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Symposium

Neuroplasticity

Brain Injury

Stroke

What Brain Injury Survivors Want Medical Rehabilitation Professionals to Know 9594

Saturday, November 2, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: ROOM: Cortez B REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms to the end of the hall and turn right. Proceed down the corridor on the left. Cortez B is the last room on the left.

Corresponding Presenter(s)

Mark Halvorsen

Founder of Seminole Spirit Support Group, Brain Injury Survivor
Seminole Spirit Support Group
Woodstock, GA, United States

Presenter(s)

Rene Mills, M.S., CCC-SLP, CBIST

Provider Relations Manager
Craig Hospital
Castle Rock, CO, United States

Slides
D'Anna M. Nowack, SLP.D, CCC/SLP, CBIS

Clinical Assistant Director/Clinical Assistant Professor
Baylor University
Georgetown, TX, United States

Coping with the long-term consequences of acquired brain injury is complex and multi-faceted for families, survivors, and healthcare professionals. With increasingly shorter hospital and inpatient rehabilitation stays due to decreased financial coverage, survivors are often forced to take responsibility for their continued cognitive rehabilitation after the first six to twelve months of injury with few resources available to them. In this presentation, survivors with moderate to severe brain injury who are part of an international peer support group will share their perspectives on living and thriving after their injury.

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Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to describe at least two examples of activities to facilitate neuroplasticity when working with individuals with acquired brain injury.
Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the cognitive and social benefits of community engagement for individuals with acquired brain injury.
Upon completion, participant will be able to identify at least three quality of life measures for survivors of acquired brain injury.

Disclosure(s):

Mark Halvorsen: No financial relationships to disclose

Rene Mills, M.S., CCC-SLP, CBIST: No financial relationships to disclose

D'Anna M. Nowack, SLP.D, CCC/SLP, CBIS: No financial relationships to disclose