2:00 pm Registration opens in Rotunda of Bicentennial Pavilion Main Hall (Rooms ABDEG)
3:00 – 3:15pm Opening of Conference Bea Rector3:15 – 4:00pm “Finding the Self and Social Role Return: The work of brain injury recovery” First Keynote: Rolf Gainer4:00 – 4:30pm BREAK4:30 – 5:30pm “A 360 Degree Perspective of TBI-Doctor, Survivor, Caregiver" Second Keynote: Cheryle Sullivan
Adjourn for the day
8:00 – 8:45am Continental Breakfast8:45 – 9:00am Announcements/Door Prizes9:00 – 10:00am Morning Plenary Session "Learning to Make Toast" Joan Miller (ADG)10:00– 10:30am BREAK 10:30 – 11:45am Workshop Session One (choose one) 1. Adults “Brain Fitness Training” Dr. Cheryle Sullivan (ADG Room) 2. Professionals “Psychosocial Complications of TBI” Dr. Rolf Gainer (C Room) 3. Caregiver “Compassion Fatigue” Dr. Elizabeth Hernandez (F Room) 4. Military/Vets “I got this!” Techniques to Take Control of TBI Symptoms" Dan Overton (B Room) 5. Teen and Young Adult “Estate Planning for a Loved One with TBI" Becky Minaglia & Rachelle Czaplinski (E Room) Yoga for All Colleen Mehner (Torcello- 3rd Floor) Joy of Art Michele Soderstrom (Burano- 3rd Floor) Massage Wanda Buckner (Cavallino-3rd Floor)11:45 – 12:00pm BREAK 12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch in ADG
12:30– 12:45pm Max impact Application Dan Overton12:45 – 1:00pm Washington TBI Strategic Partnership Council Panel- “Frequently Asked Questions” (ADG) 1:00 – 2:00pm Afternoon Plenary Session “TBI is a FamilyAffair” Muriel Lezak, Ph.D. (ADG)2:00 –2:30pm BREAK 2:30– 3:45pm Workshop Session Two (choose one) 6. Adults “Exploring Brain Injury: Creating a New Map of our Lives” Janet Novinger (ADG Room) 7. Professionals “Eliminating Headaches and Migraines & Improving Academic Performance: Precision-Tinted Spectral Filters" Dr. Sandra Tosta (C Room) 8. Caregivers “Respite Care” Linda Porter, Kim Boon, Karen Fitzharris (F Room) 9. Military/Vets “As Nature, of Nature, and for Nature: Nature-Based Therapeutic Connections and the Many Eco-Therapies” Jeremy Grisham (B Room) 10. Teen and Young Adult “Life Skills, Coping Skills” Dr. Elizabeth Hernandez (E Room) Yoga for All Colleen Mehner (Torcello – 3rd Floor) Joy of Art Michele Soderstrom (Burano – 3rd Floor) Massage Wanda Buckner (Cavallino -- 3rd Floor)3:45 Adjourn the Conference