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Moving Ahead
Message from the Chair

A biannual publication for members of the BI-ISIG

Volume 27 Number 1

Contents
Message from the Chair . . . . . . . . . 1 Letter from the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 2 BI-ISIG Annual Business Meeting Minutes — October 2011 . . . . . . 3 – 6 Brain Injury Policy Points . . . . . . . . 6 New BI-ISIG Members . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BI-ISIG Task Force News . . . . . . . . . 8 ACRM & BI-ISIG Awards . . . . . . . . . 9 BI-ISIG News Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . 11

“Renewal and Regrowth of the ACRM BI-ISIG”
The arrival of spring 2012 as the season of rebirth, renewal and regrowth, correspondingly brings our BI-ISIG Mid-Year Meeting (MYM) a record number of BI-ISIG members, new leadership since our last annual MYM, new opportunities for BIISIG members to join task forces and participate, and a “refresh” of our newsletter and website. This year’s spring BI-ISIG MYM is being held in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for country music featuring the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, downtown Nashville also has a thriving restaurant scene and a wealth of history, parks, gardens and museums (please see http://bit.ly/NashvilleThingsToDo to find sites and events of interest to you). This year’s MYM is the first to offer CEU opportunities following the BI-ISIG meeting. The evidence-based Cognitive Rehabilitation training seminar offers 12 hours of CEUs for those invested in cognitive rehabilitation treatment and research. I’m pleased to announce that as of March 31, 2012, the BI-ISIG has a record number of duespaying members (330) as well as 72 who received 6- or 12-month complimentary memberships due to their first-time registration at the 2011 ACRM annual meeting in Atlanta. Our ACRM virtual office and staff have done a tremendous job offering promotions to bring new people to the BI-ISIG, and there are a number of opportunities for us to welcome and engage new members as well as returning members interested in renewing their involvement.

ronald seel, phd

Nashville

The heart and soul of the BI-ISIG are our task forces, which have served to advance the educational, interventional and advocacy needs of the TBI rehabilitation field, as well as a beginning of lifelong professional collaborations and friendships. It is no coincidence that early career and new members view participating in the BI-ISIG task forces as a primary ACRM membership benefit. I’d like to welcome our new leaders since last year’s MYM: John Whyte and Risa NakaseRichardson, Disorders of Consciousness; Tom Felicetti and Flora Hammond as new co-chairs of the Long-Term Issues Task Force; and Julie Haarbauer-Krupa as lead chair of the Pediatric and Adolescent Task force, working with co-chair Joe Marcantuno. There are abundant opportunities for early career, new members and regular members to join and participate in our task forces. A few opportunities to highlight include: • Community-Based Treatment seeks interested members to work on finalizing a survey and developing consensus-based standards of care, Continued on page 2

Don’t miss the connecting, the camaraderie, the fun — in Nashville at the BI-ISIG MidYear Meeting 18 – 19 May at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. REGISTER NOW ONLINE at www.acrm.org/mid-year.

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Continued from page 1 • Girls and Women with ABI is preparing to conduct a research review on the topic and offers opportunities to enter this project at an early stage, • Disorders of Consciousness, Long-Term Issues and Pediatric/Adolescent have new leadership and are brainstorming new goals and projects, which offers an opportunity for new members to be involved on the front end. To access a full listing of our task forces including overviews, completed projects, how new members can participate, and contact information, check out the BI-ISIG section on the ACRM website at www.ACRM.org. As you have noticed, Donna Langenbahn and the media committee have also refreshed the look of Moving Ahead. As always, many thanks to Donna for her generosity in time, energy, and creativity in working with Signy Roberts to refresh the branding of Moving Ahead while keeping the warm and intimate feel of the newsletter that has served us for the past 25 years. Lastly, on the ACRM virtual office front I’d like to thank Judy Reuter for her 11 years of dedicated service with ACRM and the BI-ISIG. We will miss your warm spirit, smile, and even-keel assistance, but wish you the best on your new endeavors. I’d also like to welcome Kay Fitzpatrick, CAE, as ACRM’s new Director of ACRM Community Relations who will serve as lead liaison for the BI-ISIG. I look forward to seeing, working with, and catching up with you in Nashville.

Ronald Seel, PhD Shepherd Center Atlanta, Georgia Tel: +1.404.367.1240, Fax: +1.404.350.3081
ChAiR ELECt

Lance Trexler, PhD Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Tel: +1.317.879.8940, Fax: +1.317.872.0914
tREASuRER

Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Tampa, FL Tel: +1.813.972.2000, Fax: +1.813.903.4814
SECREtARy

Ron Seel, PhD, BI-ISIG Chair

Joshua Cantor, PhD Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY Tel: +1.212.241.8850, Fax: +1.212.241.0137
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Letter from the Editor
The BI-ISIG continues to be a group in transition, as we have welcomed new members, among them early career members — to our fold. I have had the pleasure to begin to work with new BI-ISIG Media Committee members Samantha Backhaus and Michael Fraas, who have joined Mary Pat Murphy and me in a broader definition of our mission as we have begun to make a BI-ISIG impact on the ACRM website and to explore social media communication with new methods to reach our membership with new ideas. In this realm, I thank Kay Fitzpatrick, CAE, Director of ACRM donna langenbahn, phd Community Relations, who has become our “point person,” for her clarity, candor, and guidance. As our media group has discussed ideas, Kay has added considerable substance, and has given us direction to get those ideas channeled into initial action steps. Thanks also to Signy Roberts, who has given Moving Ahead its new look while keeping its old spirit. I look forward to productive and stimulating working relationships as we head toward Nashville and future adventures. I leave the sadness for last, in acknowledging Judy Reuter’s departure from ACRM and the BI-ISIG. As all of you newsletter followers know, Judy has lent a careful and creative eye to Moving Ahead for these past eight years since we began working together. More so, she has been a kind and steady guide for so many of us in the BI-ISIG who have turned to her frequently while saying, “Let’s ask Judy,” knowing that she would know — or find out — the answer to our questions. The tears in my eyes remind me that her impact is a heartfelt one, and that I — and we — have been immensely fortunate in being touched by her gracious presence and loving concern.

