10TH ANNUAL
Northern Kentucky
Traumatic Brain Injury Conference
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016
THE FACES OF TBI – FROM INJURY TO RECOVERY
A DECADE OF PROGRESS
Target Audience:
Brain injured survivors, their families, military/veterans,
healthcare professionals, attorneys, educators and students
Each speaker to include: 1) survivor story or experience AND 2) treatment ideas/methods
Objectives:
1. Evaluate and appreciate the evolution of treatment and
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rehabilitative activities for traumatic brain injury in the last
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decade as they relate to effectiveness and progress toward
positive life experiences. (Domain=Cognitive/Attitude;
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Level=Evaluation)
2. Analyze the strategies for ongoing and longer term
approaches for monitoring and improving the lives of
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EXHIBITORS/
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traumatic brain injury survivors and their families.
(Domain=Cognitive; Level=Analysis)
3. Explain and commit to meeting the needs of the recovering
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traumatic brain injury survivor with current medical practice
and non-traditional, holistic therapies.
(Domain=Cognitive/Attitude; Level=Synthesis)
4. Compare the variety of strategies contributing to functional improvement and critique their efficacy in management and recovery
in traumatic brain injury. (Domain=Cognitive; Level=Evaluation)
7:307:50
Pre-Conference Program – MUSIC by Boone County High School Choir
Registration, Continental Breakfast, Sponsor Exhibits, Raffles
BOONE RM
7:508:00
Welcome / Opening Remarks (10 min)
8:009:00
Featured Speaker (1 hr)
CAMPBELL RM
Chell Austin, Executive Director, BIAK
CAMPBELL RM
The Aging Faces of Brain Injury
Debra Braunling-McMorrow, PhD, Learning Services
and Belinda Cole, TBI Survivor
This topic is co-presented by an expert in brain injury and a woman experiencing the effects of aging with her brain
injury. The current literature on the impact of aging will be discussed as well as sharing words of wisdom as one ages
with brain injury and issues often not found in the literature. The concept of resiliency and its importance on a lifelong
quality of life will also be discussed.
9:009:15
Break – Visit Exhibits & Raffle (15 min)
BOONE RM
9:1510:00
TRACK 1 - Clinical
CAMPBELL RM
TRACK 2 - Clinical
KENTON RM
TRACK 3 – Survivor/Caregiver
ELLIS RM
TBI and Suicide: What are the
risks and how can we help?
TBI for Educators
SUPPORT GROUP SESSION
Angela McKeone, MS,
Provisionally Licensed Counselor
Linda Alford, Regional Special
Education Director;
Cindy Waden, PL Coach Behavior,
Differentiation and Co-Teaching
TOPIC: Chronic Sorrow
This presentation will review risk
prevention in managing traumatic
brain injury, therapeutic techniques,
resources and current research.
10:0010:15
10:1511:00
BREAK – Visit Exhibits & Raffle – BOONE RM (15 min)
Outpatient management of chronic
severe TBI in children
Nathan Evanson, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics, division of physical
medicine & rehabilitation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
This presentation will explore
common issues that arise in children
and adolescents with chronic TBI
and give an overview of treatment
options in this population.
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11:1511:30
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This session will offer educators
classroom strategies to use with
children identified with TBI.
Facilitators:
Amy Daniel, MSN, RN, CNOR,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital &
Callie Daniel, TBI Survivor
Small, Novel and Aware:
somatic learning in recovery
Cynthia Allen, GCFP, STMI,
Feldenkrais Practitioner and Integral
Human Gait co-creator
The heart of recovery from TBI is
neuroplasticity. Can the principles of
somatic learning, as experienced
through the Feldenkrais method, offer
something different?
This session will explore how the
quality of somatosensory input can be
vital in shaping the quality of motor
neuronal output and perhaps lower
chronic tone or spasticity and improve
functional outcomes.
