Preliminary Program

Progress in
Rehabilitation Research

2010 ACRM-ASNR
Educational Conference

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Tuesday, October 19

5:45 PM – 8:00 PM

Early Career Kick-Off Social
This social event is a kick-off for registered participants of the Early Career Symposium starting Wednesday, October 20.

Wednesday, October 20

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

8:30 AM – 5:15 PM
Pre-Conference Symposia

Enhancing Outcome Measurement in Rehabilitation Settings
Course Director: Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (Rp), FACRM
Faculty: Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, Richard Gershon, PhD, Dave Gray, PhD, Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (Rp), FACRM, Holly Hollingsworth, PhD, Susan Magasi, PhD, Jeanne Zanca, PhD, MPT
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the features of the NIH Assessment Center, a dynamic application that allows researchers to centralize instrument development, study administration, data management, and storage of statistical analysis results. Define methods and instruments to measure community participation and meaningful environments for participation. Evaluate clinicians’ outcome assessment needs and methods to fulfill their instrumentation needs.

Rehabilitation Robotics: Role in Neurological Recovery
Faculty: George Wittenberg, MD, PhD, Hermano Igo Krebs, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify existing rehabilitation robots for upper and lower extremities, their design choices, and limitations. Discuss key clinical results on the use of therapeutic robotics for stroke rehabilitation. Discuss the potential of rehabilitation robotics as an evaluation tool.

An Experience-Based Discussion of Challenges to Conducting Multi-Center Clinical Trials in Rehabilitation
Course Director: Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM
Moderator: Mark Sherer, PhD, ABPP-CN, FACRM
Faculty: Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM, John Whyte, MD, PhD, FACRM, Kathy Bell, MD, JoAnn Brockway, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Outline the key elements of a well-designed randomized controlled trial. Identify three challenges to clinical trials design that are common to rehabilitation research. Describe three strategies to prevent or mitigate protocol violations and other threats to successful study completion.

8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Early Career Course

Communicating Your Science: Speaking, Writing, and All That Jazz
Course Director: Claire Kalpakjian, PhD, Steven Wolf, PT, PhD, FAPTA, FAHA
Faculty: Daniel Corcos, PhD, Stacieann Yuhasz, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify key elements of good communication in written, oral and visual forms. Integrate feedback from mentors and fellow attendees given during breakout sessions into their own personal communication style.

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Stroke Networking Group

4:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Early Career Poster Session

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Stroke Networking Group

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
ASNR Board Meeting

Thursday, October 21

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Opening Remarks

Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM
ACRM President
Michael Reding, MD
ASNR President

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Plenary

Research and Policy Working Together to Improve the Lives of People With Disabilities Worldwide
Faculty: Alana Officer
Coordinator, Disability and Rehabilitation, World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of the session, participants should be able to: Identify key issues related to evidence-based policy in rehabilitation. Describe the relevance and influence of current research on health and rehabilitation policies. Discuss how research can be more influential.

From “Transfer” to “Engagement:” Rethinking Knowledge Translation
Faculty: Sarah Bowen, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Public Health Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify limitations of common strategies intended to promote use of evidence in healthcare. Describe the differences between “end of project” and “integrated” KT. Identify three potential benefits of greater engagement between researchers and research users.

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Mitchell Rosenthal Memorial Lecture

Engagement In Rehabilitation – A Key Component of Services That Work?
Course Director: Kathryn McPherson, PhD
Faculty: Kathryn McPherson, PhD, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand; Nicola Kayes, MA, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand; Gerben DeJong, PhD, FACRM, Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC; Michael Sullivan, PhD, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the rationale for supporting an explicit focus on interventions to promote engagement as a part of rehabilitation. Outline the current level of evidence about engagement across a diverse array of rehabilitation patients (e.g., those with neurologic conditions, chronic musculoskeletal pain). Consider areas of their own practice/service that might facilitate or pose barriers to patient/client engagement.

