Resource Center Road Trip and Featured Speaker Tour Schedule:
September: New Orleans |
Wheelchair Skills Training Two-hour course designed to provide instruction and guidance to professionals working with individuals living in a wheelchair to better enhance their skills and mobility.
Saturday, September 29, 2012 Touro Rehabilitation Center 1401 Foucher Street New Orleans, LA 70115 Foucher Room, 2nd Fl 10:30 am to 2 pm Registration: 10:30 am PowerPoint: 11 am -- 12 noon Lunch:12 noon -- 1 pm Lab Practice with wheelchairs: 1pm --2pm Presenter: April Bretz, PT CEUs application submitted. Pending Approval of the Louisiana Physical Therapy Association Board. Registration Required. Email Madonna Franco at mfranco@biala.org to Register. |
August: Covington
"You are not alone: Finding Support and Building Social Networks Following an Injury"
BIALA Social to Follow
Saturday, August 18, 2012
St Tammany Parish Hospital
1202 South Tyler Street
Covington, LA 70433
10:30 am to Noon
Free! Space is limited. Please register by emailing info@biala.org.
July: Lafayette
"Voices of Injury: Perspectives from the Survivor, the Family Member and the Caregiver"
Three 30–Minute Perspectives discussing the impact of injury on daily life and the valuable resources used to manage daily living
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway
Lafayette, LA 70508
4pm to 6pm
Free! Space is limited. Please register by emailing info@biala.org.
June: Baton Rouge
"Effects on Cognition and Daily Living following a Brain Injury"
Presented By: Kim Diez, SLP
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Baton Rouge Rehab Hospital
8585 United Plaza Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
4pm to 6pm
Free! Space is limited. Please register by emailing info@biala.org. CEUs available pending approval.
May: New Orleans
Thursday, May 17th
Louisiana Humanities Center
938 Lafayette Street
4pm to 5pm: A special Meet & Greet for BIALA Members and invited guests
5pm to 6pm: Hear Dr. Paul G. Harch of Harch Hyperbarics discuss the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in treating brain injury