2008 ITRA ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

(Subject to Change)
Last updated 02-10-08

    • 7:15 - 7:45  Registration
    • 8:00 - 9:00 Welcoming & Opening Keynote
      • Katie Banister - "A Process for Change: A 4-Point Coping Strategy for Anything"
    • 9:10 - 10:10  Session One
      • Gerald Hitzhusen - "TR, Aging, and Reminiscence: Our Town"
      • Twyla Misslehorn - "Intimacy and Sexuality: Implications for TR"
      • Joyce Ellens & Susan Erickson - "Therapeutic Gardens: The Benefits of Working Together to Create One Great Space"
      • Jon Mitchell - "Eating Disorders and Recreational Therapy: Interventions and Outcomes"
      • Michelle Roades - "Making Community Recreation Therapeutic"
      • Marcia Carter & Norma Stumbo - "Healthy Global Perspective - RT Leading the Way"
    • 10:20 - 11:20  Session Two
      • Katie Banister - "Karma - "Universial Laws for Why Things Happen the Way They Do"
      • Doyle Monsma - "Help Others Take Control...Become a Certified Arthritis Foundation Life Improvement Series Leader"
      • Doug Boleyn - "How Does TR Licensure Affect Me"
      • Lorene Olson & Students from Winona State University - "The Productivity and Therapeutic Value of Creativity and Laughter in Our Lives and in Our Work with Clients and Staff"
      • Megan Schwalm-Bell - "Therapeutic Recreation and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
      • Alex Redenius - "Putting the 'Fit In' in Fitness"
    • 11:30 - 12:30   Lunch Keynote Address
      • Marcia Carter - "WIFM - What's In It For Me - Measuring Outcomes"
    • 12:35 - 1:35  Afternoon Keynote Address
      • Norma Stumbo - "Principles of Personal and Professional Outcomes"
    • 1:45 - 2:45  Session Three
      • Rich MacNeil - "Depressive Disorders in Later Life: Implications for TR"
      • Norma Stumbo - "Evidenced Based Practice Will Make Your Life Easier and Better" Part 1
      • Jack Ehrenman - "The Iowa Charriots Wheelchair Basketball: Exhibition and Hands-On Instructions, Equipment, Rules, and Techniques"
      • Ken Mobily - "Functional Fitness Outcomes for Older Adults"
      • Laura Kelsey & Kelsey Hanna - "Managerial Problems Case Study"
      • Judy Kaeser & Linda Beck - "Creating Treasured Moments for the Nursing Home Residents of Today"
    • 2:55 - 3:55  Session Four
      • Karla Belzer - "Beyond Bible Studies, Birthday Socials, and Bingo: TR in Long-Term Care"
      • Norma Stumbo - "Evidenced Based Practice Will Make Your Life Easier and Better" Part 2
      • Jack Ehrenman - "UNI Wheelchair Sports Camp: Exhibition and Hands-On Instruction, Equipment, Rules, and Techniques of Various Sports Activities Used in Sports Camp"
      • University of Iowa Students - "Survivor Challenge"
      • Emily Gordon - "Counseling with Domestic Violence Survivors: Balancing Advocacy and Encouragement"
      • Laura Barrett - "Veterans Health Adminstration Polytrauma System of Rehabilitation Care: The Role of TR for Persons Injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom"
    • 4:00 - 5:00  Session Five
      • Carol Ruggles  - "Eden Alternative - Making A Difference"
      • Norma Stumbo - "Evidenced Based Practice Will Make Your Life Easier and Better" Part 3
      • University of Northern Iowa Students & Lisa Jamieson - "Understanding Client Frustrations While Participating in Activities"
      • Megan Schwalm-Bell - "Therapeutic Interventions for Substance Abuse & Mental Illness"
      • Mandi Parker - "VOLUNTEERS: Where to GET Them and How to KEEP Them"
      • Lucy Shipper - "Rehabilitation Exercise and Ambulation Programs Using Music Therapy"
    • 5:00  Adjourn