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Concurrent Symposia

Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation
Evaluation (ICARE) Stroke Trial: Rationale, Challenges, and
Opportunities for a Phase III RCT in Neurorehabilitation
Course Director: Carolee Winstein, PhD
Faculty: Carolee Winstein, PhD, Alex Dromerick, MD, Steven Wolf, PT, PhD, FAPTA, FAHA, Christianne Lane, PhD, Monica Nelsen, DPT
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Delineate the critical components of a definitive RCT in neurorehabilitation. Describe the unique characteristics of a complex behavioral intervention in neurorehabilitation. List the most important ingredients for a successful neurorehabilitation clinical trial, including opportunities for all team members to participate.

Resource Facilitation: Methodologies and Methods of
Enhancing Community Participation After Brain Injury
Course Director: Lance Trexler, PhD, HSPP
Faculty: Lance Trexler, PhD, HSPP, Joanna Faydl, James Malec, PhD, ABPP-Cn, RP, FACRM, Tessa Hart, PhD, FACRM
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe at least two different post-acute models of intervention that enhance community participation and the research methods utilized to derive these findings. Describe and discuss the process of and possible measures for engagement in promoting community participation. Describe at least two different research methodologies that might be used for studies examining the effects of interventions targeting the level of participation.

Unveiling the NIH Toolbox – Instrument Development, Validation, Demonstration, and Implications for Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
Course Director: Susan Magasi, PhD
Faculty: Susan Magasi, PhD, David Tulsky, PhD, Richard Bohannon, PT, DPT, EdD, Richard Gershon, PhD, Victor W. Mark, MD, Rose Marie Rine, PT, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the scope and structure of the NIH Toolbox. Identify the cognitive, motor, sensory and emotional domain content and the instruments psychometric properties. Discuss the implications and opportunities of the NIH Toolbox for disability and rehabilitation research.

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
NNR Editorial Board Meeting

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Poster Viewing

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Brucker International Lunch (ticketed event)

Organized by the ACRM International Committee, this luncheon is specifically organized for attendees from outside the United States. Guest speaker will be Alana Officer, Coordinator, Disability and Rehabilitation Health Organization (WHO).

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua

So You Say You Practice a Person Centered Approach to Rehab - How Do You Really Know If You Are?
Course Director: Christine MacDonell
Faculty: Christopher Poulos, MD, Port Kembla Hospital, Warrawong, New South Wales, Australia; Angela Kwok, MSWRS, BC Centre for Ability, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Lorraine Riche, BMR, PT, Inova Health Care, Fairfax, VA; Christine MacDonell, Medical Rehabilitation and International Aging Services/Medical Rehabilitation, Washington, DC
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify research that supports person-centered approaches. Discuss solutions to
areas that are problematic in person-centered approaches. Discuss potential measures of person-centered approaches.

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Symposia

Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine – What Should Be the Links?
Faculty: Alana Officer
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss CBR and how it has evolved since it was developed by WHO in the 70’s. Discuss new guidelines developed for program managers implementing CBR. Explore what links exist between physical and rehabilitation medicine and CBR and how these should evolve.

The Role of Qualitative Metasynthesis in Evidence-Based Rehabilitation
Course Director: William Levack, PhD
Faculty: William Levack, PhD, Kathryn McPherson, PhD, Nicola Kayes, MA, Joanna Fadyl, Rebecca Gewurtz, Gerben DeJong, PhD, FACRM
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe what qualitative metasynthesis is, the key features of its methodology, and what it could offer evidence-based practice in rehabilitation settings. Provide examples of at least two recent qualitative metasyntheses and what these have contributed to research on evidence-based rehabilitation. Describe the key challenges facing qualitative metasynthesis that need to be addressed if it is to gain greater credibility as a method relevant to evidence-based rehabilitation in the future.

