Toronto ABI Network Conference 2006:
"Brain Injury and Beyond: Loocking Back, Thinking Forward"
November 23 & 24, 2006 / Holiday Inn on King, Toronto
 Summary of 2006 conference
Presentations
Acknowledgements
Summary:
The 2006 conference was the third bi-annual Toronto ABI Network conference and we were delighted to have registrants attending from across Ontario, from six other Canadian provinces and even one delegate who came all the way from Japan.
Brain Injury and Beyond: Looking Back, Thinking Forward was a multi-track conference featuring sessions appealing to a variety of disciplines and areas of focus. The theme of the conference provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on the advances that have been made to benefit the lives of individuals who are living with the effects of an acquired brain injury, and to look towards the future direction of research, resources, clinical practice and personal journeys.
Throughout the conference, there were plenty of opportunities for delegates to meet and chat with colleagues and peers or to involve presenters in informal discussion. In addition to the 6 keynote addresses and 32 podium presentations, there were 19 poster displays set up in the main pleneary room, frequently attended by the authors to provide more detailed explanation about their presentations.
We thank you the many delegates who provided feedback, either verbally or by completing the evaluation forms. Your feedback is important and is being reviewed as we begin work planning for a successful conference in 2008.
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Some Conference Facts
6 keynote speakers
32 presentations made during 4 concurrent sessions
19 poster displays
special performance of After the Crash, a play about brain injury
39 sponsors
426 registered delegates: most from Ontario but including registrants from BC, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and even Japan!
this event was sold out more than 6 weeks before it was held ~ and there were more than 50 people on the waiting list who were not able to attend |
Presentations:
Below is a complete list of presentations that were made at the conference, sorted alphabetically by presentation type and title. Where we have received permission to do so, we have provided a link to presentation handouts. Please note that presentations remain the property of their authors and are provided for information only.
Keynote Addresses:
Podium Presentations:
- A Framework for the Future Planning of Publicly Funded ABI Services in Toronto ~ Hedy Chandler, Judy Moir, Charissa Levy
- ABI Community Integration: An Interdisciplinary Approach ~ Anna-Marie Duffy, Kathy Wolfe Additional Material Available: [Parkwood ABI Program Pamphlet] [Community Integration Skills Assessment] [Patient/Family Community Outing Evaluation]
- Against the Odds: A Journey from Catastrophic Brain Injury Back to the Ski Slopes ~ Patrick Lewis, Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, David Frake, Serena Shastri, Jason Stringer
- An Evaluation of the Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program (PABICOP) ~ Janette McDougall, Janice Gray
- Brain Waves: A Cognitive Communication Skills Development Group for Children ~ Anna Marie Batelaan, Kathy Gravel, Lisa Kakonge, Janet Woodhouse
- Can We Do This? The Method and Rationale for Teaching Families Community Integration Activities with Complex Slow to Recover Clients ~ Teri Czajka, Carolyn Galand, Esther McEvoy
- Celebrate Life…Celebrate Successes and Motivate ~ Beverlee Melamed, Wayne Fisher
- Clearing The Path For Change: Using Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Self-Awareness and Collaboration ~ Tim Godden, Carolyn Lemsky
- Community Based Intervention for Major Depression in Adults with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ~ Carolyn Lemsky, Lara Davidson
- Contextualized Cognitive Rehabilitation in Vocational Rehabilitation: Transferring Knowledge into Practice ~ Mary Kita
