Seminar on Stroke              

NORTH SHORE STROKE RECOVERY CENTRE

15th Annual General Meeting & Seminar on Stroke

Friday, March 26, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, North Vancouver

700 Old Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver, BC

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9:00 a.m. Registration                                  

9:15 a.m. Dr. Barbara Purves – Conversations in Aphasia: Learning from Family Know-How

Aphasia presents tremendous challenges, not only for the person with aphasia but also for that person’s conversation partners. Together, family members cope with these challenges every day, and the solutions that they find provide powerful lessons for us all. Drawing on research into conversations of families where one person has aphasia, this presentation describes some of those lessons.

10:15 a.m. Dr. Lara Boyd - Stroke: The road to recovery.

Presentation of recent advances in recovery from stroke including sleep, exercise, massed practice and brain stimulation.

11:15 a.m. Heather Branscombe – marathon of stroke survival: What does the new research mean to me? How new advances in rehab can help with recovery after a stroke.

The prognosis after a stroke has changed significantly over the past few years, especially with our ever increasing knowledge about the brain, how it works and how it can change. The good news is that there is hope. Unfortunately, we know that it takes a lot of work to get there. This presentation will describe the marathon that is stroke survival and how we can apply the newest research to achieving functional gains that can improve everyday lives.

12:00 p.m. Lunch – catered by Holiday Inn – soup, sandwiches, cookies, coffee/tea

Cost Early Registration by February 19th, 2010 

Speakers and Lunch Member $18 pp Non-Member $20 pp Student $15 pp

Speakers -----------------by donation

Registration after February 20th, 2010

Speakers, Lunch & AGM Member $20 pp Non-Member $23 pp $ Student 18 pp

Speakers ------------------by donation-------------------------

Presenter Bios:

Barbara Purves has over twenty-five years of experience as a speech-language pathologist, much of it with working with

people with aphasia. She is now an assistant professor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences at the University of

British Columbia, where she teaches speech-language pathology students and conducts research in the area of aphasia.

Lara Boyd PT, PhD received her BA in English Literature from Pomona College, her MS in Physical Therapy and PhD in

Biokinesiology from the University of Southern California. She is Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Motor Learning,

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy

and the Brain Research Centre at the University of British Columbia. Dr Boyd directs the Brain Behavior Lab at UBC.

Heather Branscombe is a physiotherapist, clinic director at Abilities Neurological Rehabilitation, and clinical specialist for

Bioness Inc. She is passionate about helping children and adults with neurologically based challenges to achieve their full

potential. She is excited to share how the latest research about motor learning and the brain can provide new hope for

Stroke Survivors.

 To register or for more information,

 call Tel: 778-340-5803 | or e-mail:  info@nssrc.org