Advances in Outcome Measures for Neurologic Disorders
Course Director: Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP, FACRM
Faculty: Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP, FACRM, Noelle Carlozzi, PhD, Francois Bethoux, MD, Alan Jette, PhD, MPH, David Tulsky, PhD, Kathryn Boschen, MA, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the purpose and methods of IRT and CAT approaches to assessing persons with neurologic disorders. Discuss issues in developing unidimensional item banks. Describe opportunities to apply IRT/CAT and short form assessment for persons with neurologic disorders.

Improving Interpersonal Competence in Individuals With TBI
Course Director: Barry Willer, PhD
Faculty: Barry Willer, PhD, Angelle Sander, PhD, Duncan Babbage, PhD, Allison Clark, PhD, Dawn Neumann, PhD, Margaret Struchen, PhD, Barbra Zupan, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe evidence-based interventions aimed to improve interpersonal skills in persons with TBI. Describe the interactions between specific impairments and interpersonal competence. Discuss the relationship of social competence to community integration.

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Break

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
BI-ISIG Business Meeting

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
SCI-SIG Business Meeting

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Concurrent Symposia

Virtual Reality and Game Applications for Motor Rehabilitation
Course Director: Mindy Levin, PhD
Faculty: Mindy Levin, PhD, Philippe Archambault, Heidi Sveistrup, PhD, Judith Deutsch, PhD, PT
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe current and developing virtual reality and game technologies used or with potential for use in rehabilitation. Discuss the attributes of virtual reality applications that can be used to augment traditional rehabilitation approaches such as repetitive practice, individually graded exercise, ecological validity, controlled environments, participant engagement, etc. Identify facilitators and obstacles to the implementation of virtual reality applications in a clinical milieu.

Research Approaches to Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain Assessment and Treatment
Course Director: Christine MacDonell
Faculty: Hamilton Hall, MD, Greg McIntosh, CBI, Sally Nikolaj, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify the reliability and validity of specific spine care approaches that classifies low back pain in four distinct subgroups. Describe recent studies in the literature that addresses Lower back pain treatment effectiveness. Describe a prognostic method for determining possible outcome.

Assessing the Quality and Applicability of Systematic Reviews – A Systematic Approach
Course Director: Marcel Dijkers PhD, FACRM
Faculty: Tamara Bushnik, PhD, FACRM, Marcel Dijkers, PhD, FACRM, Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (Rp), FACRM, Alexander Libin, PhD, Mark Sherer, PhD, FACRM
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the importance of systematic reviews in contemporary clinical care, research and program administration. Elucidate the components of the checklist and why they are there. Implement the checklist, applying it to a published systematic review.

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Welcome Reception With Exhibitors

Friday, October 22

6:45 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

6:45 AM – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast

6:45 AM – 4:30 PM
Poster Viewing

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Breakfast Symposia

Development and Evaluation of Empirically-Based Interventions for Families After Adult and Adolescent Brain Injury
Course Director: Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD, ABPP, FACRM
Faculty: Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD, ABPP, FACRM, Caron Gan, RN, MScN, AAMFT, Emilie Godwin, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe scholarly research relating to family needs and adjustment after pediatric and adult brain injury. Describe the empirical formulation and development of two standardized interventions, one designed for families of adolescents, the other for families of adults with brain injury. Present and discuss quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods, data derived from the interventions, analysis of findings, and implications for future research.

Post-Traumatic Movement Disorders: Assessment and Management
Faculty: Nathan Zasler, MD, FAAPMR, FAADEP, CBIST
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Explain the classification, incidence and prevalence of movement disorders following TBI. Examine the pathoanatomic correlates of post-traumatic movement disorders. Describe the assessment methodologies and treatment options for post-traumatic movement disorders.

Functional Implications of Changes in Coordination Dynamics of Walking in Neurological Disabled Individuals
Course Director: Robert Wagenaar, MSc, PhD
Faculty: Robert Wagenaar, MSc, PhD, Richard van Emmerik, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe new developments in the evaluation, diagnostics and treatment of gait and postural disorders and the implications for current practice. Explain the assumptions of the theory of dynamical systems and the relevant tools for studying human movement. Describe how visual spatial function disorders in PD influence gait coordination.