- Creating Unique Housing Solutions for Individuals with an Acquired Brain Injury – Case Studies ~ Jeffrey Baum
- Does Injury Severity Predict Social and Functional Outcomes for Individuals with a Pediatric ABI? ~ Rebecca Wells, Marjory Phillips
- Eight Years Later: A Retrospective Accounting of Family Processes Over Time and Their Influence on Program Practice ~ Sara Somers, Janice Gray
- Family Caregiver Support After ABI – Perspectives of Families and Service Providers ~ Caron Gan, Clare Brandys
- From 24/7 to Community Independence: Protection, Reorientation, Choice, Risk and Independence ~ Carl R. Lokko, Natalie Woods
- How to Give Bad News: A Proactive Approach to Planning Strategies that May Prevent Potential Behavioural Crises ~ Joanna Hamilton, Ruthann Clark
- I Don't Remember How I Got Here: Error Free Learning As A Means to Engaging In Life ~ Michelle Cohen, Jeanette Boersma, Joanna Hamilton, Lisa Kemp
- Looking Back, Thinking Forward: Providing a Continuum of Employment Opportunities ~ Stacey Martin, Vesna Latkovic
- Looking Forward: Return to Work after ABI ~ Robert H. Brent, Richard Zaremba
- Martial Arts and Brain Injury, The Pride, The Passion and The Potential of the Human Spirit ~ Jack Polonsky, Connie Blake, David Slonim
- Meeting the Complex Needs of Adolescents with a Mild to Moderate Acquired Brain Injury in Secondary School ~ Lauren Noble
- Quality Living for Severely Brain Injured Adults in a Safe Lifelong Home – A New Approach From COTA Health ~ Barbara Cawley, Paul Bruce, David Fry
- Quantifying Change in Family Functioning After Social Work Intervention ~ Anna Marie Batelaan, Kathy Gravel, Virginia Wright
- Rehab Outside of the Box: Lifespan Considerations for Individuals with Brain Injury ~ Rolf B. Gainer
- Seeing Is Believing: A Review of Visual Problems after Brain Injury ~ Paula Crawford-Dickinson
- That Was Then, This Is Now: Merging Private and Public Service Providers to Meet the Needs of Children with Acquired Brain Injury ~ Paul McCormack, Heather Haldane
- The “We” in “Team”: Effective Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Pediatric ABI ~ Elaine McKinnon, Ann Fitzhenry Bedard, Barbara Huisman
- The Practice of Patient Centred Goal Setting: Using Lessons Learned to Move Forward ~ Mandy Lowe, Nancy Boaro, Edith Ng
- The Substance Use and Acquired Brain Injury (SUBI) Bridging Project: Off and Running ~ Carolyn Lemsky, Irene Sullivan, Pamela Kaufman
- Use of the Community Balance and Mobility Scale as an Outcome Measure in Pediatric ABI ~ Virginia Wright, Kelly Brewer
- What Standardized Tools Can You Be Using To Assess Cognitive, Communication and Perceptual Motor Function in Adults & Children with TBI? ~ Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, Patricia Howell
- Engaging the Complex Patient: “You Can't Push a Rope” ~ Elsa Meulmeester-Choremis, Lynette A. Jenkins, J. Bronwen Moore
Poster Presentations:
- A LASTing Impression: Lecturer-Author-Survivor-Therapist: What I have become from my ABI ~ Greg Noack
- A Qualitative Look at the Nature and Extent of Inappropriate Living Environments for Children and Youth with Moderate to Severe Acquired Brain Injury ~ Carol DeMatteo, Mary Law, Colin Macarthur, Angela Colantonio, Rachel Teplisky, Martha Cousins, Chia-Yu Lin
- Acquired brain injury: What about life after rehabilitation? ~ Susan Tasker
- Aging with the Consequences of a Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Life Course Perspective ~ Laura Moll
- Back to the Future – A Continuum of Services Easing the Transition into the Future ~ Alicja Nichols, Sue Jones, Stacey Lintern, Sharol Cordner
- Clubhouse Model: Why it works! ~ Mary Catherine Ann, Kevin MacGregor, Colleen Corless
- Connecting With Your Community After Hospital ~ Karen Thomson, Cheryl Brodie-Dunlop
- Correlation between cognitive scores and functional performance in older adults ~ Meeta Gugnani, Andrea Carson, Mancy Mirza, Rachel Stark
