Help Me, HelpYou:Learn how to build betterrelationships afterbrain injury

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Help Me, HelpYou:Learn how to build better

relationships after brain injury

Date

Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at Noon –Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

Location

Cabarrus College of Health Sciences401 Medical Park Drive, Concord, NC 28025

(on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast)

Hotel Information

The Hampton Inn and Suites on 9850 WeddingtonRoad Extension, Concord, NC, is offering a reducedconference rate for a limited number of rooms. Roomsmay be booked through the hotel at 704-979-5600 orwww.charlotteconcordmillssuites.hamptoninn.com(enter the conference group code CHS). Reservationrequests received after Friday, Sept. 7, will be accepted on a space/rate available basis.

Sponsored by Carolinas Rehabilitation

This conference is partially supported by the U.S.Department of Education, Office of Special Education andRehabilitation Services, National Institute on DisabilityRehabilitation and Research Grant H133A20016 throughCarolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System.

Sponsored by

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Relationships After Brain InjuryDay 1: Identifying the Challenges

Noon - 1 p.m. Registration

1 – 1:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Relationships Matter. All relationshipsexperience difficulty. Learn about the unique set of challenges that can occur after a braininjury.

2:20 - 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Under the Hood: Understanding the mechanicsof relationships: Learn how you affect othersand others affect you.

3:20 - 3:40 p.m. Break

3:40 - 4:30 p.m. Communication Breakdown. Goodcommunication is important for allrelationships, especially during conflict. Learnabout common communication problems inrelationships.

4:30 - 4:40 p.m. Break

4:40 - 5:30 p.m. Goals for Maintaining and EnhancingRelationships With Others. Now that we knowthe challenges, how do we overcome them?Discuss goals for Day 2.

5:30 - 6 p.m. Your Time: Questions and Answers With aPanel of Experts.

Day 2: Working on the Solutions

8 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks.

Concurrent Afternoon Sessions

9 a.m - 12:15 p.m. Communication in Relationships Part I: How to Communicate What You Want and Need

Session A Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time in the Right Way.

Care to Chat? Learn to state your needs in a way that you will be heard and understood byothers.

Coping and Conflict Resolution. Sometimes itseems easier to be negative or to blame others.This session will teach you how to respond more positively towards others.

Session B The Role of Emotions in Communication

How Am I Feeling? Learn to be more aware of your emotions and why you feel the way you do.

Acting vs Acting Out. Learn how to deal withyour emotions so that you can calmly and moreeffectively communicate your feelings and needsto others.

12:15 -1:30 p.m. Lunch

Concurrent Afternoon Sessions

1:30 - 4:45 p.m. Communication in Relationships Part II: Howto Understand What Others Want and Need

Session C Be a Better Listener.

Open Your Ears and Your Mind. Learn how tolisten better so that you can be more in tunewith other peoples’ needs.

Keeping the Peace in Relationships DuringConflict: Listening to Others When You Are UpsetCan Be Difficult. Learn how to listen betterduring conflict.

Session D Lost in Translation: Interpreting the Needs ofOthers.

Reading Between the Lines: What Are They ReallySaying? Learn the skills to better understandwhat others are trying to say.

Reading Body Language: How Are They ReallyFeeling and How Should I Respond? Learn to bemore aware of body language that tells us howothers are feeling.

4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Your Time: Discussion, Questions and AnswersWith a Panel of Experts.

Faculty

Samantha Backhaus, PhDClinical Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

Neuro Rehabilitation Center

Tami Guerrier, BSCarolinas Rehabilitation

Flora Hammond, MDCarolinas TBI Model System Project Director

Carolinas RehabilitationRehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

Mark Hirsch, PhDCarolinas Rehabilitation

Dawn Neumann, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine

Taryn Stajskal, PhDWellness Strategies, PC

Theodore Tsaousides, PhDMount Sinai School of Medicine

Registration Form • Registration deadline: Sept. 14, 2012• $40 per person, check or money order • Everyone registered must be at least 18 years old • Limited to the first 70 to register• May register more than one participant on registration form

You will receive confirmation (email or mailed) along with directions to the conference when your registration is received.

For questions please phone: Peggy Cook at 704-355-4824 or Dee Hamm at 704-355-1095.

Registrant 1 (Circle one: Person with TBI Relative Spouse Caregiver Friend)

Last Name First Name MI

Registrant 2 (Circle one: Person with TBI Relative Spouse Caregiver Friend)

Last Name First Name MI

Registrant 3 (Circle one: Person with TBI Relative Spouse Caregiver Friend)

Last Name First Name MI

Street Address

City State Zip

Email Phone number

Please complete the registration form and return by mail with payment to

(make checks payable to Carolinas Rehabilitation):Carolinas Rehabilitation

Research Department, Peggy Cook1100 Blythe Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28203

*Authorized use only

Check ___________ Money Order ___________

Completed Registration Form ___________

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