Robert L. Karol, Ph.D., L.P. ABPP, CBIST 

Participants will be able to:

1.     Describe the nature of brain injury onset

2.     Understand cognitive deficits common to acquired brain injury

3.     Appreciate emotional variables in the context of brain injury

This workshop will introduce what happens during brain injury, particularly traumatic brain injury. Then it will present the nature of cognitive deficits. It will also describe emotional adjustment variables faced by persons with acquired brain injury. Experiences with interpreter services will be discussed.

Dr. Karol is Vice President of Brain Injury Services, responsible for Brain Injury Services’ programmatic leadership, marketing, and admissions for Welcov Healthcare. He is also President of a group private practice, Karol Neuropsychological Services & Consulting, in Minneapolis, that specializes in counseling and neuropsychological and rehabilitation evaluations. Dr. Karol is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) as a Rehabilitation Psychologist and is Certified by the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer (CBIST). He received an American Psychological Association Rehabilitation Division Lifetime Practice Excellence Award in 2015 for excellence in clinical practice and contributions to the field of rehabilitation psychology. 

When: Saturday October 8th, 2016

Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 am

3 hours of continuing education credits

3 Point ATA Continuing Education Credit

LOCATION:
United and Children´s Hospital (Conference Hall)
Lower level, United Hospital’s John Nasseff HeartCenter
255 Smith Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55102

Online registration (up to October 6th) click here

Preregistered Members: $10.00
Preregistered Non-members: $25.00

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Same day registration: 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

All (members and non-members) same day registration: $25.00

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If you do not register ahead of time, you must arrive BEFORE 8:45

THE EVENT WILL START AT 9:00 AM. ANYONE NOT THERE AT THAT TIME WILL NOT RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE.

PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF COLLEAGUES AND ORGANIZERS AND ARRIVE EARLY

Anyone arriving after 9:00 a.m. or leaving before 12 p.m. will not receive a certificate of participation.

DIRECTIONS  & PARKING:

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Parking in the Gold Ramp is NOT free.

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