Neuro-Imaging During Rehabilitation: Evaluating Changes in Stroke and TBI Patients
Faculty: David Alexander, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Recognize the difference between CT and MR images. Describe the common findings seen on CT and MR imaging of TBI and stroke. Discuss the types of CNS complications seen on a rehabilitation unit post TBI.

8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Plenary

Bilateral Arm Movements: From Neurophysiology to Therapeutic Interventions
Course Director: Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD
Faculty: Demetris Soteropoulos, PhD, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK; Monica Perez, PT, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Steven Wolf, PT, PhD, FAPTA, FAHA, Center for Rehab Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Andreas Luft, PhD, Centre for Neurology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Department of General Neurology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe current experimental evidence supporting the involvement of different brain regions in the coordination of bimanual arm movement in non-human primates. Discuss specific electrophysiological markers used to assess crossed interactions occurring at the cortical and spinal cord level in humans during bilateral arm voluntary movements. Describe the evidence supporting the use of constraint-induced movement therapy and bilateral arm training to enhance upper-limb motor function in individuals with motor disorders.

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Break

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
ASNR Award & Lecture

2010 Outstanding Neurorehabilitation Clinician Scientist Award
Lecturer: Pablo Celnik, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Understanding and Augmenting Motor Learning for the Benefit of Neurological Rehabilitation
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: List three basic processes that take place during motor learning. Describe the neural substrates underlying different motor learning processes. Explain one of the main neurophysiological mechanisms associated with motor learning.

2010 Kenneth Viste, Jr., MD Memorial Lectureship
Lecturer: Alexander Dromerick, MD
National Rehabilitation Hospital; Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine; DC VAMC, Washington, DC
Lecture title: TBD

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Research Roundtables

Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Generate ideas for collaborative research and future course proposals. Establish formal networking groups and opportunities for continued collaboration. Discuss controversial and relevant issues in the area of rehabilitation through an informal setting.

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
ACRM Membership Meeting

Presidential Address by Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, FACRM

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
ASNR Membership Meeting

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Break

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Paper Presentations & Deborah L. Wilkerson Award Presentation

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Concurrent Symposia

Does Amantadine Hydrochloride Work in Promoting Recovery of Function Following Severe Brain Injury: Results of a Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Course Director: Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM
Faculty: Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM, John Whyte, MD, PhD, FACRM, Emilia Bagiella, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Determine the effectiveness of amantadine hydrochloride in patients with disorders of consciousness. Describe the indications and contraindications for use of amantadine hydrochloride. Specify the most common adverse effects of amantadine hydrochloride.

Measuring the Quality of Rehabilitation Care: Opportunities and Challenges
Course Directors: Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, Gerben DeJong, PhD, FACRM
Faculty: Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, Gerben DeJong, PhD, FACRM, Suzanne Snyder, PT, Christopher Poulos, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe three key organizations involved in health care quality efforts. Identify two implications for medical rehabilitation practice, competition and payments. Identify three challenges to measuring the quality of rehabilitation care.

Exercise After Stroke: Clinical Models, Cardiometabolic Health, & Community Translation
Course Director: Richard Macko MD
Faculty: Richard Macko, MD, Charlene Hafer-Macko, MD, Mary Stuart, ScD, Michael Weinrich, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Define key physiological and functional targets for exercise rehabilition after stroke and their relevance to rehabilitation and cardiovascular health outcomes. Recognize the unique structural and metabolic abnormalities that contribute to poor cardiovascular fitness levels and insulin resistance after stroke, and the potential for exercise to reduce CVD and diabetes risk. Identify models of adaptive physical activity that can be implemented at the community level as a health and wellness promoting resource to stroke survivors.

