New England IARP Chapter will hold its annual Spring Conference on Friday, April 27th at Assumption College in Worcester, MA
08:00 – 08:45 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
08:45 – 09:00 am
Welcome
Lee Pearson, Institute of Social & Rehabilitation Services
Dave Jackson, President, IARP New England
09:00 – 10:00 am
Current Treatment Options for Chronic Pain Patients
Dr. Thomas Simopoulos, MA, MD
Director of Interventional Pain Services
Arnold Pain Management Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break with Refreshments
10:15 – 11:45 am
A Lifetime Care Plan with Neuromodulation as a Primary Means of Pain Control
Cheryl Kaufman, RN, BScN, CLCP, CNLCP
11:45 – 12:45 pm
Lunch/Networking
01:00 – 02:30 pm
Cultural Competency for Private Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals: Exploration of One’s Awareness of what it Means to be a Culturally Competent Practitioner.
Presenter(s): Cherie King, Sc.D., CRC, CDMS and Vernon Percy, Ph.D.
02:30 – 02:45 pm
Break with Refreshments
02:45 – 03:45 pm
Cultural Competency for Private Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals: Integrating a Framework for Integrating Cultural Self-Awareness into One’s Practice.
Presenter(s): Cherie King, Sc.D., CRC, CDMS and Vernon Percy, Ph.D.
03:45 – 04:00 pm
Closing Remarks & CEUs (Lee & Dave)
CEUs 5.0 CEUs requested for CRC, CDMS, CCM, and CLCP CEUs/includes 2.5 CEUs of Ethics