2012 ACRM ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PROGRESS IN REHABILITATION RESEARCH

Breaking last year’s record for conference attendance, nearly 700
rehabilitation professionals from more than 20 countries gathered in Vancouver to learn the latest in cutting-edge rehabilitation research.

The energy of this diverse community was palpable!

Educational sessions were simply outstanding this year with a strong interdisciplinary focus. For the first time, ACRM is now offering recorded sessions synchronized with the original presentation slides. Catch the sessions you missed or review your favorites at your own pace.
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Two Online Learning Options

Choose the package that best meets your needs:

2012 Annual Conference Sessions — Educational sessions including instructional courses, symposia and presentations by award winning lecturers.

2-Day Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual Training — Based on the Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual; Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice, this training teaches evidence-based interventions for impairments of Executive Functions, Memory, Attention, Hemispatial Neglect, and Social Communication. (Includes a printed copy of the Manual.)

Special Attendee Pricing is available through 26 November 2012. Visit the ACRM LIVE LEARNING CENTER to order.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DRAWING WINNERS!

Diana Krasteva and Anne Sophie Champod were randomly selected from all participants in the 2012 Annual Conference Evaluation Survey to each win an iPod Touch Gift Card valued at $187.95 USD. The Program Committee and ACRM staff would like to thank everyone who completed an evaluation for your rich and insightful feedback. It will enable us to consistently deliver the educational content you need and the value you expect.

HENRY B. BETTS AWARDS GALA

ACRM honored today’s leaders in rehabilitation research at the Henry B. Betts Awards Gala. It was a sparkling night of celebration against the backdrop of the ABBA tribute band, ABRA Cadabra.

Deborah Wilkerson Award Winner
Deborah Wilkerson Early Career Award
Winner (center)
Elizabeth Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L

Gold Key Award Winner (right)
Marcel Dijkers, PhD, FACRM

Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award Winner
(right) Keith Cicerone, PhD

Jeff Basford Edward Lowman Award Winner
Jeffrey Basford, MD

John Stanley Coulter Lecturer
Award Winner
Susan Harkema, PhD

Jennifer Bogner, Gary Ulicny, Susie Charlifue

2012 ACRM Fellows
(From left) Jennifer Bogner, PhD, FACRM
Gary Ulicny, PhD, FACRM

Susie Charlifue, PhD, FACRM

Distinguished Member Award Winner
Ron Seel, PhD

Mike Jones, Program Committee Co-Chair
presented ACRM staff with a little colorful
glam of their own.

ABRA Cadabra kept everyone dancing to the
familiar sound of ABBA.

OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC POSTER AWARD WINNERS

First Place was awarded to Kenneth Chelett II from the University of Kentucky in Lexington for Optimizing Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Motor Recovery from Severe Post-Stroke Hemiparesis: Early Results from an Ongoing Clinical Trial.

Second Place went to Erik D. Storholm from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York for Depression as a Mediator of the Relation between Behavioral Disinhibition and Substance Abuse among Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Third Place went to Megan M. Danzi from the University of Kentucky and Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital in Lexington for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Paired with a Novel Locomotor Training in Chronic Stroke: A Feasibility Study.

EXCITEMENT IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

It is always thrilling to visit the exhibition hall and see the new technology, products, and services available. Attendees participating in the Exhibitor Game had even more to be excited about. By visiting exhibitors and filling their game cards, they became eligible for some pretty amazing prizes.

Jenny Richard, Director of Member Services, assisted by Chris McDonell from CARF, had the pleasure of drawing the winning entries.

And the winners are . . .

Stephanie Worrell (left) and Chris McDonell Stephanie Worrell won a full conference registration to the 2013 ACRM Annual Conference in Orlando.