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Presentation Handouts for the Toronto ABI Network 2018 Conference

Presentation slides from this year’s conference are posted below where permissions allow; as such, not all presentations are available.  Additional presentations will be added within one week following the conference.


Keynote Presentations

“I THINK I HAVE CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (CTE)”: A CLINICIAN’S GUIDE TO MANAGING A RESEARCH PHENOMENON
David X. Cifu
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NAVIGATING EMOTIONALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS – REMEMBERING ROBERT BUCKMAN, MD
John Banja, PhD
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COMMUNICATION MATTERS: EVIDENCE, EXPERIENCE AND EVERYDAY STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH COGNITIVE-COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES AFTER ABI
Sheila MacDonald, M.Cl.Sc. SLP(C)
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Concurrent Sessions

A NEW BIOMARKER TO GUIDE NEUROMODULATORY TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME AND CHRONIC PAIN
Derrick Matthew Buchanan, B.Cog.Sci, PhD
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BRINGING A CPG INTO PRACTICE: SPOTLIGHT ON IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE
Judith Gargaro, BSc
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THAT OMNIPOTENT BEAST…FATIGUE
Judith Johnston
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GOING OUT ON A LEAF: BENEFITS OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA ON A CHRONICALLY SEVERELY BRAIN INJURED INDIVIDUAL
Deborah Tang, B.Sc., Ph.D., C. Psych, and Aimee Matuszczak
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THE HULL-ELLIS CONCUSSION AND RESEARCH CLINIC AT THE TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE: CARE FOR CONCUSSION PATIENTS IN ACUTE STAGES POST INJURY
David Lawrence, MD, CCFP (SEM), Dip Sport Med, MPH(C) and Tharshini Chandra, B.Sc.
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BRAIN DEATH AND DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
John D. Banja, PhD
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GIRLS AND THE INJURED BRAIN: NEW INFORMATION, NEW INTERVENTIONS
Eden Dales, MSW RSW & Lauren Okell, OT
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Rapid Podium

CREATING COMMUNITY INTEGRATION THROUGH QUILT MAKING AFTER ABI
Jennifer Sharp and Mary-Ellen Thompson, Ph.D
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FAMILY NEEDS AFTER PEDIATRIC ABI – DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW?
Caron Gan, RN, MScN, RP, RMFT, AAMFT
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