J. Preston Harley, PhD Neuropsychology Institute Chicago, Illinois Tel: +1.630.293.4321, Fax: +1.630.293.4297
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Donna Langenbahn, PhD Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine New York, New York Tel: +1.212.263.6163, Fax: +1.212. 263.5166
ACRM StAff

Jon Lindberg, MBA, CAE, ACRM CEO Email: [email protected] Tel: +1.317. 471.8760, Fax: +1.317.471.8762 Kay Fitzpatrick, CAE Email: [email protected] Tel: +1.248.320.2696

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Donna Langenbahn, PhD, Editor

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BI-ISIG General Business Meeting
October 13, 2011 Hyatt Regency Hotel – atlanta, geoRgia

Minutes

2010-2012 BI-ISIG Executive Committee
Ron Seel, PhD, Chair Lance trexler, PhD, Chair elect J.Preston harley, PhD, Immediate Past Chair Kristen Dams-o’Connor, PhD, early Career Officer Risa nakase-Richardson, PhD, Treasurer Joshua Cantor, PhD, Secretary Joseph Marcantuono, PhD, Program/Awards Officer Donna Langenbahn, PhD, Communications Officer

Jon Lindberg, MBA, CAE , ACRM executive Director (ex officio)

Welcome and Announcements

Ron Seel, Chair The Annual Meeting of the Brain Injury Special Interest Group (BI-ISIG) of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) was convened in Atlanta, Georgia on October 13, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. BI-ISIG Chair Ron Seel welcomed attendees and briefly explained the mission and culture of the BI-ISIG. He welcomed new members to the meeting and asked members of the Executive Committee to introduce themselves. Preston Harley gave a history of the BI-ISIG and explained the difference between SIGs and ISIGs and the BI-ISIG’s role as a driving force in defining traumatic brain injury treatment standards, including CARF standards.

task Force Updates and Meeting plans
ASSiStivE tEChnoLogy

No report; the task force will be disbanding. Ron thanked Marcia Scherer, as task force chair, for her time and many efforts.
CognitivE rEhAbiLitAtion

Keith Cicerone & Donna Langenbahn, Co-Chairs The task force will meet in Regency 5, Friday 12-1:30pm. They will discuss review papers, training initiatives, and the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on cognitive rehabilitation. Keith suggested a plan to respond to the IOM report; they may work with BIAA about a response. John Whyte indicated that in commissioning the IOM review, the Department of Defense asked a narrow question regarding the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation and that the issue of how to design clinical services for returning soldiers with TBI and cognitive complaints was not addressed. He suggested that responses to the review consider an answer to that question. Joe Giacino suggested that the BI-ISIG is (Mostly) BI-ISIG & Fish at the Atlanta Aquarium well suited to do that.
CoMMUnity-bASEd trEAtMEnt

Angelle Sander, Laura van Veldhoven, Monique Pappadis, Kacey Maestas, Mark Sherer

current standard of care; 2) completing a comprehensive review of outcome measurement as a result of community-based treatment.
diSordErS oF ConSCioUSnESS

SECrEtAry’S rEport

Minutes of the 2011 Mid-Year Business Meeting were distributed in copies of Moving Ahead for review by membership. The minutes were approved.

Nina Geier & Ann Marie McLaughlin, Co-chairs They have been having conference calls on: 1) documenting models and components of community-based programs in a questionnaire to survey providers and identify

Ron Seel, Chair The group is not meeting regularly, and they have some overlap with the work of the TBI Model Systems network. They have general plans for dissemination of guidelines for assessment of disorders of consciousness (recently published in Archives of PM & R) at conferences, discussion of more manuscripts to develop, and advocacy. The Interqual criteria and their position on specialized services for DOC are being addressed through advocacy.
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Long-tErM iSSUES

Tom Felicetti, Chair Tina Trudel has stepped down as chair of the task force, and Tom Felicetti has stepped in as new chair. The task force will meet on Saturday at 11am in Hanover D and E. Aging with brain injury issues will be addressed.
MiLd tbi

approval is still in process. They have had additional minor suggestions regarding inclusion criteria, and are considering different platforms for online survey. They will present the survey to ACRM for feedback, and then plan to put it online. Eleven new members have joined the task force.
girLS And WoMEn With Abi

Andrea Laborde & Murdo Dowds, Co-chairs The task force will meet on Friday at noon to discuss their online box.net project, which will include a library of articles on mild TBI. Their meeting will be in Chicago A and B.
pEdiAtriC/AdoLESCEntS

Joseph Marcantuono & Julie HaarbauerKrupa, Co-Chairs Linda Laatsch has stepped down as chair of the task force, and Joe Marcantuono has taken on the role of chair. A successful pre-conference workshop was held with approximately 60 attendees. About 28 new members signed up for the BI-ISIG task force. The task force will meet on Saturday at 3:30 in the ACRM registration area, with the final

