Relief for Those Who Treat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Two Day LIVE Training in Cognitive Rehabilitation in Orlando, FL
Reston, VA; Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) July 02, 2013 -- Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, neuropsychologists and others who treat individuals with brain injury may now learn ALL of the evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation strategies recommended in scientific literature in one two-day training course based on the ACRM Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice.
Coming to the Orlando, FL region November 12 – 13, 2013 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort / Walt Disney World® Resort, FL, USA, the course will be held in conjunction with the 90th Annual ACRM Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research. Advance registration rates are available at http://www.ACRM.org/COG
The training encompasses all of the evidence-based strategies recommended in the scientific literature and operationalizes them into step-by-step guidelines for immediate use in clinical practice. Course content is designed to enable participants to confidently choose proven interventions for effective treatment of various cognition impairments.
Never before have research outcomes been so accessible for use in everyday clinical practice. Based on the Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice, this live introductory training operationalizes scientific recommendations into standards and step-by-step procedures that may confidently be used by rehabilitation professionals.
"Leaders of the interdisciplinary team taking care of people with cognitive disfunction need to know these strategies in order to give consistent care," says Tamara Bushnik, PhD, FACRM, ACRM President, Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Medical Center.
ACRM is proud to offer this unique training led by a team of original authors and contributors to the Manual. In order to identify the right treatment, providers must know all of the recommended strategies. This training teaches all recommended evidence-based interventions for impairments of executive functions, memory, attention, hemispatial neglect, and social communication and supports instruction with case examples. This is an outstanding opportunity to learn from leading researchers and clinicians in the field.
WANT TO GO? For more information about registration and the lowest rate, visit: http://www.ACRM.org/cog
Cognitive Rehabilitation Training: 12 – 13 November 2013
90th ACRM Annual Conference: 12 – 16 November 2013
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
• Two days of live training in Orlando, FL
• One printed copy of the ACRM Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual ($150 Value) including clinical forms and worksheets
• Six months access to previously recorded Cognitive Training sessions (audio synchronized with original slides; Vancouver 2012)
• Continental breakfast, lunch and beverage each day
• Non-member registration includes 6-month ACRM introductory membership
Come for Cognitive Rehabilitation Training and
Stay the Largest Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research Conference in the World
90th Annual
ACRM Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research (PIRR)
November 12 – 16, 2013
At PIRR 2013, attendees can dive into NON-STOP content for brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, neurodegenerative disease, and pain. Earn Continuing Education credits in your choice of nine disciplines. There is no better place to grow your professional network, learn and share with your peers, and nurture the kind of lifelong friendships that support your passion for improving lives.
Interdisciplinary, evidence-based, cutting-edge NON-STOP content in five diagnostic areas:
• 30 hours of content for Brain Injury
• 15 hours of content for Spinal Cord Injury
• 12 hours of content for Neurodegenerative Diseases
• 15+ hours of content for Stroke and Pain
• PLUS 20+ hourse of content that spans multiple diagnostic areas
• MORE world-class sessions on the way!
MORE: http://ACRMconference.org/
ACRM is the leading association for interdisciplinary rehabilitation research and publishes the most cited scientific journal in rehabilitation, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The ACRM Annual Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research, is a platform for outstanding education and exchange between researchers and providers: 12 – 16 November 2013, Orlando, FL.
Jon W. Lindberg, MBA, CAE, ACRM CEO, ACRM, http://www.ACRM.org, +1 703-474-7208, [email protected]
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