Link to PDF of conference program
 
Link to conference abstracts
 
Link to spinal cord care pre conference course
 
 
 

Conference Collaborators
 
Small banner with AASCIN logo and American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
AASCIN promotes quality care for individuals with SCI by advancing SCI nursing practice through education, research, advocacy, health care policy and collaboration with consumers and health care delivery systems.

Goals

  • Provide, promote, and enhance the care of individuals with SCI.
  • Develop and promote education and research related to SCI nursing.
  • Provide educational opportunities for nurses who specialize in SCI nursing.
  • Facilitate an exchange of information and collaborate with other professionals involved in SCI care.
  • Serve as a resource to other nursing and health care individuals and organizations, government agencies, educational facilities, and consumer groups.
  • Recognize nurses committed to the care of individuals with SCI.
  • Advance SCI nursing as an area of specialty nursing practice.

Please visit the AASCIN site at:
http://www.aascin.org
 
Small banner with AASCIPSW logo and American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
AASCIPSW is an association of professionals specializing in the provision of psychosocial services to meet the cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral care needs of persons affected by spinal cord impairment (SCI). Our members have the opportunity to work collaboratively with many of the finest leaders specializing in SCI, developing their own skills through active participation in the association.

Goals:

  • Maintain and increase membership in AASCIPSW.
  • Establish standards of care for psychologists and social workers working in the field of SCI.
  • Sponsor a Research Grant program.
  • Publish educational materials for professionals and persons with SCI.
  • Publish a quarterly electronic journal, the SCI Psychosocial Process.
  • Convene an annual conference.
  • Recognize individuals who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in the field of SCI.

Please visit the AASCIPSW site at:
http://www.aascipsw.org
 
Small banner with APS logo and American Paraplegia Societty
The mission of the American Paraplegia Society is to advance spinal cord medicine through state of the art education, dissemination of information, and promotion of research and advocacy. American Paraplegia Society collaborates with researchers, physicians, and the entire spectrum of health care providers who serve persons with spinal cord injuries/disorders.

Goals:

  • Increase knowledge about spinal cord impairment and related problems.
  • Present current clinical and research data related to traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury.
  • Review current information on diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative techniques.
  • Enhance practice skills and techniques of clinicians working with individuals with spinal cord impairment.
  • Explore the spectrum of disease that directly affects the care of individuals with spinal cord impairment.
  • Identify research issues and priorities.
  • Provide a forum for professional interchange among physicians and other health care professionals.

Please visit the APS site at:
http://www.apssci.org
 
Small banner with TLS logo and Therapy Leadership Council In Spinal Cord Injury
The mission of the Therapy Leadership Council is to establish a professional network for therapists who work with individuals with spinal cord injury and disorders (SCI/D). The SCI Therapy Leadership Council promotes research, education, and the development of practice guidelines.
 
Small banner with United Spinal Association logo

United Spinal Association is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization formed in 1946 by paralyzed veterans. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of Americans with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D). Membership is free and open to all individuals with spinal cord injuries and diseases.

For more than sixty (60) years, we have committed our energy and our talents to improving the lives of individuals with a spinal cord injury or disease. Our initiatives, in promoting inclusion, improving access, fostering independence, enhancing mobility, and demanding equality, along with our commitment to member service, has helped to improve the quality of life and to create opportunities for our members and all people with spinal cord injuries or disorders.

Please visit the United Spinal Association site at:
http://www.unitedspinal.org