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Veterans Affairs | Traumatic Brain Injury & Polytrauma: Identification, Assessment & Services (Video Conference)

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OVERVIEW

Editor's Note, 4/24/13:
  • This page has been updated with post-event information.
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  • PowerPoint presentation 1, Riechers: (click here).
  • PowerPoint presentation 2, Serna: (click here).
  • This event is a video conference that will broadcast from the Mandel Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, to multiple sites around the state.
  • Attend at a site near you (see "Locations" tab).

Abstract

Providing integrated services for traumatic brain injury (TBI), other traumas, and co-occurring substance use disorders to veterans of the U.S. armed forces and their family members requires a special sensitivity to the military culture of the veteran and their unique experiences.  While veterans seek services throughout the Ohio public mental-health and addiction-treatment systems for many reasons, there is a vast array of services within Veterans Affairs (VA) to access. Therefore, it is important for all providers to be aware of and to facilitate access to VA-based services.

Key words/topics: 

  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Substance use disorders
  • Co-occurring disorders
  • Polytrauma
  • Military culture
  • Benefits eligibility
  • VA system of care
  • Family members/caregivers

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to ...

  • Describe diagnostic criteria for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or co-occurring substance use disorder
  • Identify key elements of military culture and implications for clinical approaches to care
  • Explain TBI and other polytrauma services available to veterans and family members and how to access them
  • Appreciate the dynamics of being a family member and implications for best serving them

Presenters

The Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center:

  • Ronald G. Riechers, II, MD, is medical director of the Polytrauma Program at the Cleveland VA and assistant professor of Neurology at the Case Western Reserve University Medical School.
  • George S. Serna, PhD, is a neuropsychologist at the Cleveland VA and clinical instructor of Psychiatry at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University:

  • Patrick Boyle, MSSA, LISW-S, LICDC, is director of implementation services at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (get bio).

THE VA SERIES

This event is one of a three-part series co-sponsored by the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University and the Veterans Administration (VA) medical centers. Click each to learn more:

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Patrick Boyle, PhD, LISW-S, LICDC-CS

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Our training events are open to professionals from multiple disciplines, service settings, and systems of care who provide healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and other services to people with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Examples of people who attend our events include the following:

Service roles

  • Program managers
  • Team leaders
  • Clinical supervisors
  • Medical staff
  • Quality assurance professionals
  • Administrators
  • Policymakers
  • Direct-service staff
  • Peer specialists

Service settings

  • Behavioral healthcare organizations (e.g., mental health, addiction services)
  • County boards (e.g., mental health, addiction services)
  • Psychiatric hospitals (state and community)
  • Hospitals
  • Criminal justice (e.g., police, courts, jail, probation, parole)
  • Residential
  • Housing
  • Health clinics (primary health)
  • Health Homes

Professional disciplines

  • Mental-health services
  • Addiction services
  • Social work
  • Psychology
  • Primary healthcare
  • Psychiatry
  • Nursing
  • Occupational therapy
  • Residential
  • Housing
  • Criminal justice
  • Vocational rehabilitation

Service models and strategies

Individuals and service teams from organizations implementing the following practices and service strategies are also encouraged to attend:

  • Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)
  • Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
  • Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT)
  • Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental Health Treatment (DDCMHT)
  • Tobacco Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)
  • Supported Employment/ Individual Placement and Support (SE/ IPS)
  • Illness Management and Recovery (IMR)
  • Wellness Management and Recovery (WMR)
  • Integrated Primary and Behavioral Healthcare (IPBH)
  • Health Homes
 

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Patrick E. Boyle, PhD, LISW-S, LICDC-CS, is director of implementation services at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University, where he oversees the technical-assistance services of all Center projects, including two Ohio Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) initiatives. The technical assistance includes program consultation, clinical consultation, and training for service systems and organizations that are implementing evidence-based practices, emerging best practices, and other strategies that improve quality of life and other outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness and substance use disorders.

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DATES & TIMES

April 24, 2013
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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REGISTRATION FEE

Ohio Providers:
  • Note: $0, Free for Ohio providers.
Non-Ohio Providers:
  • Note: N/A. This event is only for providers in Ohio.

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DEADLINE TO REGISTER

April 17, 2013 (11:59 PM) EST
 

CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS

April 17, 2013 (11:59 PM) EST is the deadline to cancel your registration for this event and request a refund.
 

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