Unleashing Potential: Integrative Approaches to Advanced Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Registration

Day 1

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Time	Presentation / Speaker
7:30 - 8 a.m.	Registration & Refreshments
8 - 8:15 a.m.	Welcome & Overview of the Day
8:15 – 8:45 a.m.	Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Statistics Ryan Stork, MD
8:45-9:30 a.m.	Medical Complications and TBI Ryan Stork, MD
9:30-9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45-10:45 a.m.	Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome & TBI Cindy Ivanhoe, MD
10:45 a.m. -12 p.m.	Hot Topics in Brain Injury and Rehabilitation Brain Health: Why Words Matter – Angelle Sander, PhD Considerations & Challenges for Clients with a Chronic Brain Injury – Kelly Horstmann, PT Sleep & Brain Injury – Jacob Williams, PhD Effects of Substance Abuse on Cognition and Mental Health – Xuan Jesson, PhD
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch Break — box lunch provided or cafeteria on site
1 - 2 p.m.	Disorders of Consciousness (DOC) and TBI Jean Woo, MD
2 - 3 p.m.	Neurobehavioral – Terms/definitions, Phases of Behavior, Behavior Management Karina Loyo, PhD
3 – 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.	Neurobehavioral Management: Scenarios & Small Groups Kelsey James, PT Madeline Jackson, SLP Charlene Iroanya, OT
4:45 – 5 p.m.	Discussion & Conclusion

Day 2

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Time	Presentation / Speaker
7:30 - 8 a.m.	Registration & Refreshments
8 - 8:15 a.m.	Welcome & Overview of the Day
8:15 - 9:15 a.m.	Rediscovering Intimacy After Brain Injury Angelle Sander, Phd
9:45 -10 a.m.	Break (15)
10-11:15 a.m.	Transdisciplinary Approach to Intervention for Clients with Severe Brain Injury Gail Green, PT Alyssa Kelly, SLP Meredith Shields, OTR
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Transdisciplinary Approach to Cognition and Communication for Clients with a Severe Brain Injury Carissa Skarke, SLP Kendall Carithers, OTR
12:15- 1 p.m.	Lunch (45) — box lunch provided or cafeteria on site
1 - 2:15 p.m.	Intensity & Neuroplasticity Richard Huang, MD
2:15-3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions	Increasing Intensity in Patient Treatments & PT Erin Wheeler, PT
	Nurturing Neuroplasticity: Effective Strategies for Therapists Working with Severe Brain Injury Patients Dawn Phillips, COTA
	Swallow: Anatomy & Interventions Tiffany Harrington, SLP
3:30 p.m.	Departures