Neurobehavioral based problems in
TBI: clinical, behavioral and caregiver
approaches to managing same
D. Bradley Burton, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Hannah M. Kersting, B.A.
Clinical Psychology Graduate Student
Participants will be able to identify
common behavioral issues associated
with traumatic brain injury such as
agitation, Neurogenic Emotional
Disinhibition and lack of
responsiveness, as well as identify the
means to which those types of
behaviors can be potentially managed.
BREAK – Visit Exhibits & Raffle – BOONE RM (15 min)
Buffet Lunch served in BOONE RM; Eat in CAMPBELL or KENTON RM
BRIDGES AWARDS (starting at 11:20 AM) – CAMPBELL RM
Luncheon Featured Speaker (1 hr)
CAMPBELL RM
Traumatic Brain Injury: Recovery and Complications
Ashok Poluri, MD, DABPMR
Medical Director-Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, HealthSouth of Northern Kentucky
and Joshua Blackaby, TBI Survivor
This presentation describes in detail recovery from TBI (physical and mental), common complications encountered with
ways to prevent and treat them accordingly.
Featured Speaker (45 min)
CAMPBELL RM
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The VA Team Approach to Addressing Military TBI
Isaac ankoma Darko, MD, TBI/Polytrauma Rehab Program Medical Director, Rehabilitation Care,
Cincinnati VA Medical Center; University of Cincinnati Affiliate: Physical Medicine and Rehab Associate Professor
Mild TBI is the signature wound of the wars abroad, specifically Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring
Freedom (OEF), and operation new dawn (OND). Improvised explosive devices are the weapons of choice for the
insurgent enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. A significant number of soldiers are surviving these blast injuries due to
improved torso protection, but are sustaining head and neck wounds that exceed those from previous wars. Moderate and
severe traumatic head injuries may be easily identified and aggressively treated, but mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs), or concussions and their symptoms may subtle. The VA TBI/polytrauma system has been established to address
the problems posed by the sequelae of these blast injuries, and Cincinnati VAMC utilizes this team approach to tackle the
difficulties the veterans encounter.
BREAK – Visit Exhibits & Raffle – BOONE RM (15 min)
1:151:30
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Raffle Closes at 1:30 PM; Winners Posted by 2:15 PM
TRACK 1 - Clinical
CAMPBELL RM
TRACK 2 - Clinical
KENTON RM
TRACK 3 – Survivor/Caregiver
ELLIS RM
Not for Lawyers Only: What can be
done for TBI survivors to help
them live the maximum dignity and
autonomy possible
A Functional Neurology Approach to
TBI: Using Real Time Treatment and
Assessment
Functional Approaches to Managing
Memory and Cognitive Deficits in
Individuals with
Traumatic Brain Injury
Alice G. Rini, JD, MS, RN,
Independent Consultant; Faculty
(ret.) Nursing, Law
Issues important to attorneys, health
care professionals, survivors and
families will be addressed, such as
special needs trust and other
assistance
David Heuser, DC; DABCN
This presentation will give a brief
description of functional neurology,
assessing the TBI patient with
instrumentation and physical exam,
modalities of treatment and some
videos of patient exams and stories.
Janice Osborne Dowdy, MS/CCCSLP,CBIS, Lead Speech-Language
Pathologist, NeuroRestorative Ashland
This presentation will focus on ways
individuals and caregivers can
implement strategies and cueing that
will improve independence with
memory.
2:152:30
BREAK – Visit Exhibits – BOONE RM (15 min)
2:303:30
Featured Speaker (1 hr)
CAMPBELL RM
Damage Control in Traumatic Brain Injury
Norberto Andaluz, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati;
Director of Neurotrauma, University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgeon, Mayfield Clinic
This presentation will explain the phases of brain injury and the role of the neurosurgeon in treatment. Recent discoveries
in the area of cortical spreading depressions will be reviewed as well as the link to traumatic brain injury outcomes. The
need for improvement in monitoring secondary injuries will also be explored
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CLOSING REMARKS / EVALUATIONS