Angela Colantonio, Chair Marilyn Spivack took this opportunity to introduce and welcome Susan Connors of BIAA to the meeting. She also expressed appreciation for the pediatric pre-conference. Marilyn wanted to thank the BI-ISIG for supporting this task force, and she asked men to join the group as well. Angela expressed thanks to ACRM for continued support of the task force, as well as to the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, who have funded telephone calls and other research-related activities. They also have had administrative support through University of Toronto/Toronto Rehab, funding from the

for $5000 support to provide a basis for the paper. A volunteer McGill student, Kaila Grossman, is doing some of the literature reviews. Also, Angela Colantonio is submitting for a Canadian Institute for Health Research network development grant to support the network due in December, which needs “inkind” partner support. A publication based on the first international workshop on women and TBI is forthcoming in Brain Injury. The task force is participating in a symposium on women and TBI at the International Brain Injury Association in Edinburgh in March led by Lisa Sherwin. The task force is seeking sponsors, other funding, and postdoctoralfellow involvement. The task force continues to attract more people, and they have started monthly telephone meetings. They plan to meet Friday at 5 pm in Chicago A and B.
bi-iSig initiAtivES

Phil Morse & Tom Bergquist

Dawn Neumann, Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, Jerry Wright

meeting location to be determined then. Ron thanked Joe and Julie Haarbauer-Krupa for their efforts in organizing the pediatric preconference.
prognoSiS AFtEr tbi

Rosette Biester & David Krych, Co-chairs The task force has submitted for IRB approval their proposal for the survey on what patients remember being told about their prognosis;

Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, and the collaboration of Brain Injury Association of Canada. They held focus groups and did presentations at a Canadian national meeting and contributed to a national webinar. They are pleased that consumer groups such as Disabled Women’s Network of Canada are using gender-specific research to further advocacy. The task force white paper project entails resubmitting Girls and Women with ABI Task Force a clinical practice review

Ron noted three initiatives that he believes will increase membership value. First, Lance Trexler described a planned two-day workshop to be held at the 2012 Mid-year Meeting. Lance noted that the first day of the workshop will include the “nuts and bolts” of content from the Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual (recently published in beta version by ACRM and based on work from the Cognitive Rehabilitation Task Force). Day two of the workshop will focus on factors that influence cognitive rehabilitation (e.g., family, cognitive deficits, etc.). It is yet unknown if the manual will be included in the workshop fee. Second, Ron announced that the BI-ISIG has started a consultation process with the CDC and the VA to see how we can collaborate with

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these groups in areas of highquality clinical practice. Third, the BI-ISIG is very committed to involvement of early career members. The creation of the Early Career Joe Giacino Officer position on the BI-ISIG Executive Committee reflects our commitment to this group of professionals, and the task forces are points of entry for early career people into the BI-ISIG. Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Early Career Officer, invited early career members to get involved in activities, noting the early career list-serve as one means of involvement.

Communications report

Donna Langenbahn, Communications Officer The BI-ISIG newsletter, Moving Ahead, was emailed to all due to delays in getting this issue to print. Donna reminded the membership that an article on the history of the BI-ISIG was included in the previous issue of Moving Ahead. She expressed thanks to Judy Reuter for her help in producing the current issue of the newsletter. She noted that the Media Committee now has four members, and that they form an interdisciplinary representation: Donna (psychologist) is chair of the committee; Mary Pat Murphy (rehabilitation nurse) will be working on the website; Michael Fraas (speech-language pathologist) and Samantha Backhaus (psychologist) were welcomed as new committee members and will be looking into social media possibilities in expanding BI-ISIG membership communication.

research to improve the lives of veterans with disabilities and their families. There has been a ten-fold increase in funding since 2008, much of which has gone to specialized centers; 30% of funding is in pre-clinical animal work, and 70% goes toward clinical work. There are close connections with patient care issues, with focus areas in mild TBI, co-occurring conditions, cognition, and executive dysfunction. He described a variety of studies currently funded (e.g., neural basis of cognitive rehabilitation, suicide and TBI, effects of TBI on outcomes). They want to increase the focus on long-term effects of TBI, pain, treatment for vestibular disorders, return to community, and combined neurotrauma (TBI and SCI). There are different funding-award mechanisms (career development, pilot, merit, center of excellence, research award enhancement, research career scientists, post-doctoral awards), and Dr. Hoffman explained how to determine which are appropriate to various types of research. He reviewed currently open RFAs, and explained steps to initiating applications. Ron next introduced Lisa McGuire, PhD, Acting Associate Director for Science, Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC. Dr. McGuire first mentioned that funding at CDC remains level. She explained why the CDC is involved with TBI, noting congressional mandates to study the epidemiology of TBI as a result of the TBI and Children’s Healthcare Acts. She summarized findings in this area, highlighting the fact that CDC figures underestimate TBI incidence; public health burden and broad injury trends by age were reviewed. Algorithms are needed for field triage of injured patients with the goal of ensuring that first responders choose appropriate treatment venues. The CDC will develop guidelines for concussion management in different centers. There is now online clinical training (in partnership with the NFL) at www.preventingconcussions.org (CE credits). Agency-wide grand rounds on TBI were conducted in September, 2011, with a reported 60% increase in ED visits for sports concussions over 10 years, believed

to be related to CDC’s concussion and TBI-awareness campaigns. In reviewing educational initiatives, Dr. McGuire noted that the Heads Up Toolkit has been very popular with school nurses, teachers and counselors. The school initiative focus is on children/ adolescents not returning to play until symptom-free and cleared by a healthcare professional. The CDC has partnerships with the NCAA and NFL to produce fact sheets and other sports-related materials. They are working with states on training of coaches where legislation has been passed requiring it. All materials are available on websites and can be shipped by CDC. Co-branding is possible and encouraged. Many materials are translated into Spanish, and the CDC is interested in partnering for other language translations.

