Lakeview’s CEO and Chairman of the Brain injury Association’s Business and Professional Council Christopher Slover concurs with BIAA’s commentary that USA Today ("For Brain Injuries, a Treatment Gap") accurately reported the need for individuals who sustain brain injuries to access medically-necessary rehabilitation of sufficient scope, intensity and duration from licensed professionals in accredited settings to regain the physical abilities and cognitive skills needed to live healthy, independent and satisfying lives. Both Lakeview and the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) recommend everyone check his or her health insurance plan to make sure they are adequately covered in case of a serious injury.   Lakeview has long supported and maintained the position that individuals who sustain brain injuries should have access to the full continuum of medically-necessary rehabilitation services in hospital, outpatient, home and community-integrated settings.  Lakeview also recognizes that this needed care may be complex, addressing the full scope of brain injury related impairments, including neurobehavioral conditions and psychological health, as well as the physical and cognitive sequelae of TBI .  Lakeview,  along with BIAA and other organizations, urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to consider catastrophic injury in formulating regulations for the essential health benefits package under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. For more information and to find out how you can help, please see the BIAA Access to Care Fact Sheet 2011.
 

March is Brain Injury Awareness month, capped by the annual Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill.  Lakeview has been invited to exhibit at this event, and our participating staff will be meeting with members of Congress to discus the critical need for access to quality brain injury rehabilitation.  This year, brain injury awareness day on Capitol Hill will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. the Brain Injury Association of America (www.biausa.org) , the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (www.nashia.org) and other stakeholders are working with the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force to develop a schedule for the day as well as logistics and speaker details. The title of this year’s briefing is “Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Re-entry: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead.” Please join us in representing the brain injury community in Washington, DC.

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The Brain injury Association of Connecticut's Annual Conference on March 11, 2011 (Rocky Hill, CT) features Lakeview's Dr. Tina Trudel presenting on women's issues in TBI (http://biact.homestead.com).  The factors unique to women’s injuries and outcomes have remained largely overlooked. This presentation will address the prevalence and epidemiology of TBI in women, and the specific differences that women typically experience in the recovery process. Additional topics will include domestic violence and TBI, sexuality, emotional dysregulation, primary role alteration, employment, physical disabilities, long term health concerns, and women as care providers.

Meet Lakeview's expert professional staff at the BIA of Iowa conference in Des Moines, March 10-11.  Featured Lakeview speakers include:
 - Dr. Michael Mozzoni, BCBA-D on Behavioral Interventions for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury;
 - Dr. Amanda Messina and Mahin Para-cremer, MEd, BCABA on Using Neuropsychological Evaluations to Develop Intervention Strategies; and
 - A keynote address by Dr. Tina Trudel on Sexuality after TBI
Visit us at the Lakeview booth in the exhibit area.  For more information: www.biaia.org.
 

Lakeview’s Dr. Amanda Messina and Behavior Analyst Mahin Para-Cremer, MEd, BCABA, will be presenting on, “Using a Neuropsychological Evaluation to Develop Effective Individualized Intervention Strategies to Intervene with Children and Adults with Traumatic or Acquired Brain Injury” at the BIA of Iowa Conference held March 10-11, 2011 at the Sheraton, West Des Moines, IA - http://www.biausa.org/Iowa/.  A neuropsychological Evaluation can provide extensive information about how an individual’s functioning has been impacted following a TBI/ABI.  There are many different areas that are potentially assessed during this brain-behavior evaluation process, and the resulting information is a valuable tool in the identification of effective strategies for intervention and treatment.  This presentation will review the components of neuropsychological evaluation and identify the process for developing effective individualized intervention strategies based on the assessment results.    Dr. Amanda Messina is the Director of Child and Youth Services for Lakeview Specialty Hospital and Rehab in Waterford, Wisconsin.  She completed her degree in clinical psychology and is presently completing her post-doctoral residency.  She has extensive experience providing assessments, clinical treatment, and psychotherapy to children and adults with disabilities, including Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Learning Disorders, and Mental Health Diagnoses.    Mahin Para-Cremer has worked with parents, families, teachers, service providers, and advocates to improve the quality of life for children and adults with Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injuries, as well as other disabilities.   Mahin is a Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst and Clinical Liaison for Lakeview Specialty Hospital and Rehab in Waterford, Wisconsin.  She holds a Masters degree in Special Education and Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Human Development from the University of Kansas. 

