Spasticity seminar: July 13, 7p CDT
Register at Medtronic’s site here.
This is part of the “Release Your Potential” educational campaign on spasticity, sponsored by Medtronic and several advocacy partners including the Brain Injury Association of America.
Searching for a job and re-entering the work environment can be major challenges for stroke survivors. National Stroke Association wants to make your experience as positive as can be. Register now for Returning to Work Post-Stroke, the latest Web presentation from our Living After Stroke Web program.
Returning to Work Post-Stroke debuts, as a live event, on Monday, June 21 at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific. Topic experts will share guidance and insight as well as take questions of the audience.
Register now for this complimentary event!
Visit www.stroke.org/living for more information about Living After Stroke.
Filed under Aquired Brain Injury (ABI), Conferences, Events, Stroke
National Stroke Association is excited to announce two new online educational resources created specifically for stroke survivors, caregivers and others impacted by recovery issues: iHOPE and Living After Stroke! Visit www.stroke.org/surv_ed for more details.
Over the past year, we have embraced the need for recovery education that is easily accessible, free and convenient. We hope that you find our new resources helpful to enhancing quality of life as you face recovery issues and transition back into home and the community.
Both iHOPE and Living After Stroke include Web presentations that are easy to watch from the comfort of your personal computer. Learn at your own pace about how to manage and cope with recovery lifestyle and medical issues. As the year continues, more Web presentations and other online opportunities to connect directly with topic experts and other survivors and caregivers will be available through iHOPE specifically.
To participate, all it takes is access to a computer with audio (speakers) and a reliable connection to the Internet.
Read more about iHOPE and Living After Stroke!
* iHOPE is a series of Web presentations covering everything from depression to pain to mobility problems that will be available over the next few months. Watch Stroke… Explained now or visit www.stroke.org/iHOPE for more info.
* Living After Stroke is a group of Web presentations that focuses on the transition to home and the community. New presentations will be available as the project continues over the next four years. Watch Managing Life at Home and in the Community now or viisit www.stroke.org/living for more info.
Forward this e-mail onto friends, colleagues or anyone else who might benefit from these new resources.
iHOPE is supported by education grants from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Allergan, Inc. It is supported by charitable contributions from the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership, Pfizer Inc, Genentech, Inc., and by a sponsorship from Allergan, Inc.
Living After Stroke is supported by the US Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; grant number H133B080031 through the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals Who Experience a Stroke.
Filed under Aquired Brain Injury (ABI), Services, Stroke
WHEN:
Saturday, April 17, 10 am-12 noon
WHERE:
The Neuroscience Research Center of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
3rd Floor Auditorium, UT Medical School Bldg, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030
WHO:
James H. “Red” Duke, Jr., MD, John B. Holmes Professor of Clinical Sciences and Vice Chairman for Surgical Development, Professor of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, moderator
Expert panel:
o John H. “Jack” Byrne, PhD; June and Virgil Waggoner Chair; Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; and Director, Neuroscience Research Center
o James A. Ferrendelli, MD, Kraft W. Eidman Professor in the Medical Sciences, Professor of Neurology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
o Sharon K. Ostwald, PhD, RN, CS, Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing; Director, Center on Aging; Professor, The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston
More information at http://www.dana.org/uploadedFiles/The_Dana_Alliances/Staying_Sharp/Houston%20flyer%20final.pdf
Filed under Aquired Brain Injury (ABI), Conferences, Events, Other ABI, Stroke, Tumor
Annual Financial Empowerment Literacy Forum For People with Disabilities
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Kashmere Multi-Service Center
4802 Lockwood
Houston, TX 77026
Guest speakers, door prizes, snacks and disabilities accommodations!
Information will be provided on budgeting, understanding your credit, new credit card laws, how to return to work, and Bank on Houston (www.bankonhouston.org) initiative.
This event will be captioned. For additional accommodation requests, please call 713-803-1074 or email Joyce Foster at joyce.foster@cityofhouston.net. For more information, go to the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities website: http://www.houstontx.gov/disabilities/index.html.
Sponsored by:
Advocacy, Inc., Bethel Collaborative, Career and Recovery Resources, Inc., City of Houston – Controller’s Office / Bank on Houston, Career & Recovery Inc., Department of Health and Human Services, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, One Stop Business Center, Gulf Coast Community Services, Harris County Area on Agency on Aging, Houston Center for Independent Living, Internal Revenue Service, Memorial Assistance Ministries, Neighborhood Tax Centers, SER Jobs for Progress, Social Security Administration, Texas Workforce Solutions, and United Cerebral Palsy.
Filed under Aquired Brain Injury (ABI), Events, Other ABI, Services, Stroke, TBI, Tumor, Veterans with Brain Injury
