with the Portland VA’s Health Systems Research Center of Innovation and Associate Director for Education at the VISN 20 Northwest MIRECC. Her research and clinical work focuses on assessment, treatment, and health systems related to PTSD, TBI, and suicide prevention. She is the principal investigator of numerous grants focused on PTSD, TBI, and suicide prevention funded by VA, AHRQ, Department of Defense, and other local and national funding agencies.

Getting Hit, Getting Up, Moving Beyond: Survivors' Inspirational Stories
2025-01-10 15:00 - 16:00 | FL
2025 Brain Injury Survivor Series
Join our 2025 Survivor Roundtable panel discussion facilitated by Joanne Cohen with brain injury (BI) survivors (Panama Yoga, Julie Mankin, Kevin Thompson, Jena Taylor, and Amy Sheber Howard) from our community who have experienced getting hit (they will explain how), who got up (they will discuss who was on their “dream team” professionally and personally and what it took to get up), and how each has moved beyond to create a fulfilling life with a BI. Join us if you would like to feel inspired!
PLEASE REGISTER PRIOR TO JANUARY 10TH AS WE CANNOT GUARANTEE SENDING ZOOM LINK ON THE DAY OF OUR PROGRAM.
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Earn Your Concussion Certificate
2024-12-16 08:00 - 17:00 | FL
Understanding Concussion: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Approaches is a new certificate course offered through the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. Designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of concussion-related issues, this course identifies core topics associated with concussion identification, treatment, and management. It offers an overview of concussion symptoms, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment approaches and is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their foundational understanding of concussion-related issues. Register here.

The Neuroanatomy and Assessment of Language Disturbance in TBI
2024-12-05 03:00 - 17:00 | FL
Cognitive-communication disturbance following traumatic brain injury (TBI) has historically been well characterized, along with recommendations for assessment and treatment. Approaches often focus on underlying disorders of attention, memory, and executive functioning and their impact on communication behaviors, especially in the chronic stages of recovery. Another cognitive domain, language, is often underrecognized in these approaches, and recommendations for management in the acute stage of neurorehabilitation are lacking, leaving clinicians in the inpatient rehabilitation setting with uncertainty about how to work with this population. In this clinical webinar, Kim Frey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS will review findings from a 3-year study investigating acute post-traumatic language disturbance (aPTLD) in an inpatient neurorehabilitation setting.
Learning Objectives:

Explain the neuroanatomy of aphasia in TBI.
List the benefits of considering aphasia in TBI.
Describe clinical presentation and assessment of persons with aphasia due to TBI.

Kim Frey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS, holds a dual Doctorate in Cognitive Science and Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences and has directed the Speech-Language Pathology department at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO since 2012. Clinically, she has worked in the inpatient neurologic rehabilitation setting since 1995, including developing and directing an intensive aphasia program. Dr. Frey has researched, published, and presented on behavioral, cognitive, and communication impairment due to stroke, traumatic brain injury, and viral illness.
Fee: $50 (includes 1 ACBIS CEU)

Life After Stroke: Treatment and Recovery Strategies
2024-11-22 12:00 - 16:00 | FL
This virtual symposium on stroke provides a focus on three potential after-effects of stroke, associated treatment and rehabilitation approaches, along with strategies for family caregivers. Attendees will gain valuable insights into various aspects of stroke care, equipping them with knowledge and resources to support stroke survivors and their families.

Objectives

Increase awareness and understanding of potential effects of stroke.
Explore effective treatment approaches and rehabilitation strategies for stroke survivors.
Provide tools and resources for family caregivers to support stroke survivors in their recovery journey.

CEU Credits
Professionals can earn up to 4 ACBIS CEUs.
Agenda
12:00–12:20 p.m. Introduction & Living Well After Stroke: A Survivor’s Journey
Leroy McClure, Jr. (CALT), Founder, FOCUS Learning Academy and CEO, Triple A Educational Services
12:20-1:00 p.m. Care and Treatment for Hemiparesis Caused by Stroke
Bradley Hill, DPT, NCS, Clinical Leader, Stroke Unit and Lindsey Holbrook, OTD, OTR/L, Sheltering Arms Institute
1:00-1:05 p.m. Break
1:05-1:55 p.m. Assessment and Treatment of Aphasia in Stroke Survivors
Amy Vogel-Eyny, PhD, CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, Dept. of SLP and Audiology, Hunter College; Clinical Specialist, Rusk
Rehabilitation, NYU Langone
1:55-2:00 p.m. Break
2:00-2:55 p.m. Managing Spasticity: Current Treatments and Future Prospects
Cindy Ivanhoe, MD, Director, Spasticity and Associated Syndromes of Movement, TIRR Memorial Hermann
2:55-3:00 p.m. Break
3:00-3:55 p.m. Tools and Resources for Stroke Survivors & Family Caregivers
Greg Ayotte, CBIST, Director of Consumer Services, BIAA
3:55-4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks & Adjourn

Who Should Attend

Stroke survivors
Family caregivers
Rehabilitation Clinicians
Case Managers
Psychologists
Social Workers
Nurses and Physicians
Physical Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Recreational Therapists
Speech/Language Pathologists
Students