bi-iSig-Member Award honorees

BIAA Awards — Susan Connors, President and CEO, Brain Injury Association of America Ron introduced Susan Connors to present BIAA’s 2011 awards to BI-ISG member honorees. Nathan Zasler was honored with the Sheldon Berrol MD Clinical Service Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to improving the quality of care, professional training and/or education in the field of brain injury. The William Fields Caveness Award, whose honoree is recognized for research that has made outstanding contributions to bettering the lives of people who have sustained brain injury, was presented to Flora Hammond.

guest Speakers

Ron introduced Stuart Hoffman, PhD, Scientific Program Manager for Brain Injury, VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service. Dr. Hoffman presented on TBI research, first explaining the history and mission of his service, as well as the organizational structure. They are conducting

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BI-ISIG Lifetime Achievement Awards — Preston Harley, Immediate Past Chair Preston Harley announced a decision to recognize BI-ISIG members who had long-term status in the group with a BI-ISIG Lifetime Achievement Award. Members recognized with a certificate signifying this honor included: Cynthia Braden, Keith Cicerone, Tom Felicetti, Joe Giacino, Mel Glenn, Preston Harley, Tessa Hart, Mark Johnston, Kathy Kalmar, Doug Katz, Sally Kneipp, Donna Langenbahn, Jim Malec, Ginna Mills, Mike Mozzoni, Phil Morse, Marilyn Spivack, Lance Trexler, and John Whyte. BI-ISIG David Strauss Award — Tom Felicetti & Joe Marcantuono, Program/ Awards Officer Tom Felicetti described the David Strauss Award, which recognizes a conference poster exemplifying the interests and work in postacute brain-injury rehabilitation of this past BI-ISIG member. Joe Marcantuono named Kristine Kingsley as the winner of this award for the poster: “Memory Notebook Training for Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury with Involvement of Significant Other.” BI-ISIG Early Career Poster Award — Joe Marcantuono, Program/Awards Officer Joe named the winner of the Early Career Poster Award to be Amy Herrold whose poster is entitled: “Effects Of Alcohol Use In Veterans With Mild TBI and/or Behavioral Health Conditions.”

Brain Injury Policy Points
Brain Injury Awareness Day
Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill was held Wednesday, March 21, 2012, with an awareness fair, briefing, press conference, and reception. This event was sponsored by Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and attended by many of its national and state representatives, brain injury survivors, and involved professionals. In the early afternoon U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force (CBITF), held a news conference to announce legislation that would broaden the scope of federal support for traumatic brain injury programs. Also participating was U.S. Representative Todd Russell Platts (R-PA), co-chair of CBITF; Jordan Grafman, PhD, Director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Kessler Foundation; and Susan Connors, President and CEO, Brain Injury Association of America.

h.r.4238 - tbi Act of 2012

The focus of Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill was the push for reauthorization of the TBI Act, to be introduced in March. The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act of 1996, as amended in 2008, authorized funding to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) to award grants to 1) States, American Indian Consortia, and Territories, to improve access to service delivery, and to 2) State Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems to expand advocacy services to include individuals with TBI. The TBI Act also authorized funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for surveillance, public education, prevention and research. In the proposed reauthorization, the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) has recommended a $2 million increase in HRSA funding to $12 million to provide monies for more state grants (currently less than half of the states receive funding). They recommended an increase in almost $4 million (from $6.1 million to $10 million) to support CDC efforts to help identify brain injury needs, target priorities, and evaluate the availability of evidence-based interventions. The reauthorization also seeks to amend current legislation to: clarify the use of grant funds that support direct services, provide funding to each state through a formula funding platform, provide directives to include pediatric TBI services, and support HRSA in completing a long-range plan for the Federal TBI Program that includes public input. Please encourage your congressional representative to join the CBITF and to support H.R. 4238.

Meeting Adjournment
Respectfully submitted,
Joshua Cantor, PhD

dr. tamara bushnik Comments on AhrQ report

Motion to adjourn the meeting was made and seconded. The meeting was adjourned.

BI-ISIG Secretary

ACRM was given the opportunity to comment on the draft report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. In a letter dated February 6, 2012, ACRM President Tamara Bushnik, PhD provided a detailed set of comments on the report and noted several concerns, including: 1) inadequate understanding of TBI post-acute rehabilitation; 2) deficiencies in the methodology; 3) insufficient consideration of the unintended consequences of the paper on individuals with TBI and their families; 4) lack of recognition of the fiscal implications of the recommendations calling for a comprehensive research agenda; and 5) lack of summary comments. She noted that “ACRM is dismayed by many of the findings of the report and the manner in which many of the findings are communicated.” For the complete letter from Dr. Bushnik, see: http://www.acrm. org/legislative-updates. The AHRQ draft report can be found at: http://www.effectivehealthcare. ahrq.gov/ehc/products/283/930/Rehab-and-TBI_DraftReport_20120112.pdf.

