Hello Colleagues, Partners & Friends,
Please find below our brochure for the 2nd Annual Assistive Technology and Personal Skills Development Conference – Strategies For Success. This conference is expected to provide support and guidance to teachers, parents, psychologists, physicians, parents, social workers, counsellors, advocates, administration and professionals who are interested in learning how to implement more efficient/workable strategies that could foster greater success in school, work and everyday life. These strategies can be applied to a cross-section of society, even for individuals that approach life with challenges and differences.
I encourage you to share this great conference with your friends, family, and contacts as it is going to change lives for the better. When ever possible, please POST!
Looking forward to seeing many of you at the ‘Strategies For Success’ conference.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
770 Don Mills Road
Toronto, ON M3C 1T3 $150 + HST per person Receipt will be provided.
Thank you in advance,
Karen Thornton
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KMTConsulting & Associates
“Transforming the Future of Learning”
Work: 905 829-4378
Fax: 905 829-2072
Cell: 647 234-5373
Website: www.kmtconsultingassociates.com
2nd Annual Assistive Technology and Personal Skills Conference – Strategies For Success (pdf)
February 15-17, 2012, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC Canada
Satellite Conferences held simultaneously in Victoria and Kamloops, BC
After a successful and inspiring 2010 conference, the 22nd Conference will return February 15-17, 2012. The 2012 Conference will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre in Vancouver, BC with Satellite Conferences in Victoria and Kamloops, BC.
The theme for 2012 is: Real people with Real Lives: It takes a Village.
The 22nd Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference
Why register today for the Nov. 16-18, 2011, Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference in beautiful, downtown Vancouver?
Here are our top 5 reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (BIAC) and THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (BIAPEI)
present in association with
TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE and RUCKUS ENSEMBLE
At the BIAC 2011 Annual Conference:
After the Crash: a play about brain injury, By Julia Gray and The Ensemble
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Tech Talk: Technological Supports for Brain Injury Challenges
SAVE THE DATE for the Fourteenth Annual Brain Injury Conference being held on Friday June 17, 2011 at the Four Points Sheraton, London Ontario
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Brain Injury Association of Prince Edward Island Community Information Session will focus on Information for parents, teacher, coaches and youth on symptom management mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and concussions.
An opportunity for questions and dialogue will follow
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Where: Murchison Center 15 – 17 St. Pius X Ave Charlottetown
With: Dr. David MacKenzie Dr. Neil McLure
We are writing to you as one of a group of disability organizations and other health and community groups throughout Canada in the hope that you may be able to help us promote our 2011 Forum and AGM, entitled Keeping It Together: Mental Health across the Continuum of Care, taking place in Toronto on June 11 and 12, 2011. The event is hosted by the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation.
Keeping It Together Poster – Keeping It Together Program – Online Registration
The keynote speaker at the event is Dr. Jane Philpott, a Toronto-area physician and founder of the Give a Day to World AIDS campaign. Sessions at the Forum include topics such as mental health across the continuum of care in HIV and other episodic disabilities, the mental health of caregivers, HIV and aging, and personal stories from people living with episodic disabilities and mental health issues.
In addition to the Forum and AGM, on the evening of June 11, a reception and dinner will be held in honour of Dr. Mary Petty, recipient of the 2011 Award of Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation. Dr. Petty has been a dedicated social worker and researcher in the field of HIV/AIDS since the 1980s.
Gilleen Witkowski
Workshop Coordinator | Coordinatrice aux ateliers
Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation
Groupe de travail canadien sur le VIH et la réinsertion sociale
+1 416 513-0440 (ext./poste 234)
June 11-12: 2011 Forum on HIV and Rehabilitation & Annual General Meeting (AGM)
“Keeping it Together: Mental Health across the Continuum of Care” More Information | Register here
Les 11 et 12 juin : Le Forum sur le VIH et la réinsertion et l’assemblée générale annuelle (a.g.a.) de 2011
« Tenir la route : La santé mentale dans le continuum des soins » Plus d’information | Inscription
The SickKids Centre for Brain & Behaviour presents the 2nd Biennial Conference on Brain Injury in Children – July 12-14, 2011 – at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, Canada. It is the only conference devoted exclusively to the full range of paediatric brain injury types, and it will provide a unique vehicle to develop multidisciplinary strategies for research and treatment into childhood brain injury.
Victim Rights in Canada: Reaching for International Standards, April 13: is a symposium at the University of Ottawa to seek ways to advance rights and services for crime victims. Criminal justice and victim service leaders will participate. To attend, please contact Simon Yared at syare035@uottawa.ca. See attachment for more information
Droits des victimes au Canada : pour atteindre les normes internationales, 13 avril 2011, est un symposium (en anglais seulement) à l´université d´Ottawa pour avancer les droits et les services à l´intention des victimes d´actes criminels. Les leaders en justice pénale et en services pour les victimes participeront. Pour assister, contacter Simon Yared à syare035@uottawa.ca. Voir le fichier annexé pour plus de renseignements.
Irvin Waller, stop crime | assist victims | use prisons smartly
Author: Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime | (new!) Rights for Victims of Crime: Rebalancing Justice
President, International Organization for Victim Assistance
Full Professor, University of Ottawa
www.irvinwaller.org | www.iovahelp.org | www.ipc.uottawa.ca
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Fifth Annual Rehab Education Day, May 5, 2011
We look forward to seeing you in May!
Laura York, MS, OTR/L
Clinical Evaluator
Rehab Community Outreach
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
404-402-0070
laura.york@choa.org