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Reception

Networking Above the 49th Parallel – Discover Rehabilitation Research in Quebec (CRIR-CIRRIS-REPAR)
Open to all conference attendees.

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
ACRM and ASNR Awards and Recognition Dinner

This offsite ticketed event will be held at McGill University’s Faculty Club. Join members of the ACRM and ASNR as they recognize the 2010 Award winners and fellows from each society.

Saturday, October 23

6:45 AM – 4:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast & Awards

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit Hall Open

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Concurrent Symposia

The Case for Very Early Stroke Rehabilitation
Course Director: Randolph Marshall, MS, MD
Faculty: S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD, Randolph Marshall, MS, MD, Friedhelm Hummel, MD, Ronald Lazar, PhD, John Krakauer, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the basic science and imaging evidence for neuroplasticity after stroke. Report the current evidence for efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation and behavioral interventions for motor and language recovery. Delineate the potential risks and benefits of early rehabilitation after acute stroke.

Contracture Reduction, Head to Toe
Course Director: F. Buck Willis, PhD
Faculty: F. Buck Willis, PhD, Stacey II Berner, MD Jenny Lai, MD, Ed Hernandez, OT
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the molecular aspects of contracture which are common to contracture of neural, orthopaedic or idiopathic origin. Explore protocols’ ability to accomplish contracture reduction. Examine recent studies (Level of Evidence I and II) in contracture reduction to understand effective outcome measures in contracture reduction.

Activity-Based Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Focus and Evidence-Based Approach in Four Independent Programs
Course Director: Michael Jones, PhD
Faculty: Michael Jones, PhD, Candy Tefertiller, MSPT, Eric Harness, Paula Denison, PT, Giovanna Lazzeri, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the theoretical basis for activity-based therapy. Describe the treatment modalities and decision rules for tailoring modalities to participants. Describe and contrast the approaches used in four different activity-based therapy programs.

Sleep-Wake Disturbances Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Course Director: Marie-Christine Ouellet, PhD
Faculty: Marie-Christine Ouellet, PhD, Joshua Cantor, PhD, Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau, PhD, Nadia Gosselin, PhD, Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Recognize and differentiate insomnia, fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness and problems with vigilance in survivors of brain injury. Identify evidence-based tools to subjectively and objectively evaluate post-TBI sleep-wake disturbances in their clients or research participants. Recognize the importance of treating sleep-wake disturbances and of documenting their results through research in order to counter the paucity of evidence-based interventions in this population.

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
NIDRR Paper Presentations

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Concurrent Symposia

Wearable Sensors and Algorithms to Identify the Type,
Quantity, and Quality of Everyday Physical Activities
Course Director: Bruce Dobkin, MD
Faculty: Bruce Dobkin, MD, William Kaiser, PhD, Robert Wagenaar, MSc, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe how inexpensive sensor technologies can provide valuable data through new Bayesian and other machine-learning algorithms. Discuss new procedures to monitor rehabilitation interventions and outcomes in daily practice. Apply new monitoring and measurement tools to monitor and assess clinically relevant outcomes for clinical trials.

Acute Rehabilitation of Persons With Disorders of
Consciousness: Outcomes From Three Multi-Center Studies
Course Director: Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD
Faculty: Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD, Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM, Marissa McCarthy, MD, Stuart Yablon, MD, John Whyte, MD, PhD, FACRM, James Kelly, MD, Adam Seidner, MD, MPH
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the prevalence of recovery of conscious behaviors across three multi-system studies. List functional outcome measures sensitive to change in persons with disorders of consciousness in multi-system studies. List socio-economic outcomes of persons in acute neurorehabilitation with disorders of consciousness.

Executive Plus, a Comprehensive Neurorehabilitation Program: Theoretical Foundations and Clinical Implementation
Course Director: Wayne Gordon, PhD, ABPP/Cn, FACRM
Faculty: Wayne Gordon, PhD, ABPP/Cn, FACRM, Teresa Ashman, PhD, Theodore Tsaousides, PhD, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD, Joshua Cantor, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the theoretical and conceptual foundations that underlie the core components of CNP. Discuss implementation of core components/techniques of CNP in individual and group settings and related challenges. Describe primary findings and knowledge gained from a recent RCT on CNP and identify directions for future exploration.