Joshua Cantor, Samantha Backhaus, Summer Ibarra

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New BI-ISIG Members: 2011
The BI-ISIG membership roster boasts 107 individuals who joined in 2011. Many joined as a function of the complimentary six-month ACRM membership that was offered with registration to the ACRM-ASNR Joint Educational Conference in October, 2011; they specifically indicated interest in the BI-ISIG. New members are listed below by state or country. Please make note of familiar and unfamiliar names, and make it a point to welcome them to participate in BI-ISIG task forces and projects.
AlAbAmA GeorGiA minnesotA texAs

Dr. Thomas Novack Ms. Chelsey Sterling
ArkAnsAs

Dr. Elisabeth Sherwin
CAliforniA

Dr. Stefanie Bodison Dr. Clement Hakim Miss Claire Jingwen Li Ms. Venus Orden Dr. Ronald Ruff
ColorAdo

Dr. Deedre Werner
ConneCtiCut

Dr. Thomas Miller
distriCt of ColumbiA

Ms. Lurae Ahrendt Ms. Lin Barker Ms. Melina Collins Mr. William Cusack Mrs. Jennifer Douglas Ms. Jessica Dyke Mrs. Sarah Heaner Dr. Dawn Ilardi Mrs. Susan Johnson Ms. Renn Judin Dr. Sarah Lahey Dr. Julia Land Mrs. Tiffany LeCroy Dr. Lisa McGuire Dr. L. Stephen Miller Mrs. Dorothy Terry Ms. Bonnie Schaude Ms. Els Van Den Eynde Ms. Tracey Wallace Ms. Tristen Wood
illinois

Dr. George Montgomery Mrs. Rebecca Pittelko Dr. Margaret Weightman
mississippi

Dr. Edward Manning North Carolina Ms. Sheri Bartel Ms. Tami Guerrier Ms. Mitzi Holmes Ms. Kelly O’Brien
new Jersey

Dr. Juan Cabrera Ms. Patti Davis Mr. Carlos Hernandez Ms. Julie Jacoby Dr. Amol Karmarkar Mr. Amit Kumar Deobrah Little Kacey Maestas Ms. Laney Tate
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Dr. David Ryser SuAnn Chen Dr. Vincenza Piscitelli
new mexiCo virGiniA

Dr. Michael Martelli
AustrAliA

Dr. Denise Taylor
new york

Dr. Adel Aldajani
belGium

Dr. Shireen Atabaki Dr. Louis French Ms. Manon Schladen
floridA

Dr. Robert Kent Dr. Tracy Kretzmer Steven Scott Dr. Pay-Shan Wen

Dr. Sherrie All Dr. Amy Herrold Miriam Hwang Sangeeta Patel
indiAnA

Ms. Connie Fiems Dr. Bradley Hufford Mrs. Summer Ibarra
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Dr. Greta Apterbach Dr. Emily D’Antonio Dr. Michal Eisenberg Ms. Nicole Guishard Ms. Shinakee Gumber Ms. Pascale Josama Dr. Christine Yuen-Shan Lee Dr. Jaime Levine Ms. Ellyn Levy
ohio

Dr. Jean-Louis Thonnard
CAnAdA

Dr. Carolina Bottari Prof. Alisa Grigorovich Dr. Dr. Grant Iverson Mr. Erxun Li Edith Ng Dr. Cristina Stolan
GermAny

Dr. Matthew Plow Dr. Angela Ciccia
oreGon

Prof. Lutz Schega
isrAel

Dr. Bradley Brummett Dr. Christopher Carter Ms. Elizabeth Hansen Ms. Anne O’Brien Dr. Therese O’Neil-Pirozzi
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Mrs. Yehudit Melzer
netherlAnds

Dr. Bonnie Todis
pennsylvAniA

Ms. Shannon Juengst Dr. Kathleen Kortte
miChiGAn south CArolinA

Ms. Esther Jacobs Dr. Thomas Janssen
south koreA

Dr. David Staten Geraldine Dapul Dr. Richard Hoyt Dr. Riley Smith Dr. Joseph Solberg Dr. Anne Zuzelski
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Dr. Ha Jeong Kim
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Ms. Becky Thorp

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2011 Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua
presented at the 2011 Joint ACrM-ASnr Annual Educational Conference, progress in rehabilitation research
“Insults Real and Imagined: A Clinical and Scientific Inquiry into Mild TBI, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Post-Concussive Syndrome”
Joseph T. Marcantuono, PhD, BI-ISIG Program/Awards Chair The Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua at the 2011 ACRM-ASNR Annual Conference presented an armchair discussion on the topic of mild TBI, moderated by Keith Cicerone, PhD, ABPP-Cn, FACRM, and featuring a panel of four well-known experts on the topic of MTBI. Dr. Cicerone, Chief of Neuropsychology at the JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ, led the question/answer session and discussion with experts, Kathleen R. Bell, MD, Medical Director of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, and Project Director for the UW TBI Model System; Mary Hibbard, PhD, ABPP-Rp, Director of Psychology, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, NY, NY; Rodney D. Vanderploeg, PhD, ABPPCn, Clinical Director of the Brain Injury Treatment Program, Tampa VAMC Poly Trauma Rehabilitation Center, James Haley Veterans Administration Hospital, Tampa, FL; and Ronald Ruff, PhD, neuropsychologist and rehabilitation psychologist, San Francisco, CA. Topics covered in the Chautauqua included: criteria used to diagnose MTBI, Post Concussive Syndrome and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; discussion of reasons for the incidence of persistent symptoms after a MTBI and the prevalence of contributing

Kathleen Bell, Mary Hibbard, Keith Cicerone, Rodney Vanderploeg, Ronald Ruff

somatic and affective factors; and opinions on the appropriate diagnostic and treatment approach for individuals with both early and persisting symptoms. Despite approaching the topic of MTBI from quite different perspectives, the four panel members offered surprisingly few major conflicting opinions across the broad array of topics.

