November 8 & 9, 2012 Westin Harbour Castle Hotel 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario

~ Platinum Sponsors ~

~ Gold Sponsors ~

~ Silver Sponsors ~ Able Translations Ltd. | Adapt-Able Design Group | ADL Home Health Care Inc. | Bartimaeus Inc. | Baxter Structures | Bayshore Home Health | Beverlee C. Melamed & Associates Inc. | BridgePoint Financial Services Inc. | Carranza LLP | Community Solutions Ltd. | Elements Support Services | Falconeri Munro Tucci LLP | F.O.R.S. Family Oriented Rehab Services | FunctionAbility Rehabilitation Services | Galit Liffshiz & Associates | Gluckstein & Associates LLP | Hanson•Duby Lawyers | Henderson® Structured Settlements LP | HILL Program | Inter-Action Rehabilitation Inc. | Lawlor Therapy Support Services Inc. | McKellar Structured Settlements Inc. | Michelle Cohen & Associates | MindWorks | NHI Nursing & Homemakers Inc. | Neuro-Rehab Services Inc. | Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario | Omega Medical Associates | March of Dimes Canada | Pace Law Firm | Post Traumatic Rehabilitation Services | Rapid City Transportation | Rehab First Inc. | Rehabilitation Management Inc. | Rich Rotstein Chartered Accountants LLP | Saint Elizabeth | Source Rehabilitation Services Inc. | Step Up! ABI Recovery (a division of Brain Injury Services) | STOPConcussions (sponsored by PACE Law Firm) | The Social Work Consulting Group | The Speech Therapy Centres of Canada | Vocational Alternatives Inc. | Wright and Associates Rehabilitation Inc. ~ Friends of the Network ~ Aimee Hayes And Associates | Catastrophic Injury Management | Credit Valley Neuropsychology Group | Dianne M. Taylor & Associates Inc. | | Sian Owen Physiotherapy | The Positive Approach |

November 8-9, 2012 Westin Harbour Castle

Day 1

Thursday, November 8, 2012

7:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 Opening Remarks 8:45 – 9:45 Keynote Address: What Neurosurgeons Can Learn From Talking With Patients: A Qualitative Journey Mark Bernstein, BSc, MD, MHSc (Bioethics), FRCSC Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital Qualitative research has long been used in social sciences research but less so in medicine, and little in the world of surgery. The author reports on his use of qualitative research to explore the narrative of various aspects of the patients' experiences. He has found that the results can makes us better health care providers. 9:45 – 10:30

Break & Poster Review Room A

10:30 11:15

Experiences with Student 'Return to Learn' Following Concurrent Concussion in a School Setting Sessions Presenters: Clare Brandys, PhD, CPsych, Private Practice/Consultant to St. Michael's College School And Barbara Csenge, B Ed, Director of Learning Enrichment, St. Michael's College School 11:25 12:10

The Paradox of Predicting Persistent Concussion Concurrent Symptoms in Sessions Children and Adolescents

Room B

Room C

Room D

Quality and Implementation of Daily Activity Schedules and Supervisor Floor Time in Group Homes for Adults with Acquired Brain Injuries

Bring Back That Loving Feeling Sexuality and Relationships After Brain Injury

Community-Based Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation of Persons with Brain Injury following MVC

Presenters: Caron Gan, RN, MScN, AAMFT Clinical Fellow & Approved Supervisor, Registered Marriage & Family Therapist, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Presenter: Christopher Dywan, PhD, CPsych, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Kaplan and Kaplan Psychologists

Presenter: Bruce Linder PhD, CPsych, BCBA-D Clinical Director, Brain Injury Services

And Jon Lehti, Survivor

The Development and Implementation of a Certificate Program for Unregulated Health Professionals Providing ABI Services

Eat Well Live Well with Acquired Brain Injury: Optimize Brain Function Through Proper Nutrition

Results of a Multi-center randomized control trial using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for TBI to treat depression

Day 1

Thursday, November 8, 2012 Presenter: Roger Zemek, MD Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Presenters: Judy Quance, BSc Psych Bartimaeus, Inc. And Jan Narduzzi, BScPT, MBA, CAE Brain Injury Services

12:10 1:30 1:30 - 2:30 Rapid Podium

Presenter: Kylie James, BSc (OT), CNP Neuro-Nuts And Joanne Smith, BA, Diploma BRT, CNP Neuro-Nuts

Presenters: Melissa Felteau, MAdEd, Lakehead University And Mary Donaghy, PhD Neurolocomotor Services, St. Joseph’s Care Group (Thunder Bay)

