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Spring 2010 Newsletter
Spring 2009 Newsletter
Spring 2008 Newsletter
Spring 2007 Newsletter
Spring 2006 Newsletter

Annual Conference:

MEETING 2010: Washington, DC

Our first annual conference held in Washington, DC years ago was one of our very most successful. Members and families always welcome an opportunity to visit our extraordinary national capitol. 2010 will be no exception as much has changed there in recent years. Among popular attractions are the White House Visitor Center, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery, Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Library of Congress, Old Time Trolley Tours, National Postal Museum, Library of Congress, United States Botanic Garden, National Archives, Hirschorn Museum of Sculpture and Garden, National Museum of African Art, Mt. Vernon Tour, Supreme Court Building, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Natural History, FDR Memorial, International Spy Museum, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Phillips Collection, National Portrait Gallery, Jefferson Memorial, Einstein Memorial, National Cathedral, National Museum of American History, Corcoran Gallery of Art, historic Union Station, Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Potomac Mills (Virginia's biggest tourist attraction), international shopping venues, vibrant night life, delightful, kitschy cafes and boutiques, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Howard University, Constitution Hall and Ford's Theater.

Washington, DC is defined by the people it represents, the freedom it stands for, the power it holds, the history it presents and the future it promises. Our meeting is attractively scheduled over the weekend preceding Columbus Day, enabling members an additional day, as it is a federal holiday. October is a wonderful time to visit with pleasant temperatures. Sales tax is 5.75%. The city is walkable with key attractions in proximity to our hotel. Passes for both the House and Senate galleries and tours of the White House, Supreme Court, National Archives, and Kennedy Centers may be obtained from your Senator or Representative with a few months advance notice. To contact your legislator, phone the congressional main switchboard at 202 224-3121, give your legislator's name and ask to be connected to his/her office.Bring a camera.

Our hotel is centrally located with a special conference rate of $169 (request "American Board" room block). We strongly urge early registration as rooms will sell out quickly. See back page for both hotel and conference registration details. Persons interested in being a presenter should fax a brief proposal to the ABDA Program Committee at 615- 327-9235, e-mail americanbd@aol.com or by mail. Decisions are made within 15 days.

See the Spring 2010 Newsletter for the registration form.

Publications:

 

DISABILITY ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE: FUNDAMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE

Co-Edited by Kenneth N. Anchor, Ph.D., ABPP
and Thomas C. Felicetti, Ph.D., ABDA

Topics Include:

* Life Care Planning: The Interdisciplinary Team Approach
* Disability and Classroom Inclusion
* Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities
* Urologic Problems Relating to Disabilities
* The Role of the Respiratory Care Practitioner in Disability Analysis
* Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Chronic Pain: The Health Psychology Perspective
* Evaluation of Soft Tissue Injury
* Uses and Misuses of Psychopharmacology: What Every Disability Analyst Should Know
* Functional Capacities Assessment
* Orthotics and Prosthetics: A Team Approach to Functional Independence
* Extremity Joint Mobilization: Concepts of Assessment and Treatment
* Osteopathic Medicine and the Role of Manipulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
* The Disabling Impulse to Set Fires
* Seeking Legitimacy: The Pilgrimage of Those Claiming to Have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
* Communication Disorders: A Profession in Evolution
* Clinical Evaluation: From Validation to Practice
* On the Complexities of Shopping: The Story of Interdisciplinary Team Rehabilitation
* Interdisciplinary Team Process: A Model Used in a Residential Facility for Traumatically Brain Injured
Adults
* The Neuropsychological Sequelae and Assessment of Head Trauma
* Cognitive Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury
* The Further Education and Credentialing of the Disability Analyst

Contributors:

Kenneth N. Anchor, PhD, Dan Bagwell, RN, Jeffrey T. Barth, PhD, Matthew W. Bowen, PhD, Donna K. Broshek, PhD, Tracey Brown, PT, Elaine L. Bukowski, PhD, Chetwyn C.H. Chan, PhD, Howard H. Covitz, PhD, Robert Diamond, PhD, Allan O. Diefendorf, PhD, Tom Felicetti, PhD, Linda Ference, MA, H. Hugh Floyd, PhD, Karen L. Gold, PsyD, T. Walter Harrell, PhD, Larry J. Kopelman, PhT, Renee Kusner, BA, Tatia M.C. Lee, PhD, Ralph G. Leverett, PhD, Jonathan J. Lipman, PhD, Josephine Maimone, PT, Robert Male, PhD, Tom Malinowski, BA, Phyllis Marks, MEd, Gregory W. Nevens, EdD, Louise Pate, MS, Don Rhodes, MA, Bethany Rouland, PT, Heidi J. Rubin, MS, Loreen Scott, BA, Randy Scott, BA, Robert A.
Seegmiller, PhD, Gabriel Sella, MD, Donald F. Stanton, DO, Carol A. Straiton, BS, William B. Turner, BS, Paul T. Webber, CO, J. Michael Wieting, DO, Alex C. Willingham, MD, Marie Wilson, RN

THE DISABILITY ANALYSIS HANDBOOK:
TOOLS FOR INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

Edited by Kenneth N. Anchor, Ph.D., ABPP

Topics Include:

