
Friday August 05, 2016
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2016 BRAIN IDEAS SYMPOSIUM
The Invisible Disabilities Association’s 2016 Brain IDEAS symposium focused on Brain Disorders, Brain Health, and Brain Therapy. Nine expert speakers delivered dynamic, science, and story-filled talks on Neuroplasticity, ADHD, ADD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Alzheimer’s, Down Syndrome, Nutrition, Microbiome, Mental Training, Therapeutic Humor, Stroke, PTSD, EMDR and TBI. Expert-led panels concluded each section allowing attendees to interact with presenters.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Aaron LaPedis
Healthy Living Award – Daniel G Amen MD
Daniel G Amen MD has been chosen to be the recipient of IDA\’s 2016 Healthy Living Award based upon his lifelong passion for finding healthy and positive life changing solutions for patients who live daily with chronic illness. Thank you, Dr Amen for leading the way in using brain science to promote healthier lifestyles.
Research Award – John B Arden PhD
John B Arden PhD has been chosen to be the recipient of IDA\’s 2016 Research Award based upon his cutting edge research in neuroscience and psychotherapy and therefore synthesizing the biological and psychological into a new vision for psychotherapy: Brain-Based Therapy. Dr Arden\’s best selling book, Rewire Your Brain provides a practical approach to living a vibrant life through a synthesis of psychology, mindfulness, nutritional neuroscience, social intelligence and facts about the brain’s capacity for neuroplasticity and neurogenesis.
Innovation Award – Bruce E Wexler MD
Bruce E Wexler MD has been chosen to be the recipient of IDA\’s 2016 Innovation Award based upon his vision and innovation as the Founder of C8 Sciences. C8 Sciences brings together cutting edge cognitive software, physical exercise and cognitive assessments from the National Institute of Health to improve the core cognitive functions in Children with ADHD and other disorders.
Billy McLaughlin
…you may swear
Billy McLaughlin
is two of the
greatest acoustic guitarists
you’ve ever heard.
~ Pittsburgh Post Gazette
… it’s amazing
that such an
extensive sound
comes from
one instrument.
~ Chicago Sun Times
Billy McLaughlin has been changing people’s idea of what an acoustic guitar can sound like since the 1980’s.
He is recognized as an innovative performer and composer who embraces the advantages of acoustic guitar amplification, unorthodox techniques and altered tunings while celebrating a gift for melody. His enormous yet fluid acoustic guitar tone has carried him around the world, to Billboard’s Top-Ten Chart and most recently through a devastating medical disorder called focal dystonia. McLaughlin has had to re-learn the guitar left-handed and is in the early stages of what might be described as “one of the great musical-comeback stories of all time.” His story is the subject of an award-winning documentary film called Changing Keys – Billy McLaughlin and the Mysteries of Dystonia.
CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE
Brain Disorders
Alzheimer\’s and Down Syndrome
Huntington Potter PhD
Director, Rocky Mountain Alzheimer’s Disease Center, University of Colorado
Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities
Ron Minson MD
Clinical Director, Integrated Listening Systems
ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorders
Bruce E Wexler MD
Founding Scientist – C8 Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry – Yale Medical School
Disorders Panel Moderator
John Arden PhD
Chief Academic Officer, Institute of Brain Potential, Author of Rewire Your Brain
Brain Health
Nutrition, Microbiome
Jon Clinthorne PhD
Nutrition Education Specialist Supervisor, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
Mental Training
Heidi Hanna PhD
Co-founder, Institute for Integrative Neuroscience – Chief Energy Officer, SYNERGY, Author
Therapeutic Humor
Karyn Buxman RN MSN CSP CPAE
Director of Training, SYNERGY, Neurohumorist, Author
Health Panel Moderator
Katherine Puckett PhD MS MSW LCSW
Chief, Division of Mind-Body Medicine, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Brain Therapy
Stroke Recovery Therapy
Karen Custer PTA
Founding Director, StART, Stroke Active Recovery Therapy
PTSD, Phantom Limb Pain and EMDR
Robert Tinker PhD
Psychologist, Author, Researcher – EMDR Clinician and Trainer
Traumatic Brain Injury TBI
Michael Pierce DC DACNB FACFN
Chiropractic Neurologist – Asst Prof, Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
Therapy Panel Moderator
Lacey Berumen PhD MNM CAC III
Second Vice President – Board, National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI – Faculty Member, University of Phoenix
EXHIBITORS
- Advanced Body Dynamics
- Autism Community Store
- Autism Society of Colorado
- Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado
- Carson J Spencer Foundation
- Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation
- Colorado Neurological Institute
- GoldLeaf HomeCare
- IDA Cares Campaign
- Immuno® Research Centers
- Institute for Children\’s Mental Disorders
- Institute for Life and Care
- Integrated Listening Systems
- Invisible Disabilities® Association
- LearningRx
- Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
- Quiet Waters Ministries
- Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center
- STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder
- START Stroke Active-Recovery Therapy
- The Caring Project
- The Nectar Group
- University of Phoenix® – College of Social Sciences