Lunch & Poster Review Rapid Podium Presentations - 6 presentations (8 minutes each) Title: Exploring the link between traumatic brain injury and homelessness: a feasibility study Presenter: Jane Topolovec-Vranic, PhD, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto Title: Modifiable factors that predict successful social, behavioural and scholastic reintegration in students who have previously sustained an acquired brain injury: Evidence from a province-wide investigation Presenters: Dawn Good, PhD, CPsych, Brock University; Peter Rumney, MD, FRCPC, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab & Dept. of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; Sheila Bennett, EdD, Faculty of Education Brock University Title: Health professionals’ perspectives in implementing the LIFEspan model of pediatric to adult rehabilitation transitional care Presenter: Shauna Kingsnorth, PhD, Evidence to Care Lead, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Title: How Clinician “Talk” Affects Self-Identified Goal-setting in Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury Presenter: Anne Hunt, PhD (candidate) OT Reg (Ont), University of Toronto & Rotman Research Institute Baycrest Title: Yoga Warriors as a Treatment method for Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Presenter: Nicole Taylor, Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Warriors Instructor and Trainer, Taylor Made Yoga; RPN, Southlake Hospital Title: The relationship between TBI history and substance abuse: building the case for integrated care Presenters: Carolyn Lemsky, PhD, CPsych, Community Head Injury Resource Service; Judith Gargaro, Med, Community Head Injury Resource Services; Ann Hilliard, MSW, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Day 1

Thursday, November 8, 2012

2:35 - 3:20

Did Travis Bickel Have a Brain Injury? Concurrent Assessing the Potential for Violence in Sessions Individuals with a Brain Injury Presenter: Rolf B. Gainer, PhD., Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario

3:20 - 3:45

Participation in a Social and Recreational Day Program Increases Community Integration and Reduces Family Burden of Persons with Acquired Brain Injury Presenters: Gary Gerber, PhD, CPsych West Park Healthcare Centre And Kelly Gunnell, DSW COTA Health

Cultural Sensitivity in Acquired Brain Injury Clients Presenters: Amir Etemadi, Child and Youth work/ Social worker, F.O.R.S. And Esmaeil Senedjani, Social Work Coordinator, F.O.R.S.

Post-Concussion Syndrome Treatment Framework and a Story of Recovery: Perspectives from the Patient and ABI Team Presenters: Shannon McGuire, BHSc(PT) St. Joseph's Health Centre - Parkwood Hospital And Becky Moran, OT, St. Joseph's Health Centre Parkwood Hospital

Break & Poster Review

3:45 – 5:00 Keynote Address Braindamadj'd (Including film screening) Paul Nadler Survivor/patient/student/director and author How making a film about living with TBI exposed Paul to, prepared him for, and taught him how to live with TBI. The session will follow his experiences in making the film from preproduction through postproduction and beyond… 5:00 - 7:00

Closing Remarks and Networking Reception - Details to be announced

November 8-9, 2012 Westin Harbour Castle Day 2 7:30

Friday, November 9, 2012 Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 Greetings 8:45 – 9:45 Keynote Address ~ Neural Plasticity: Foundation for Neurorehabilitation Jeffrey Kleim, PhD Associate Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering (SBHSE) Neuroscience, Arizona State University Neurorehabilitation is in the midst of a paradigm shift that is centered around research into neural plasticity. Dr. Kleim will review the key neural and behavioural signals driving neuroplastic change in the context of treating brain injury and disease. He will also present evidence of the efficacy of plasticity promoting adjuvant therapies in animal models of brain injury, and discuss the process of translating this basic science into clinical applications. 9:45 – 10:00

10:00 – 11:30 Concurrent Workshops

Break & Poster Review Room A

Room B

Room C

Room D

Sport-concussion 101: Understanding Concussion in Athletes Informs Best Practice Assessment and Management of mTBI in Other Populations

Shared care in Mental Health and ABI: Can the whole be more than the sum of the parts?

Practice and Research in Northern and Rural Areas: Challenges, opportunities, and adventures

Practising Best Practices: Facilitating positive school reintegration for ABI youth, post-Injury or illness

Presenter:

Presenters: Jan Heneberry, BA BEd, Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (OCTC);

Presenters: Carolyn Lemsky, PhD, CPsych, Community Presenter: Head Injury Resource Paul Comper, PhD, C Services (CHIRS); Psych, Neuro Admin / Mohamed Badsha, Neurology, Toronto Reconnect Mental Rehab/UHN Health Services; Judy Gargaro, MSc, MEd, West Park Healthcare Centre

Michel Lariviere, BPHE, MA, PhD, Center for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Laurentian University and Human Kinetics & Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Jaye Blakeley, BA, PGCE, Community Resource Teacher (CRT),

Bloorview School Authority; Jim Donohoo, B Ed, Education Consultant with the John McGivney Children’s Centre (JMCC) School Authority Moderators: Trish Courneyea, the Bloorview School Authority; Kathy Soulliere, John McGivney Children’s Centre (JMCC) School Authority

Day 2

Friday, November 9, 2012

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch and Poster Review

12:30 – 1:30

Keynote Address ~ The Impact of Brain Injury and the Invisible TBI on Military Personnel: one soldier’s transition to civilian life Michael Blois, Law student, University of Western Ontario and former Master Corporal of the Royal Canadian Regiment, injured in Afghanistan Mike Blois will discuss how the cultural attitudes of the military towards brain injury affected him. He will describe his experience in moving away from the military to become a prospective lawyer, and how this transition could not have occurred without changing his view of himself and his injury.