- Delirium in Head Injured Patients: A Pilot Treatment Protocol ~ Shree Bhalerao, Natasha Bollegala, Dimitri Bollegala, Caleb McCrewady
- Interdisciplinary Home Assessment ~ Stephanie Muir-Derbyshire, Joanne Andrews
- Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in the Management of Behavior in Acquired Brain Injury: A Case Review ~ Nancy Boaro, Elizabeth Bosman
- Model of Continuing Care for behavioural clients following TBI –Traumatic Brain Injury ~ Alana Helem, Milicia Lativofic, Derek Johnson
- Monetary Costs of Neuro Traumas ~ Huguette Blanco
- Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation's Summit on Acquired Brain Injury in Children and Youth: Identifying Research Priorities and Embedding Knowledge Mobilization ~ Corinne Kagan, Kent Bassett-Spiers, Bonnie Heath
- Placing Adults with Acquired Brain Injury in Long Term Care Facilities: A Report on the Integration of a Neuro-behavioural Support Model ~ April Arrundine, Scott Farraway, A. James McMullan, Dr. Colin Pryor, Carol Williams, Robert Sargalis
- Post-acute Mortality after Traumatic Brain Injury in Canada ~ Angela Colantonio, Michael Escobar, Mary Chipman, Barry McLellan, Giuseppe Mirabella
- Restraints and Rehab: Mutually Exclusive Interventions? ~ Jacqueline Wiley, Lynn Guerriero The Potential to Drive After Brain Injury ~ Lisa Clubb
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) In Children: A Systematic, Longitudinal Review of the Research Evidence ~ B. Nowrouzi, K. Campbell, C. Pickles
Acknowledgements:
Many individuals worked together to coordinate this event. The hard work and committment of the members of the Conference Planning Committee ensured that this event was a success. We would also like to thank the organizations who permitted their staff to participate on this committee.
Conference Planning Committee: Alison Jardine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (chair); Liz Butorac, St. Michael's Hospital; Paula Cassin, ABI Possibilities Inc.; Jackie Eli, Bridgepoint Health; Marla Feldman, NRC Feldman & Associates; Jean Fisher, Community Stakeholder; Lynne Hartford, The Hospital for Sick Children; Patricia Howell, Neuro-Rehab Services Inc.; Gail Kirkwood, Bloorview Kids Rehab; and Stacey Martin, Community Head Injury Resource Services. Special thanks to conference coordinator Cora Moncada who managed the many loose ends and helped make this a successful event.
Sponsors:
The Network would like to thank the following sponsors whose contributions made this event possible:
Platinum Sponsors:
Bogoroch & Associates; Carranza Barristers & Solicitors; Howie, Sacks & Henry; Lofranco Romeo Pitaro Chagpar Shields; McLeish Orlando; Oatley Vigmond; Thomson Rogers Gold Sponsors:
Bayshore Home Healthcare; Futerman & Futerman; Gluckstein & Associates; Nancy Ralph & Associates; Neinstein & Associates; Raphael Partners; Rehabilitation Management Inc.
Silver Sponsors:
4Spheres Inc.; Able Translations Ltd.; Adapt-Able Design Group; Adaptive Rehab Inc.; Bartimaeus, Inc.; Bridgepoint Health; Catalyst Rehab Management Inc.; Community Solutions Ltd.; Continuum, a division of Community Rehab; Credit Valley Rehab Centre; Firstaff Health Care Services Inc.; Inter-Action Rehabilitation; Kino Mobility; Lawlor Therapy Support Services, Inc.; Michelle Cohen & Associates; MindWorks; Multi-Languages Corporation; Nancy Haston & Associates; Neurological Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario; Neuro Rehabilitation Consultants Feldman & Associates Inc.; Neuro-Rehab Services Inc.; Physio-Logic Neurological Rehabilitation; Post-Traumatic Rehabilitation Services; We Care Home Health Services.
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The mission of the The Toronto ABI Network is to provide leadership in furthering equitable, accessible, responsive, cost-effective and quality publicly-funded services and support for persons living with the effects of an acquired brain injury in the Greater Toronto Area.
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