The 3rd Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury will be held June 13-15, 2011, at the Washington Hilton - http://tbi-interagency-conference.org/.  This premier conference in the field of brain injury rehabilitation was last held in 2006.  Accepted symposia include a presentation by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center entitled, "Traumatic Brain Injury Screening And Outcomes Along The Post-Deployment Continuum Of Care".  This symposium will review research findings of TBI screening over time and across the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) network of Veteran's Administration (VA), Department of Defense (DoD), and civilian sites.  The symposium was organized by Sean Manion, PhD, Deputy Chief of Staff for DVBIC, and Felicia Qashu, PhD, Scientific Research Advisor for DVBIC.  Expert presenters for this symposium include Wendy Law, PhD speaking on “TBI in the U.S. Military during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 2003-2005”; Louis M. French, PsyD, speaking on the “Influence of Bodily Injuries on Symptom Reporting Following Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury”; Michelle Nichols, RN, speaking on "Traumatic Brain Injury During Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Influences on the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Program within a Veterans Health Administration Facility"; and Lakeview’s Tina M. Trudel, PhD speaking on "Innovations in Community Integrated Brain Injury Vocational Rehabilitation for Service Members:  The DVBIC Charlottesville Experience".  Dr. Trudel will discuss community integrated rehabilitation and vocational services at the DVBIC Charlottesville civilian facility, and the outcomes for service members who have sustained brain injuries and were served through that program where she serves as Research Coordinator/Senior Scientist and was Site Director from 2005-2010.  This DVBIC symposium will allow for a broad look at the TBI care continuum , course of recovery and spectrum of treatment facilities, which will contribute to the advancement, understanding and improvement of outcomes for service members who have sustained a TBI.     

Under the direction of long-time brain injury leader Eldon Munson and Lakeview's Vice-President of Development Sue Bartlett, Lakeview Rehab at Home was officially licensed and launched in NH.  This dynamic new service will provide for expert professional services and support staff in the participants home-based and community settings.  The entire array of rehabilitation and behavioral professionals is available, along with custom care planning and competitive pricing for insurers and workers compensation case managers.  While specializing in brain injury, the expertise and services offered may benefit anyone with a rehabilitation need, neurologic condition or developmental challenge, including youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders.  Future plans include expanding this service throughout New England (MA and ME are already under way), the Mid-Atlantic region (NJ, NY, PA) and the upper Midwest (IA, IL, WI) in 2011.

Dr. Mike Mozzoni was honored by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group, at their annual conference meeting in montreal, Canada.  Aside from his involvement with and leadership of multiple brain injury task forces, Dr. Mozzoni was specifically cited for his years of work as the group's treasurer.  Dr. Mozzoni is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and is Lakeview's Director of Behavioral Services and Training, which includes oversight of Lakeview's applied behavior analysis training program serving interns from across the country.

Speaking on the applications of neurotechnology in brain injury rehabilitation at the World Congress of Neurotechnology in Rome, Lakeview's Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Tina Trudel, noted the advances in use of assistive technology across the general population, as well as among those recovering from brain injury.  PDAs, GPS units, organizers and countless memory devices have been used as rehabilitation tools, including through clinical projects she coordinated at the DVBIC (Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center)site in Charlottesville, serving veterans with brain injury.  She also highlighted a pilot project for post-TBI driving simulation involving veterans and her colleagues at the University of Virginia.  Dr. Trudel emphasized the importance of matching the person's needs and goals appropriately to optimize use of technology, citing the influential work of Dr. Marcia Scherer.  The lecture concluded with an overview of the new research and clinical applications of computerized instructional technology which were piloted at Lakeview and the Bedford, MA VA program, which are now being advanced under her direction through the DVBIC Charlottesville program.  This project inolves collaboration with Instructional Systems Incorporated (ISI), a well known educational and workforce development software company headed up by CEO Martin Kaminer.