Connecting Practice to Data: Implementation Strategies to Increase Collection of Core Outcome Measures in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
2024-11-20 08:00 - 15:00 | FL
Capturing analyzable data about clinical care as a by-product of care is a foundational component of learning from practice in a learning health system. But capturing meaningful data that can be analyzed may require focused implementation efforts. In this research webinar, Emily Evans, PT, DPT, Ph.D., and Stacey Zalanowski, PT, DPT, will describe the process undertaken by one inpatient rehabilitation facility to improve the collection of performance-based physical function outcome measures included in a core set of outcome measures recommended by the American Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. They will describe the process using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) framework, and Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) taxonomy of implementation strategies.
Learning Objectives

Explain the role of clinical data within the learning health system model.
Describe the EPIS framework and the role of process frameworks in implementation efforts.
Discuss the significance of implementation strategies in successful implementation efforts.

Emily Evans, PT, DPT, Ph.D. is an assistant professor and health services researcher in the Department of Physical Therapy at Boston University, as well as a per diem physical therapist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. She has a combined 18 years of experience in brain injury rehabilitation as a physical therapist, case manager, and researcher. Her research involves close collaboration with clinicians and health systems, utilizing observational data and implementation methods to support improvements in care delivery and outcomes.
Stacey Zalanowski, PT, DPT is the Rehabilitation Manager of the Stroke and Pediatric Programs at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA. She has worked with the neurological population for over 20 years in a variety of healthcare settings but predominantly in inpatient rehabilitation facilities. As a member of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital advancing practice committee, she has experience in guiding quality improvement efforts to improve care quality in inpatient rehabilitation settings and led the facility’s effort to increase the collection of standardized functional outcome measures within the facility.
Fee: $50 (includes 1 ACBIS CEU)

Taking the First Step, No Matter How Small
2024-11-12 15:00 - 17:00 | FL
In this Butch Alterman Memorial webinar, Nick Prefontaine shares his brain injury survival story. He suffered a brain injury in a snowboarding accident and was in a coma for three weeks. His parents were told that he probably wouldn’t be able to walk, talk, or eat on his own ever again. He utilized a system, the S.T.E.P. system, to not only make a full recovery but run out of the hospital. S.T.E.P. stands for: Support, Trust, Energy, and Persistence. Learn how anyone can use the S.T.E.P. system to get through their trauma and thrive.

A New Clinical Approach to Treating Anger after Brain Injury
2024-11-07 15:00 - 17:00 | FL
In this David Strauss Clinical webinar, Dawn Neumann, Ph.D., FACRM will describe newly identified factors, known as negative attributions, that significantly contribute to anger and aggression after brain injury. Dr. Neumann will demonstrate two assessments that can be used to clinically evaluate a patient’s tendency toward negative attributions and describe a new clinical approach for treating anger and aggression associated with negative attributions called Intervention to Change Attributions that are Negative (ICAN).
Learning Objectives:

Explain what negative attributions are and their relation to anger and aggression after brain injury.
Discuss assessments that can be used to evaluate patients for negative attribution style thinking.
Describe the ICAN approach to treating anger and aggression.

Includes 1 ACBIS CEU.
Speaker Bio
Dawn Neumann, PhD, FACRM is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair. She has a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from SUNY Buffalo, NY and her MA in Psychology from Rutgers, NJ. Her research aims to advance the understanding and treatment of social cognition and emotion dysregulation deficits after traumatic brain injury. She serves on the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation editorial review board, and has received several recognitions, including the ACRM Deborah Wilkerson Award, ACRM Mitchell Rosenthal Award, and the Joshua Cantor Scholar Award.

National Physical Therapy Awareness Month
2024-10-01 04:00 - 2024-10-31 13:00 | FL
Since 1992, October has been celebrated as National Physical Therapy Month, a time to honor and celebrate all the physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) across the United States. This month-long celebration is a tribute to the professionals who help patients regain their quality of life and an opportunity to educate the public on the critical role PTs and PTAs play in healthcare.

Concussion Awareness Day
2024-09-20 04:00 - 13:00 | FL
Recognized annually on September 20, National Concussion Awareness Day is a chance to start a conversation and increase concussion awareness, raise funds for charitable organizations dedicated to brain injury and show support for those affected through social media, community events and press coverage.

Bowling for Brain Injury Tampa
2024-08-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Brandon Crossroads Bowl, 609 Crater Ln, Tampa, FL, 33619, United States
Join us at Bowling for Brain Injury Tampa to have fun bowling while supporting a great cause!

Saturday, August 17th, 3pm

@ Brandon Crossroads Bowl

Ways to get involved:

1. Register to bowl and share your bowling page with friends and family to raise funds to benefit BIF

2. Visit the event page and donate to help registered bowlers reach their fundraising goals. You can sponsor bowlers or give donations directly to BIF at the event page.

Link for Event: https://tampabowl.dojiggy.io/4c4215

Brain Injury Florida Annual Conference
2024-05-09 04:00 - 12:30 | Hillsborough Community College, 1206 N. Park Rd, Plant City, FL, 33563, United States
Registrations are NOW OPEN!

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