Idaho Traumatic Brain Injury
Virtual Program Center
Institute of Rural Health
Idaho State University
Idaho TBI Fall 2007 Virtual Grand Round Series
Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury VGR Series, 7th Edition – 10/31/2007 12:00:00 AM
A six week series that will be video-cast throughout Idaho. Speakers will cover topics on related treatment for returning Veterans with TBI, model programs, long term planning & advocacy.
Family members, private providers, state agency personnel and the general public who work with or have an interest in traumatic brain injuries are invited.
The True Welcome Home – 10/31/2007 1:00:00 PM
Pat Rowe Kerr, Missouri State Veterans Ombudsman & Director, Operation Outreach.
November 1, 2007
Heart of a Hero: A Soldier’s Return After TBI – 11/8/2007 12:00:00 AM
Mary Kelly LTC AN (Ret), Transition Assistance Advisor, Idaho National Guard; Katie Anderson, LCSW Brain Injury Program Director, Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital; Dewayne & Jeannette Mayer (returning serviceman)
November 8, 2007
Returning Veterans and Their Families: What Every Family Member Should Know – 11/15/2007 12:00:00 AM
Sherry Stock, Executive Director, Brain Injury Association of Oregon.
November 15, 2007
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Issues – 11/29/2007 12:00:00 AM
Ariel J. Lang, Ph.D., M.P.H., Psychologist, VA San Diego Healthcare System, Associate Professor, UCSD Department of Psychiatry, Director, CESAMH Psychotherapy Unit and Dewleen Baker, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry/Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health UCSD.
November 29, 2007
Cognitive Rehabilitation After Blast Injury & Polytrauma – 12/6/2007 2:42:00 PM
Don MacLennan, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
December 6, 2007
Idaho’s Traumatic Brain Injury Virtual Program Center (TBI-VPC) – 12/13/2007 12:00:00 AM
Russ Spearman, Project Director, ISU Institute of Rural Health and Laura J. Tivis Ph.D., Project Manager
December 13, 2007
This project is supported in part by grant number 90TBSG0056-02-01 from the U.S Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Washington, D.C. 20201 and Idaho State University. This project was previously supported in part by grant # 1-H21-MC07735, using funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources Services Administration's (HRSA's) Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and Idaho State University. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. The content contained herein are solely those of the authors and points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy, the view or policies of the U.S. Government, the State of Idaho, or Idaho State University