* The Disability Revolution: Emerging Career Track for the 21st Century
* The Education of a Disability Analyst
* Pain and Disability
* A Legal Perspective on the Social Security Disability Programs
* Catastrophic Injury: A Model of Disability Analysis, Treatment Planning, and Case Management
* Diabetes as a Disability
* Chronic Renal Failure: Analysis of Disability and Rehabilitation
* Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Among the Disabled
* Psychosocial Issues in Burn Injury Rehabilitation
* Aging and Disability
* Nursing Perspectives on Disability and Rehabilitation
* Environmental Neurobehavioral Toxicology
* Nonverbal Learning Disorder
* Evaluating Economic Losses in Personal Injuries
* Back Injury Disability Management
* The National Directory of Disability Analysts

Contributors:

Kenneth N. Anchor, PhD, Rose Bianchi, DNSc, RN, CS, Ronald T. Brown, MD, William H. Burke, PhD, Phyllis M. Connolly, PhD, RN, Kim N. Dietrich, PhD, William F. Doverspike, PhD, Mark A. Doyne, MD, Lewis M. Etcoff, PhD, David A. Ettinger, JD, Thomas Felicetti, PhD, Melissa Freizinger, MA, Peter B. Griffin, PhD, Diana W. Guthrie, PhD, Lee Ann Hoff, PhD, RN, Robert N. Jamison, PhD, Karen M. Kampfer, MA, Stanley Lee, MD, Joseph Magaddino, PhD, Ann Marie Pagliaro, PhD, Louis A. Pagliaro, PhD, Victoria K. Palmer-Erbs, PhD, RN, CS, Roger L. Patterson, PhD, Mary R. Saunders, BA, Howard G. Shertzer, PhD, Kenneth J. Tarnowski, PhD, David L. Weatherford, PhD.

publicationTHE CATASTROPHIC INJURY HANDBOOK:

 

UNDERSTANDING VOCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF COMPLEX PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAUMA

Edited by Kenneth N. Anchor, Ph.D., ABPP , James E. Shmerling, DHA and
Jessica M. Anchor, M.D.

Topics Include:

* Assessment Methodologies
* Building A Reliable Interdisciplinary Assessment Framework
* A Health Care Executive’s Perspective on Catastrophic Injury (CI)
* Supporting Families Experiencing CI and Traumatic Injury: A Family Systems
Perspective
* A Bioethicist’s Perspective on CI
* A Prosthetist–Orthotist ‘s Perspective on CI
* A Psychiatrist ‘s Perspective on CI
* Emerging Forensic, Economic and Life Care Planning Methodologies
* An Attorney’s Perspective on CI: Catastrophic Damages and the Tort
System
* The Economist and Disability Analyst Team for CI
* A Life Care Planner and Economist’s Perspective on CI: Developing and Valuing a
Life Care Plan for Litigation
* Life Care Planning: A Methodology for Catastrophic Disability Analysis
* A Settlement Specialist’s Financial Perspective on CI
* Estimating Economic Damages Resulting from Lost Earning Capacity
* Behavioral Cybernetic and Microeconomic/Ergonomic Survival Adaptations in People Who
Have “Suffered” Catastrophic Disabilities
* A Nurse Case Manager’s Perspective on CI: Case Management – The Benefits and
Confusion
* A Disability Management Specialist’s Perspective on Life Care Planning in CI
* Clinical Applications
* A Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Perspective on CI
* Psychological Aspects of Catastrophic Pediatric Injury: Considerations in Traumatic
Burn and Head Injuries
* The Addictionologist’s Perspective on CI
* A Clinical Neuropsychology Perspective on CI: Case Studies in Acquired Brain
Injury with Frontal Lobe Dysfunction
* A Language Pathologist’s Perspective on CI
* A Health Psychologist’s Perspective on Disability and Permanent Impairment Ratings of CI
Integrating Chronic Pain and Emotional Sequelae
* An Occupational and Physical Therapy Perspective on CI
* A Toxicological Perspective on CI: Environmental Arsensic
* A Trauma Surgeon’s Perspective on CI
* A Special Educator’s Perspective on CI
* A Communication Disorders Perspective on CI
* A Chiropractic Perspective on CI
* An Alternative Health Care Provider/Chiropractor’s Perspective on CI
* A Clinical Psychologist’s Perspective on Assessing Catastrophic Psychological
Injuries

Contributors:

Kenneth N. Anchor, Ph.D., Jessica M. Anchor, M.D., Ellyn Lucas Arwood, Ed.D., Jeffrey Barth, Ph.D., Dr. Michael Brookshire, Penelope Caragonne, Ph.D., Marie*Claude Rigaud, M.D., Martin Croce, M.D., Walter S. Davis, Jr., M.D., Paul Deutsch, Ph.D., Dr. Shawn Gale, Dr. Geoffrey Gerow, Mary Glidden, RN, Tabitha Hornsby, O.T., Cathy Ingrebrigtsen, Ph.D., Dr. Susan Jacob, Mary Pat Corrigan Jobes, P.T., Dr. Stan Jung, Bruno Kappes, Ph.D., Ralph Leverett, Ph.D., Samuel Leib, J.D., Dr. Robert Lessne, Mr. Brian Loper, Robert Male, Ph.D., Gilbert Mathis, Ph.D., Larry Morton, CPO, Dr. Greg Nevens, Daniel Nebert, M.D., Louis Pagliaro, Ph.D., Anne Pagliaro, MSN, Randall Phillips, LMFT, Tom Prewitt, Jr., Esq, Christine Reid, Ph.D., Susan Simonian, Ph.D., James Shmerling, DHA, Howard Shertzer, Ph.D., David Sniezek, M.D. and Kenneth Tarnowski, Ph.D.

 

 

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