BI-ISIG Task Force News
Leadership Changes
The fall of 2011 marked a transition as three of our nine BI-ISIG task force chairs stepped down, and new leadership began. In one case the task force disbanded. Below we acknowledge these three individuals with admiration and appreciation. forefront, the task force set about performing an evidence-based review of published cognitive and behavioral pediatric treatment intervention studies, and published this review in JHTR in 2007. Linda treasures the privilege that she and the task force had in working with journal editor Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal on the final version of the published paper. In 2008, the task force planned a successful Chautauqua presentation with Brazilian physiatrist Dr. Lucia Braga as the centerpiece speaker detailing her innovative pediatric treatment program. Meeting Dr. Braga in person and being able to hear first-hand her ideas on the comprehensive treatment of children was another highlight for Linda and the task force. Linda gave over the task force leadership in October, 2011 as a step toward her planned retirement in spring, 2013. The task force will continue under the direction of Julie Haarbauer-Krupa and Joe Marcantuono, who Linda notes put together an exceptional pediatric education seminar for the ACRMASNR 2011 annual meeting. They carry on a legacy that will continue to bring attention to rehabilitation issues for children and adolescents.

Tina Trudel
Dr. tina trudel, Chief Operating Officer,

Linda Laatsch
dr. linda laatsch, Director of Rehabilitation

Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, started the pediatric/adolescent task Force in the fall of 2005. Linda notes that their initial mission “was to bring attention to the existence of cognitive rehabilitation treatment of children and adolescents with acquired brain injury.” With this mission at the

Lakeview NeuroRehabilitation Centers & Special Hospitals, Effingham, NH, served as Chair of the long-term issues task Force from 2001-2011. She spearheaded the LTITF “Aging with TBI” study starting in 1998, developed through the task force and via focus groups, and including professional and consumer input. Over 1800 surveys were

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disseminated, with a convenience sample of 312 usable completed surveys returned, providing a snapshot of this complex issue. The initial research served as a springboard for numerous presentations and publications by task force members, including a special issue of JHTR edited by Dr. Thomas Felicetti (prior and current TF Chair), a special issue of Brain Injury Professional edited by Dr. Trudel, and several other articles, including a systematic review of TBI and dementia; hypertention, obesity, and BMI in long-term post-TBI outcomes; and general long-term medical and health issues post-TBI. Dr. Trudel has been active in outside related arenas, heading up the Dementia Review for the Moody Foundation Galveston BI Conference Study Group (2008-2009), and presently editing a broader volume on “Aging with Brain Injury,” with some chapters from ACRM members, including LTITF participants. The LTITF most recently has developed fall prevention guidelines, and under Dr. Felicetti’s leadership will continue its work to examine and address issues of aging after brain injury.
Dr. Marcia J. Scherer, President, Institute

is grounded in the WHO ICF framework, and cites the work of many BI-ISIG members.

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an article on AT for people with cognitive disability for Critical Reviews in P & RM to generate the first TF project. The review was published in 2005. The paper was followed by an AT workshop at a subsequent ACRM meeting. The TF then wanted to develop a “factsheet” for consumers to provide them and their caregivers with information on the types and appropriate uses of AT. Unfortunately, the factsheet did not become a final BI-ISIG product, but is available for anyone who would like to see it through the ACRM Products Pipeline. Marcia invited Dr. Cathy Bodine (PI of the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Advancing Cognitive Technologies) to present to the TF on recent technologies during the 2009 ACRM-ASNR meeting. The AT TF has been disbanded, but lives on in part through Marcia’s continuing AT involvement. She is Editor, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, co-PI of a Syracuse University CERT, and recently published a book on assistive technologies for individuals with cognitive disability. The book

Members from the BI-ISIG Disorders of Consciousness TF partnered with the NIDRR TBI Model Systems DOC SIG on the symposium: “Rehabilitation of Persons with Disorders Of Consciousness: Outcomes From Three Multi-Center Trials” at the Federal Interagency TBI Conference in Washington DC, June, 2011. The purpose of the symposium was to present data from three multi-center studies examining recovery in patients with disorders of consciousness during acute neurorehabilitation.

for Matching Person & Technology, Webster, NY, states that the assistive technology task Force began in January, 2004, and “was actually the brainchild of Sally Kneipp” (BI-ISIG Chair at the time). Marcia used an invitation from Marty Grabois to contribute

Joe Giacino, John Whyte, Marissa McCarthy, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Doug Katz, & Stuart Yablon