1:30 – 1:55 Break and last vote for Peoples’ Choice Room A 1:55 – 2:40 A Proactive Approach Concurrent to Aggressive Sessions Behaviour Management Presenters: Gregory Saxe, BA, Ethics Vista Centre Brain Injury Services And Stéphane Hébert, BA Psych, RSW, Vista Centre Brain Injury Services

Room B

Room C

Room D

Filming Possibility: A Project-Based Approach to Group Activity and Socialization in Youth with an ABI

Designing a Brain Injury Strategy - When Patients, Family and Front-line Staff Lead the Way

Sharing Our Experience with CIMT (Constraint Induced Movement Therapy) 5 years Post Injury

Presenters: Lisa Kakonge-Clayton, MSc, Reg, CASLPO, CCC-SLP, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital And Valerie Lusted, MSW, RSW, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital And Mychal Reeves, Survivor

Presenters: Presenters: Jill Congram, RN, BN, Nancy Katsouras, OT Alberta Health Services Reg (Ont) Inter-Action And Rehabilitation Inc. Lynnette Fritzke, BSc OT And Alberta Health Services Douglas Johnstone, Survivor And Tyler Burley, RN, BN, And Alberta Health Services Sheila Johnstone, Caregiver

2:45 – 3:45 Keynote Address Helping the helpers: Challenges and rewards for professionals who care for people with acquired brain injury Abe Snaiderman, MD, FRCPC, Director, Neuropsychiatry Clinic Neuro-Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network; Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine (PMR), University of Toronto This presentation will outline some of the common themes that health professionals involved in the care of people with acquired brain injuries encounter and how they deal with them. It will provide practical ways to approach problems such as fear, hopelessness, anxiety, guilt and burnout. 3:45 – 4:00 Closing Remarks and presentation of People's Choice Award The conference planning committee reserves the right to modify the program if required.

November 8-9, 2012 Westin Harbour Castle

Conference Features:  Keynote Speakers  Workshops  Poster Displays

 Podium Presentations  Rapid Podium presentations  Networking Reception

Target Audience: The conference is designed for rehabilitation professionals, service providers, survivors of brain injury, their family members and caregivers, insurers, legal representatives and others working with individuals with an acquired brain injury.

Conference Location: The conference will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, located at 1 Harbour Square in downtown Toronto. Directions to the hotel are available on request or from the Westin Harbour Castle website at: http://www.westinharbourcastletoronto.com/

Hotel Reservations: Conference Rate: $189.00 + taxes To make a reservation at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto, please go to the dedicated ABI Conference booking site: http://bit.ly/ABIConferencevenue Or phone the hotel reservations department directly at 416869-1600 or 1-888-627-8559 (please quote the ABI Network Conference 2012). The conference rate is available until October 8, 2012 and is subject to availability.

Registration: To register for the conference, you must complete the online registration form. Visit: www.abinetwork.ca/abi-conference2012 Please note that registrations are not confirmed until payment is received. Please register early. Registration for the last three conferences has sold out in advance. Registration deadlines and fees are subject to change. 1

Registration fees (in Canadian funds): Early bird registration2 ............................ $ 365.00 Early bird Group registration3 .................. $ 350.00 Regular registration4 ............................... $ 425.00 Survivor/Family/Caregiver5 ..................... $ 150.00 Student registration6 ............................... $ 200.00 P

(1) Registration includes all breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches and printed material. (2) Must be received on or before September 28, 2012. (3) Three or more registrants from the same organization must be submitted at the same time, with a single payment. Registration fee is $350.00 per person in the group. Registration must be received on or before September 28, 2012. (4) Registration received after September 28, 2012. (5) A limited number of subsidized registrations are available to survivors and family members/caregivers. Please contact the Conference Planner for details at 416-597-3422 ext. 5277

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A limited number of reduced registrations are available to fulltime students. Contact Conference Planner for details.

A one-day rate is not available. A Certificate of Attendance will be included in the delegate package.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Mark Bernstein, Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital Michael Blois, Law Student, University of Western Ontario and former Master Corporal of the Royal Canadian Regiment Dr. Jeff Kleim, Associate Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering (SBHSE) Neuroscience, Arizona State University Paul Nadler, Survivor/student/director and author Dr. Abe Snaiderman, Director, Neuropsychiatry Clinic NeuroRehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network; Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine (PMR), University of Toronto

Cancellation policy: A full refund, minus a $75 administration fee, will be issued for cancellations received via facsimile (at 416-597-7021) or e-mail on or before Thursday, September 28, 2012. No refunds will be issued after this date. Refunds will not be granted to attendees who do not attend the conference.

Further Information: www.abinetwork.ca/abi-conference-2012 Conference Planner: Patricia Dent 416-597-3422 ext. 5277 ● [email protected]