Virtual Event, March 30th & 31st, 2022. The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA) Conference is for brain injury survivors, caregivers, families and professionals to gather and discuss the challenges faced by the brain injury community.
2022 Topics and Speakers: TBA.
* Please check the link below for updated information. .
For more information visit the BIA-MIA Brain Injury Conference page or contact BIA-MA at
508-475-0032 or email education@biama.org
- Motivational Interviewing and Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview and Implications for Practice
James L. Soldner, PhD, CRC, BCBA-D and Dimity Peter, PhD, CRC; both Associate Professors from the
University of Massachusetts Boston - Behavioral Strategies for the Non-Behaviorists: Caregivers, Families and Other Specialties
Joseph N. Ricciardi, PsyD, ABPP, BCBA-D, CBIST, Director of Clinical Services, Seven Hills NeuroCare, Seven
Hills Foundation - COVID-19: Neurocognitive & Psychological Effects – Gordon Horn, PhD, National Deputy Director of Clinical Outcomes, NeuroRestorative
- When it is Time to Adapt Your Home – Catherine Frasco, MSPT, DPT, Senior Director of Clinical Services and Operations, VNA Care
- Sonata for Piano: A Stroke Survivor’s Story – Patricia Mulholland, MA, MT-BC, NMT, Be Your Note Music Therapy Services, Tina & Tom Callahan
- Sonata for Piano: A Stroke Survivor’s Story – Patricia Mulholland, MA, MT-BC, NMT, Be Your Note Music Therapy Services, Tina & Tom Callahan
- Artistic Expression: Expressive Healing – Philip Hasouris, Poet, Author, Co-Founder and CPO: Soar Without Limits; Heal Through the Arts
- Bottom Up Approach to Cognitive Recovery: The Body-Brain Connection – Karla McAuliffe MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS and Julia Krasheninin MS, CCC-SLP; both Speech-Language Pathologists, Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
- Successful Caregiver Involvement in Supporting Rehab Outcomes and Functional Gains
Allison May, MS, OTR/L CBIS, and Gwendolyn Larsen, PT, MSPT, NCS; all from Community Rehab Care - Clinical Trials – Are They Right for Me? Lynne Becker, MSPH, CEO/Founder, Power of Patients
- Limited Guardianship, Supported Decision Making, and ABLE Accounts Offer New Possibilities and
Greater Independence for Survivors – Stephen J. Spano, MBA, JD, CELA, Board Certified Elder Law Attorney and Adjunct Professor of Special Needs Law, Andrea A.J. Witt, Esq., both from Spano & Dawicki, LLC - From Darkness to Light: One Man’s Journey – Glenn Hartmann, Assistant Controller, UMass Amherst
- Providing Functional Treatment and Effective Documentation to Memory Impairments After ABI
Stephanie Gilbert MS, CCC-SLP CBIS, Speech-Language Pathologist, Community Rehab Care - Diagnosis, Prognosis and Rehabilitation of Persons With Severe TBI: What Should We Do? Douglas Katz, MD, Professor of Neurology, Boston University, Medical Director ABI, Braintree Rehabilitation
- Diagnosis, Prognosis and Rehabilitation of Persons With Severe TBI: What Should We Do? Douglas Katz, MD, Professor of Neurology, Boston University, Medical Director ABI, Braintree Rehabilitation
- QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention – Arianna Setzco
- Opioid Use Disorders and Brain Injury: New Opportunities for Referral Pathways – Lisa Blanchard, MA, LMHC, VP of Clinical Services and Lynn LeBlanc-Marrone; both from Spectrum Health
Systems - .Is a TBI for Girls and Women Different From a TBI for Boys and Men: What Do We Know? What Do We Still
Need to Learn? Yelena Goldin, PhD, ABPP-CN, Senior Neuropsychologist, JFK Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Enabling Functional Outcomes Through Educational Rehabilitation – Christianna Gilbert, MA, CCC-SLP and Co-Author Natalie Gilmore, MS, CCC-SLP; both from Boston University, Swathi Kiran, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Barriers to Accessing the Community-Based Yoga Programs for People with Traumatic Brain Injury and
Caregivers – Kyla Pearce, PhD, MPH, CBIS, RYT-200 and Kaitlyn Cashman, PT, DPT, RYT; both from Love Your Brain Foundation - Think Outside the Facility: Home and Community-Based Long-Term Services and Supports Available
Through MassHealth – Amy Bernstein, LSW, MMHS, Erica Menz, MPA, and Susan Ciccariello, MSPA; all from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services - Healthy Eating: One of the Most Powerful Tools for Preventing Chronic Disease – Scherrie Keating, RN, CDCES, CDP, CDC, NDPP, Lifestyle Coach, Ageless Grace Educator, Diabetes Kare Consulting, LLC
- Cognitive Exercise and Neuroplasticity – Therese M. O’Neil-Pirozzi, ScD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Northeastern University and Clinician/ Researcher, Spaulding/Harvard TBI Model System; Co-Presenters Lauryn Armstrong, Zehra Husnain, Christine Brennick
- Estate Planning is a Reality for Survivors of Brain Injury and a Necessity for Loving Caretakers
Stephen J. Spano, MBA, JD, CELA, Board Certified Elder Law Attorney and Adjunct Professor of Special
Needs Law and Andrea A.J. Witt, Esq.; both from Spano & Dawicki, LLC - The Power of Friendships-Celebrating the Ordinary and Making connections through Pathways to
Friendship – Katie Driscoll and Meg Gaydos, Friendship Facilitator Consultants, Pathways to Friendship Arc of
Massachusetts - At the Intersection: Bridges Between Brain Injury and Substance Use Disorder – Sandy Biber, LMHC, LRC, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
- Neurologic Music Therapy: A Telehealth Application Neurologic Music Therapy – Brian Costa, MA, MT-BC, NMT/F, Music Therapist, Med Rhythms, Inc.
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