Project ABI
Development of a common training programme for ABI caregivers
Project duration: 25 months
From: 01.10.2009 To: 31.10.2011
Aims and key objectives:
• To respond to the growing need for training and education of acquired brain injury (ABI) care providers/givers by developping a common training programme;
• To increase the quality of services for persons with ABI;
• To improve the appeal of working in services for long-term care and support for persons with ABI;
• To enhance and promote equal standards in ABI service providers/givers training;
• To ensure comparability and mutual recognition of the training programme in partner countries;
• To disseminate the training programme fx15 to end-users at a large European scale.
The ABI project is pleased to announce the forthcoming start of a new round of ABI Training Sessions.
The first session will be held in Angers, France, and is schedulled for March 5th, 6th 7th and 14th, 15th and 16th 2012. For more information, please visit www.arceau-anjou.fr or contact Mrs. Ariele Lambert at
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INVITATION
Centre for persons with acquired brain injury Zarja
Invites you to the 3rdnational conference on long-term support for persons with ABI titled
»WHERE DOES OUR BRAIN DRIVE?«,
Held in Ljubljana, Slovenia
On Thursday, 15 March 2012, at 9 a.m.
With today's busy lifestyle, driving licence has become almost indispensable. Have you ever thought of you driving licence being withdrawn not because of penalty points, but due to medical reasons? At this year's conference, we will discuss the withdrawal of a driving licence due to medical reasons and driving after ABI.
At the conference, Slovenian legislation on when and how driving licence can be withdrawn or limited will be presented, and our foreign guests will present regulations in other European countries. We will also biber hapı learn how our brain functions during the process of driving and how driving abilities are assessed after ABI. Personal experience of persons with ABI will be presented and comments from professionals working in long-term rehabilitation will be given.We will also learn about the inherent risk that driving presents for persons with ABI.
The conference programme is attached.
Welcome!
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME.pdfAPPLICATION FORM. doc
We would like you to confirm your participation at the conference until Friday, 9 March 2012. Please fill out the application attached and send it via mail, fax or e-mail:
Center Zarja, Hladilniška pot 34, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Fax: +386 1 5471 820
E-mail:
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CONFERENCE FEE
Persons with ABI 5 EUR
Family & friends 15 EUR
Students and volunteers 20 EUR
Professionals & other personnel 80 EUR
Conference fee covers organisational costs and includes participation at the conference, conference folder, drinks and snacks during breaks, and the attendance certificate.
CONFERENCE VENUE
Gospodarsko razstavišče (Povodni mož)
Dunajska cesta 18
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
http://www.ljubljanafair.com
CONTACT
Melita Oven
T: + 386 1 5471 777
E:
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www.center-zarja.si
Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury
Date: 21-25 March 2012
Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre
The IBIA International Planning Committee and Local Planning Committee would like to invite you to attend the Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury.
For more information visit: http://www.internationalbrain.org/?q=node/159.
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European Year of the Brain 2014
The European Brain Council has embarked on a major strategy, alongside its’ other activities to try and make 2014 The European Year of the Brain.
A European Year of the Brain has the potential to do the following:
• Increase the profile of all brain diseases in every member state
• Draw attention to the costs and impact of brain diseases now and into the future
• Increase funding for brain research through the framework programmes and in the member states
• Increase efforts to educate, inform and advise all those living with brain diseases in order to improve their quality of life
• Recognise the increasingly important role of lida those who care for a person living with a brain disorder
• Promote normal brain function and development and address barriers to these.
• Draw attention to health inequalities in brain diseases
• Develop action plans at local, national, regional and European level to address specific areas related to brain diseases
• Influence policy decisions over the next 5-10 years
• Address controversial and difficult areas
• Stimulate open debate and dialogue on brain diseases
• Show the value of partnership across all of society
And there are many more......
TOGETHER WE MUST MAKE THE EUROPEAN YEAR OF THE BRAIN 2014 A REALITY
More information are available on:
http://www.europeanbraincouncil.org/projects/EuropeanYearoftheBrain.asp