Trunk Control and Its Implications on Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Course Director: Milos Popovic, PhD
Faculty: Milos Popovic, PhD, Rachid Aissaoui, PhD, Sylvie Nadeau, PhD, Molly Verrier, MHSC, Gagnon Dany, PT, PhD, Richard Preuss, PhD, Cyril Duclos, PhD, Félix Chénier, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss latest findings pertaining to kinematic and dynamic behavior of the trunk and trunk muscles during: a) quiet and perturbed sitting, b) reaching, c) transfers, and d) wheeling. Discuss effects of trunk impairments on: a) quiet and perturbed sitting, b) reaching, c) transfers, and d) wheeling. Present state of the art experimental setups and techniques for measuring and evaluating trunk postural control.

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
J. Stanley Coulter Lecture Lunch
(ticketed event)

Fulfilling the Promise: Supporting Participation in Daily Life
Coulter Lecturer: Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Occupational Therapy and Neurology, Elias Michael Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss rehabilitation science as the link between biomedical science and population health. Describe the need to expand rehabilitation outcomes from measures of function to measures of participation in home, work and community life. Discuss the knowledge generated by rehabilitation scientists to improve the daily lives of people with chronic conditions and impairments that can result in disability without comprehensive rehabilitation.

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Concurrent Symposia

Clinical Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Depression After Moderate to Severe TBI
Course Director: Ronald Seel, PhD
Faculty: Ronald Seel, PhD, Stephen Macciocchi, PhD, ABPP, Darryl Kaelin, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify diagnostic features and risk factors for major depression following TBI. Make informed differential diagnosis of major depression and other common psychiatric and cognitive disorders following TBI. Acquire up to date knowledge on evidence basis for medication, behavioral, and cognitive therapies for major depression following TBI.

The Brain Recovery Core: Building a Model System for
Organized Stroke Rehabilitation
Course Director: Catherine Lang, PT, PhD
Faculty: Catherine Lang, PT, PhD, Robert Fucetola, PhD, Lisa Connor, PhD, Clayton Karr, MS, OTR/L
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Discuss the fragmentation of rehabilitation services across the continuum of care. Evaluate clinical measurement and information sharing needs for rehabilitation services delivered at various time points along the continuum of care. Describe the benefits and challenges of implementing systematic assessments across institutions.

The Need for Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Advances in Behavioral and Neuroimaging Diagnostic Research
Course Directors: Robin Green, PhD, CPsych , Bradford McFadyen, PhD
Faculty: Robin Green, PhD, CPsych, Mary-Kay Messier, Alain Ptito, PhD, Philippe Fait, MSc, Michelle Keightley, PhD, Bradford McFadyen, PhD, Isabelle Gagnon, PhD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Articulate the clinical problem. Describe recent advances in behavioral research. Describe recent advances in neuroimaging research.

Application of Best Evidence in Acquired Brain Injuries. The ERABI: A Research Synthesis of Interventions for Moderate to Severe Acquired (Traumatic) Brain Injuries: 5th Edition
Course Director: Robert Teasell, MD, FRCPC
Faculty: Robert Teasell, MD, FRCPC, Mark Bayley, MD, Nora Cullen, MD, MS, FRCPC, Shawn Marshall, MD
Clinical/Research Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Describe the evidence-base for assessments and interventions used in the rehabilitation of acquired brain injuries. Utilize a web-based research synthesis of assessments and interventions used in the rehabilitation of acquired brain injuries. Apply best evidence in the management of acquired brain injuries clinical simulations.

4:00 PM – 6:45 PM
ACRM Board of Governors Meeting

Sunday, October 24

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
ACRM Board of Governors Meeting