2012 Regional Seminars

Living With Brain Injury: Barriers in Everyday Life

Medical Facts, Assessment and Treatment Strategies

The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey, in partnership with the New Jersey Division of Disability Services, present two FREE educational seminars for health and human service professionals, as well as those working in the field of brain injury.

Seminar Objectives

• Provide an overview of brain injury, including definition, symptoms, and prevalence in New Jersey and nationally.
• Provide an overview of the cognitive, emotional and social consequences that are a result of living with brain injury, and how they can create barriers in everyday life.
• Provide an overview of the physical and medical consequences of living with brain injury, and how they can create barriers in everyday life.
• Provide strategies for how health and human service professionals can assist those affected by brain injury.
• Identify appropriate state funded programs and services.

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Seminar Speakers

Babara Leech, PhD

Dr. Leech is a clinical neuropsychologist with a private practice in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Barbara received her doctoral degree in school psychology from Temple University in 1985. Her post doctoral training in neuropsychology was at Mediplex Rehabilitation in Camden. Her private practice includes conducting neuropsychological evaluations, primarily in pediatrics, supervision of cognitive remediation specialists, and neuropsychology services at Weisman Children's Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Leech also previously served as the Director of Neuropsychology at Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital, as a staff neuropsychologist and supervisor at Mediplex Rehabilitation, a school psychologist, and developmental psychologist.

Connie Domingo, MD, FAAP, FAAPMR

Dr. Domingo is the Medical Director for Weisman Children's Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Domingo received her medical degree from UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1994. She completed a combined residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center and Temple University Hospital, and has worked in the field of brain injury for over 15 years. She is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine, and American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a frequent lecturer on the topic of the rehabilitation of brain injury from a physical and medical perspective.

See also:

Adjustment to Brain Injury

The Alliance also provides a presentation on Adjustment to Brain Injury.

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• Register Online for an "Adjustment to Brain Injury" Session

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Brain Injury Basics

The Alliance also provides a presentation on Brain Injury Basics.

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• Register Online for a "Brain Injury Basics" Session