Agenda: Meeting 1. Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
Committee Breakfast (closed)
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction — Rosemary Stevens, Chair, IOM Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
8:40 a.m.
The Epidemiology of TBI — Jean Langlois, Senior Epidemiologist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:15 a.m.
Background and History of the HRSA TBI Program
§ Legislative history and Challenges for the States — Susan Vaughn, Director of Public Policy, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)
§ History of the HRSA TBI Program — Jane Martin-Heppel, Director, HRSA TBI Program
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
Video
10:30 a.m.
TBI Resource Facilitation: Clinical, Psycho-Social, Services Challenges
§ Many Services, Many Types of Care — Susan Connors, CEO and President, Brain Injury Association (BIA) of America
§ TBI Needs and Challenges among Native Americans — Alta Bruce, President, Indigenous People’s BIA and Injury Prevention Specialist, Indian Health Service
11:15 a.m.
TBI Model Systems Program — Ruth Brannon, Associate Director, Division of Research, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
11:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:30 p.m.
HRSA TBI Technical Assistance Center (TBITAC)
§ Role of TBITAC and State Technical Assistance — Ken Currier, Acting Executive Director, NASHIA, and Director, TBITAC
§ Demonstration of TBI Collaborative Space, Benchmarks, other tools — Rebecca Zeltinger, TBITAC Director of Knowledge Exchange
1:15 p.m.
TBI State Grantees and Stakeholders Speak on the Program
§ History of the Disability Legal Advocacy Network — Curt Decker, Executive Director, National Association of Protection and Advocacy
§ Consumer perspectives — Jan Brown, Member, TBI Technical Assistance Center Steering Committee and Carolyn Rocchio, Family member, Florida Brain Injury Association
2:00 p.m.
Break
2:15 p.m.
Leveraging HRSA Funds to Improve Access to TBI Services and Systems
§ National Overview — Bill Ditto, Director, New Jersey Division of Disability Services
§ Empowering People with TBI and Legislative Change — Bil Schmidt, New Mexico TBI Program Director and Beverly James, Participant, NM “Empowerment” Program
§ Using State Data for TBI Systems Change — Manfred Tatzmann, Director, Michigan TBI Program
§ Moving from HRSA Program Funding to Sustainability — Augusta Cash, Alabama TBI Program Director
4:15 p.m.
Discussion: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go From Here? — Rosemary Stevens
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
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