Speaker Program
Monday, October 7th
Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, Ph.D., ABPP will present:
“Practical Approaches to Working with Families after Brain Injury and Other Neurological Disorders”
There is little doubt that family members often serve as primary caregivers after brain injury. This day-long seminar is intended to help clinicians more effectively evaluate and address the post injury needs of family members. The day will begin with an overview of acute and long-term outcomes after injury with reference to neurobehavioral, neuropsychological, and vocational functioning. Following will be a presentation on how brain injury affects family members, particularly wives and mothers, who most often serve a primary caregiving role. The afternoon will begin with a presentation on working effectively with complex situations, families, and clients, emphasizing case examples and principles of practice. The day will end with a discussion of the Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) developed at VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity over the last decade. Case examples and video will be used throughout to illustrate key points and provide opportunities for discussion.
About the speaker:
Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, Ph.D., ABPP, FACRM is a Professor of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry at VirginiaCommonwealth
University (VCU), Medical College of Virginia Campus. He serves as Director ofVirginia'sfederally designatedTraumatic Brain Injury Model System and coordinates VCU Health System outpatient services for families and persons with brain injury. A founding member of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia, Dr. Kreutzer is a neuropsychologist and family therapist with nearly three decades experience developing, providing, and evaluating brain injury services.He has published more than 160 peer reviewed papers and is the primary developer of the Brain Injury Family Intervention, an empirically based education, skill building, and psychotherapeutic program for families. Dr. Kreutzer is the Editor-in-Chief of the recently published Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, and in 2010 he received the Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to Neuropsychology Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology.
Tuesday, October 8th - Morning
Crystal Willms CPCwill present:
“The Savvy Professional: Bringing Your Life to Work and Your Work to Life”.
Mission - To inspire, educate and support health care professionals in their journey to personal and professional excellence.
In this presentation Crystal’s goal is to inspire, educate and support health care professionals in their journey to personal and professional excellence. Things you will learn in this presentation include: 1) Incorporating the insights of a former brain injury caregiver and experienced Brain Injury Management Expert into your relations with individuals with acquired braininjury and their support system, 2) Improving your own brain functioning by managing your emotions and using Brain Gym® techniques, and 3) Making use of coaching strategies to overcome work and home life stress and enhance communication skills to increase acceptance and understanding from everyone.
About the speaker:
Crystal Willms Certified Power Coach®, Group Power Coach®, Speaker and Author, owns and manages a Calgary based company called Headway Coaching International. Crystal’s mission includes informing the medical community about the impact of brain injury on the injured person’s environment and to help individuals affected by brain injury create ways to adjust. Through this company, Crystal works with caregivers and other individuals indirectly affected by brain injury, individuals affected by brain injury, and Power Coaching® Clients. Crystal is Saskatchewan born and raised, and has been working as a coach since 2000. She has experience with youth at risk, adults with disabilities and mild-severe acquired brain injury through not-for-profit organizations and private health care. She often works with complex cases and uses a direct, assertive approach that remains sensitive to the needs of the client. Her personal caregiver experience has driven her passion to provide real world education about the direct and indirect impacts of brain injury.
For more information contact:
Kelly Froehlich
Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
3475 Albert Street
Regina SK
S4S 6X6
306 787 0802