Kathy is available to travel to your location to deliver in-service information and training
seminars and workshops for consumers and staff. She is also frequently invited by a variety of
organizations to give presentations on compensatory skills training generally or the BRAIN BOOK®
System’s program.
The following is a partial list of past workshops and presentations (contacts who have access
to e-mail access are listed):
All-day workshop in the city of Victoria, on Vancouver Island, sponsored by the
B.C. Ministry of Education, Spring 1999.
Contact: Etta Connor, workshop facilitator,
E-mail: etta@connor.bc.ca
Coping with Brain Injury Day-to-Day, and Returning to Work after Brain Injury, hour-long
presentations for the state of Washington’s Brain Injury Association’s L.I.F.T. Conference
(“Life Initiatives Family Training”), Bellingham, Washington, Fall 1998.
Contact: Em Finlay, L.I.F.T. Manager, BIAWA,
E-mail: biawa@biawa.org
Website: www.biawa.org
The same program was presented at the annual conference of the Brain Injury Association of
Oregon, December 1998.
Contact: Carol Matthews-Ayers, BIAO Board Chair,
E-mail: biao@open.org
Website: www.open.org/~biao
Compensatory Skills and Returning to Work, hour-long presentation for the state of Nebraska’s
annual Vocational Rehabilitation Conference, Kearny, Nebraska, Spring 1997.
Contact: Keri Bennett, Vocational Counselor, State of Nebraska,
E-mail: k_bennett@vocrehab.state.ne.us
Results of Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation Pilot Test of BRAIN BOOK System’s Program for VR
Consumers, hour-long presentation for the Midwest regional conference of Rehabilitation
Professionals, Springfield, Missouri, Spring 1998.
Coping with Brain Injury, hour-long pre-conference presentation for the national Brain Injury
Association, Inc., December 1995 annual conference.
Introducing the BRAIN BOOK® System,
Saturday morning workshop for the Montana Speech and Hearing Association, Fall 1995.
Teaching the BRAIN BOOK® System’s Program,
week-long hands-on workshop (30 hours), sponsored by Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries,
Summer 1995. Attended by staff of Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, Oregon; Siskiyou Home
Health Agency, Yreka, California; and others, including rehabilitation facility case managers,
job developers, skills trainers, vocational job coaches and family coaches.
"Basic Compensatory Skills, using the BRAIN BOOK®
System," all-day workshop for the Independent Living Resources, Napa, California, February, 1996.