IARP Mississippi Chapter Conference: Advancing Counseling & Rehabilitation Alliance

Description:

This one-day hybrid conference presents bridging brain and behavior with neuropsychological assessment and counseling in TBI rehabilitation; responding to subpoenas; suicidal assessment/model for prevention; trauma and addiction; a personal journey with disability; ethical practice in a changing world; and engagement with an ethical dilemmas panel.

Cost:

IARP Member: $50
Non-Member: $75

Agenda:

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration and Exhibitor Set Up

7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast Served with Coffee and Beverages

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Welcome – Dr. Lisa Busby Thomas

Dr. Howard Katz (PM&R) & Gini Gentry, NP – Bridging Brain and Behavior: Neuropsychological Assessment and Counseling in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation – 1.0 hour

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Break / Visit with Exhibitors

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Professor Frank Rosenblatt (MCU Law School) – How to Respond to Subpoenas – 1.0 hour

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Dr. Jennifer Giambrone – Suicide Risk Assessment: A Model for Prevention – 1.0 hour

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch on Your Own (MC Café / Local Restaurants) / Visit with Exhibitors

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Dr. Amy Vlach – Trauma and Addiction – Two Sides of the Same Coin – 1.0 hour

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Lauren Compere (Her Journey) – 1.0 hour

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Cookies and Coffee / Bottled Water Break / Visit with Exhibitors

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Dr. Kayla Acklin – Ethical Practice in a Changing World: Navigating AI, Policy Shifts, and Sociopolitical Tensions in Mental Health Care – 1.0 hour

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Ethical Dilemmas Panel – Dr. Lisa Busby Thomas, Joyce White, Ty Pennington, Dr. James Strickland, Dr. Kristy Laster, Dr. Damien Thomas

Continuing Education:

CEUs are pending - CRC, CLCP, LPC, CDMS, CCM, attorney CLE

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Location

Mississippi Christian University
200 S. Capitol Street
200 S. Capitol Street, MS 39056

Event Date(s)

When:  Oct 2, 2026 from 08:00 to 16:30 (WAT)
Associated with  Mississippi Chapter

Event Contact

Lisa Thomas