ACRM & BI-ISIG Awards
bi-iSig Members receive Awards and recognition at the 2011 Annual ACrM-ASnr Joint Conference
Among those recognized and receiving awards during the 2011 Annual Joint Conference of ACRM and ASNR were several BI-ISIG members. They are highlighted below. Wayne Gordon, PhD, FACRM was the 2011 recipient of ACRM’s Gold Key Award. This award was established in 1932 to recognize individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the cause of rehabilitation, and is the highest honor given by ACRM. Dr. Gordon is Jack Nash Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Associate Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Chief of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. ACRM Gordon is known for his outstanding leadership, passionate public service and advocacy, and visionary and prolific clinical/research contributions in the field of rehabilitation. He Gary Ulicney & was 2008-2009 ACRM Wayne Gordon President, and continues to lend his knowledge and experience for the betterment of the organization. Keith Cicerone, PhD, FACRM was honored as the 60th annual Coulter Lecturer, delivering to an appreciative audience the impressive address: “Facts, theories, values: Shaping the course of neurorehabilitation.” He is Director of Neuropsychology at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute and New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ, and Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Keith Cicerone & Jersey. He was 2003 Wayne Gordon

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2004 ACRM President. Having dedicated his professional career to clinical, educational, and research efforts in BI rehabilitation, Dr. Cicerone has Gale Whiteneck & set an example of Wayne Gordon excellence in treatment philosophy and practice, innovative and extensive research, mentoring of young professionals, and dissemination of integrative knowledge. The Edward Lowman Award is granted to an individual whose work reflects the active promotion of interdisciplinary rehabilitation spirit. The 2011 award was presented to Gale Whiteneck, PhD, FACRM, Director of Research, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO since 1986. Dr. Whiteneck has been principal investigator for numerous federally-supported projects in SCI and TBI, with emphases upon assessment of function, handicap and participation, environmental impact, and long-term outcomes. His approach has embodied the spirit of rehabilitation team work, as he and his research team have developed measures based on concepts from ICIDH ICF that have been used in the National SCI and TBI Databases and widely in other disability research. Angela Colantonio, PhD, OT Reg., FACRM was named a Fellow of ACRM, an award presented to individuals who contribute significantly to the field of rehabilitation and to ACRM. Dr. Colantonio holds the Saunderson Family Chair in ABI Angela Colantonio Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and is Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. There were several awards presented at the BI-ISIG Business Meeting on October 13, 2011. Representing the Brain Injury Association of America, BIAA CEO Susan Connors, presented two prestigious awards to BI-ISIG members: Nathan D. Zasler, MD, CEO and Medical Director of Tree of Life, a living assistance and transitional rehabilitation program for persons with ABI, received the 2011 Sheldon Barrol, MD Clinical Service

Award, which recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to improving the quality of care, professional training and/ or education in the field of brain injury. Dr. Zasler is known for a focus on quality-of-life concerns, Flora Hammond & current and innovative Susan Connors treatment initiatives, impressive clinical skills, and a sense of humor, all of which have endeared him to his patients, their families, and his staff. Flora Hammond, MD, Chief of Medical Affairs, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, was recipient of the 2011 William Fields Caveness Award, which recognizes a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to bettering the lives of people who have sustained brain injury. Dr. Hammond has been described as “one of the most — perhaps the most — productive clinical translational researchers in brain injury rehabilitation working today.” She has studied factors that affect and predict outcome after brain injury and questioned the accuracy of otherwise-accepted outcome predictors affecting treatment decisions in the first months following brain injury.

recognized for his humanistic interests, vision, and teaching in post-acute TBI topics. This award is given to the primary author of a poster presentation at the annual conference judged as best reflecting Dr. Strauss’s areas of interest.

Ron Seel, Kristine Kingsley, Joe Marcantuono

Author Kristine Kingsley, PhD won the 2011 award for the poster: “Memory notebook training for individuals with acquired brain injury with involvement of significant other.” Dr. Kingsley is Staff Psychologist at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU School of Medicine. In addition to a certificate of recognition, she will receive a complimentary registration for the 2012 ACRM-ASNR Joint Conference. Her co-author was Donna Langenbahn. The winner of the BI-ISIG-sponsored Early Career Poster Award at the annual conference was Amy Herrold, PhD, whose poster was entitled: “Effects of alcohol use in veterans with mild TBI and/or behavioral health conditions.” Dr. Herrold is a post-doctoral fellow at the Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL. Her poster co-authors were Judi Babcock-Parziale, Walter High, Bridget Smith, Charlesnika Evans, Amanda Urban, Kurt Noblett, and Theresa Pape.

BI-ISIG AWARDS

8th Annual bi-iSig david Strauss, phd Memorial Award

The David Strauss, PhD Award, created in 2004, honors this long-term BI-ISIG member, nationally

bi-iSig Lifetime Achievement Awards
Owing to an initiative by Preston Harley, several long-term BI-ISIG members were recognized with a BIISIG Lifetime Achievement Award certificate. Recipients included: Cindy Braden, Keith Cicerone, Tom Felicetti, Joe Giacino, Mel Glenn, Preston Harley, Tessa Hart, Mark Johnston, Kathy Kalmar, Doug Katz, Sally Kneipp, Donna Langenbahn, Jim Malec, Ginna Mills, Mike Mozzoni, Phil Morse, Marilyn Spivack, Lance Trexler, and John Whyte.

Nathan Zasler & Susan Connors

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BI-ISIG News Briefs…
News Briefs items are solicited by email from BI-ISIG members and consist of publications, projects, and professional acknowledgments in brain-injury related areas. Responses represent only a sample of BI-ISIG members’ many professional accomplishments, and their listing here is intended to inform other members about ongoing research and other projects for the goal of promoting communication and collaboration.

