7:30 AM-8:00 AM             Registration/ Continental Breakfast/ SIS Roundtables
8:00 AM-8:30 AM             Welcome/Legislative Update (.50 CEU)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM           Keynote Address: Catherine V. Piersol, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1.50 CEU) “Caregiver Readiness to Change: Meeting Caregivers Where They Are in the Therapeutic Relationship
10:00 AM-10:30 AM         Break/Networking
10:30 AM-12:00 PM          A.M. Educational Sessions (1.50 CEU): (Select one at time of registration)

1. Technology: Using the HAAT Model to Guide Assistive Technology Practice. Kimberly Hartmann, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA & Melissa Olson, M.S. SpEd/AT, OTR/L   
2. Rehabilitation & Disability: Beyond the Basics: Functional Neurological Treatments for the Hemiparetic Upper Extremity. Kari Buck, MS OTR/L & Alexandra Waller, MS OTR/L
3. Mental Health; Children & Youth:  Social-Emotional Learning, Self-Regulation, and Mental Health in Schools: Reinforcing the Role of OT. Dennis Aptaker OTD, MOT, OTR/L & Amy Burton OTD, OTR/L
4. Productive Aging and DEMENTIA SUMMIT SESSION 1:  History and development of an evidence-based intervention to promote Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environment (COPE). Catherine V. Piersol, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA & Rick Fortinsky, PhD, Project Partners on LiveWell’s ACL-ADPI Grant
5. Children & Youth:  Connecticut School Occupational Therapy Community of Practice: A workload approach for school practitioners. Joyce Rioux, Ed.D., OTR/L, SCSS & Sharon M. McCloskey, Ed.D., MBA, OT/L, DipCOT 

12:15 AM-1:00 PM           Lunch (included with full day registration) in Masonic Health Care Main Campus Auditorium*
1:00 PM-4:00 PM             DEMENTIA SUMMIT AFTERNOONS SESSIONS in Masonic Health Care Main Campus Auditorium* (full day registration required)(2.75 CEU)
1:00 PM-2:00 PM             DEMENTIA SUMMIT SESSION 2: Gold Standard Practices in Dementia Care Services (a panel discussion): A Qualitative and Practical Perspective                                          from the Experts Living with Dementia and Clinicians Who Deliver Client-centered Services to Maximize Engagement from Diagnosis to End-of-life.
2:00 PM-2:15 PM             Break/Networking
2:15 PM-3:15 PM             DEMENTIA SUMMIT SESSION 3: COPE Program: Implementation in the Community
3:15 PM-4:00 PM             DEMENTIA SUMMIT SESSION 4: Home-based Memory Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology

Half-Day Registration Information (3.5 CEUs)                                                  
Members: $70.00 early registration, $80.00 after October 26^th  
Non-Members: $85.00 early registration, $95.00 after October 26^th   
Student Members: $35.00 early registration, $45.00 after October 26^th   
Student Non-Members: $45.00 early registration, $50.00 after October 26^th  

Full-Day Registration Information (6.25 total CEUs)
Members: $110.00 early registration, $120.00 after October 26^th  
Non-Members: $120.00 early reg., $150.00 after October 26^th
Student Members: $35.00 early reg., $45.00 after October 26^th
Student Non-Members: $60.00 early reg., $80.00 after October 26^th  

Register online by October 26, 2019 for the Early Bird Discount.  Registrations received after this date (including on-site registrants on the day of conference) will be charged the regular rates. Cancellations must be received in writing by email by October 29, 2019 to receive a full refund, minus a $20 administrative fee.  No refunds will be made after this date. Online registration closes on November 1, 2019 at 8:00 PM.  Please let us know if you require any accommodations.

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