The ALS Association 2014 Clinical Conference Phoenix, AZ

1. Friday, November 7, 2014
7:00AM – 8:00AM Registration and Breakf ast
8:00AM – 8:05AM Welcome
8:05AM– 9:00AM Plenary Session. Dr. Lucie Bruijn – Topic: Research: Where are the Gaps and Opportunities
9:00AM – 9:15AM Break
Grand Ballroom-Ballroom LevelSalons 1 & 2-Meeting LevelSalons 3 & 4-Meeting Level
9:15AM – 10:15AM
216 Speaker: Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP
Home Accommodations f or ALS – No Contractor Required
9:15AM – 10:15AM
217 Speaker: Dallas Forshew, RN, BSN
Decoding Stem Cells f or ALS
9:15AM – 10:15AM
218 Speaker: Sabrina M. Schalley, LCSW
Anticipatory Grief in ALS Families:
10:20AM – 11:20AM
219 Speaker: Cindy C. Ivy OTD, M.Ed., CHT
Upper Extremity Orthoses Use in ALS
10:20AM – 11:20AM
220 Speaker:Richard Strozewski, PMP, CCME, BA, CMP
Building a Sy stem f or Rapid Deployment of Fiscally Sound Tele-health
Technologies f or ALS Patients
10:20AM – 11:20AM
221Speaker: Laurie B. Fieldman, MSW, LCSW
Children in ALS Families
11:25AM – 12:25PM
222 Speaker: Sherry Kolodziejczak, MS, OTR/L
Wheelchair Ev aluation and Documentation
11:25AM – 12:25PM
223 Speaker:Rebecca Brittain, RN
ALS Tele-health- A Patient Centered Approach to Care
11:25AM – 11:55AM
224 A Speakers: Wendy Barnes, MSW, LSW, Jennifer Klapper,
RN, MSN, CNS-BC and Jennifer LaRegina, RN
Supporting Normalcy : A Unique Program f or Families with Young
Children
11:55AM – 12:25PM
224B Speaker: Margie Ware, M.B.A.
Insurance and Benef its Counseling as a Core Serv ice f or ALS
Patients
12:25 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Unopposed Poster Time
2:15PM – 2:45PM
225A Speaker:Francesca Monachino , OTR/L and Melissa
Werz, OTD, OTR/L
The Key s to Driv ing - One Clinic's Approach f or Screening Driv ing
Saf ety
2:45PM – 3:15PM
225B Speaker:Linda Cates, MS, PT, NCS
Use of Bioness L300 Functional Electrical Stimulation Orthoses in
the Management of a patient with PLS
2:15PM – 2:45PM
226A Speaker:Stephen Selkirk, MD, PhD
The Clinical Application of Tele-health in the care of people with
ALS
2:45PM – 3:15PM
226B Speaker: Lee Johnson
Changing it Up: What Dogs Can Teach Us About Sitting Tolerance
2:15PM – 3:15PM
227 Speaker: Laurie B. Fieldman, MSW, LCSW
The ALS Family
3:20PM – 4:20PM
228 Speaker:Denise H. Epps, M.S., CCC-SLP, CBIS
30 minutes – Neurogenic Dy sphagia: Role of SLP in Dy sphagia
Management of ALS Patients
3:20PM – 3:50PM
229A Speaker: Dallas Forshew, RN, BSN
The ALS Cognitiv e Behav ioral Screen (ALS CBS): A f ast tool f or
use in the clinic
3:50PM – 4:20PM
229 B Speaker: Pamela Kitrell, RN MSN
Saf ety of PEG Tube Insertion in Patients with ALS using Propof ol
Sedation in an Outpatient Surgical Center
3:20PM – 4:20PM
230 Speakers: Marcia Obermann RN BSN and
Mary Lyon RN MSN
Financial Cost of ALS – A Case Study
6:30pm – 9:30pm Conf erence Celebration Dinner