PD to differences in motor and cognitive function. Doug also notes an RCT appearing in N Engl J Med examining the effectiveness of amantadine after severe TBI, which included several BI-ISIG colleagues: Joe Giacino, Flora Hammond, Kathy Kalmar, Doug Katz, Mark Sherer, and John Whyte. Scott Livingston, PhD, PT, Assistant Professor, Program in Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, reports two articles with colleagues on electrophysiologic, symptomatic, and neurocognitive indices of sportsrelated concussion that appeared in J Clin Neurophysiol and Int J Athletic Training Ther. James Malec, PhD, Director of Research, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, reports articles in Epidemiology, Brain Injury, JHTR,J Allied Health and colleagues Samantha Backhaus, Flora Hammond, Summer Ibarra, Jacob Kean, and Dawn Neumann have published on a variety of TBI themes across areas of symptoms, incidence, and epidemiology; also the latent construct of the inpatient rehab Orientation Log, and evidence-based decision making. The Indiana team has several ongoing and developing TBI research projects: telehealth interventions after mild TBI, social problem solving, effects of aging, post-TBI affect and attribution, affect recognition, exercise intervention, outcome measurement. They have also participated with BI-ISIG colleagues (Joe Giacino, Brian Greenwald, Kathy Kalmar, Doug Katz, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Ron Seel, Mark Sherer, John Whyte) in exploring effectiveness of amantadine in recovery, as well as overall longitudinal outcomes, from disordered consciousness states. Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD, Clinical Neuropsychologist, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Polytrauma/Psychology Service, Tampa, FL, reports two articles in press, one in Am J Phys Med Rehabil on posttraumatic confusion as a predictor for cooperation during rehabilitation, and the other in Archives of PM & R on the relationship of caregiver and family functioning with post-acute rehabilitation participation outcomes. Risa’s BI-ISIG coauthors include: Mark Sherer, Angelle Sander, Kacey Maestas, and Jim Malec. Risa was also cited above with Joe Giacino and others. In addition to publications noted for Marcia J. Scherer, PhD, President, Institute for Matching Person & Technology, Webster, NY, in “BI-ISIG Task Force News,” Marcia has co-authored a handbook on assistive technology assessment, and has an article with colleagues upcoming in Ageing Int on use of the ICF Core Set in matching technology with older adults with dementia.

publications and projects

We congratulate the BI-ISIG Cognitive Rehabilitation Task Force (in collaboration with lead author Edward Haskins, PhD, Hook Rehabilitation Center, Indianapolis, IN) on publication of a manualized guide to implementing evidence–based practice recommendations in cognitive rehabilitation: Haskins EC, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A, Dams-O’Connor K, Eberle RD, Cicerone K, Langenbahn D. Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating EvidenceBased Recommendations into Practice. LE Trexler (Managing Editor). Reston, VA: ACRM Publishing; 2011. Kathleen Bell, MD, Medical Director of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, reports that she and UWMC colleagues (part of the UW and TBI Model System Posttraumatic Headache Group) have a published article on headache occurrence after TBI in J Neurotrauma (also with Cindy Braden) and upcoming articles in Cephalalgia and Phys Med Rehabil on characterization of headache and a review of interventions, respectively. She and UW colleagues explore effects of concussion legislation on soccer play in an upcoming article in PM & R, and the UW group (and fellow BI-ISIG members Tessa Hart, John Whyte, and Mark Sherer) published in Archives of PM & R on a scheduled telephone intervention after TBI. Rebecca D. Eberle, M.A., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Indiana University Department of SPHS, Indianapolis, IN, is pleased to be an author on the CR manual, and also notes her work in examining the effects of post-conversation feedback in individuals with right-hemisphere brain damage (presented in November 2011 at ASHA in San Diego). Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, Director of Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, reports two articles published or in press in the area of impaired consciousness. The first, on longitudinal outcomes in patients with DOC, is in J Neurotrauma and includes many BI-ISIG (and/or TBI Model Systems) colleagues. The second will appear in Epilepsia. Another article, a multi-site trial of amantadine in treatment of severe TBI, also includes several BI-ISG colleagues, and appears in N Engl J Med. Noted BI-ISIG colleagues include: Risa Nakase-Richardson, John Whyte, Mark Sherer, Kathy Kalmar, Flora Hammond, Brian Greenwald, and Ron Seel. Patricia Cristine Heyn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver CO notes an abstract publication from proceedings of the European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children (September 2011) on virtual-reality rehabilitation for individuals with BI and stroke. Douglas Katz, MD, Medical Director Brain Injury Programs, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, reports publications in Brain, JHTR, Int J Neurosci, and Parkinson’s Disease for himself and his group: differences between behavioral and fMRI assessment of cognition post BI, treatment of metaphor interpretation deficits post TBI, treatment of movement disorders in atypical parkinsonism, and the relationship of orthostatic hypotension in

Acknowledgements

Kathleen Bell, MD, Medical Director of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, authored the study “Natural History of Headache in the First Year after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” chosen to be highlighted in the Sports Neurology Section Highlights plenary session. Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, Director of Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, was honored with the Partners in Excellence Award, given by the Partners Healthcare System for outstanding effort in leadership and innovation. Marcia J. Scherer, PhD, President, Institute for Matching Person & Technology, Webster, NY, was recipient of the 2011 Sam McFarland Memorial Mentor Award, given by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America to recognize members who have influenced, counseled, and nurtured others in AT or rehabilitation engineering.

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