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Working on the Front: Ethics in Rehabilitation of Veterans

Agenda

Held at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
and
Over the Internet via ILRU Web Cast

8:20 AM - 8:40 AM
      Welcoming Remarks
      Dr. Madan M. Kundu
      Chair and Professor, Department of Rehabilitation & Disability Studies, Southern University
     
      Dr. Robert Miller
      Dean, College of Sciences, Southern University     

      Dr. James Llorens
      Dean, Graduate School

      Ms. Teresa Milner
      Louisiana Rehabilitation Services

8:45 AM - 10:15 AM
      Ms. Dinah Cohen
      U.S. Department of Defense
      Leading the Way with Accommodations

10:20 AM - 11:45 AM
      Dr. Darlyne Nemeth
      Delegate to the United Nations
      Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation for Returning Veterans with Head Injury:
      Ethical vs Moral Issues

11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
      BREAK FOR LUNCH

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
      CSI INITIATIVE CEREMONY

1:25 PM - 2:50 PM
      Dr. James Malec
      Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
      Evidence-Based and Ethical Practice in Rehabilitation for TBI and Polytrauma

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
      Mr. Olegario Cantos VII
      U.S. Department of Justice
      Civil Rights and Veterans with Disabilities: Rights and Responsibilities

3:55 PM - 4:30 PM
      Mr. Roger Otzenberger and Ms. LaSandra Dudley
      Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs
      VA Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program:
      Eligibility Criteria, and Services for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities

SPONSORS
      Department of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
      National Council on Rehabilitation Education
      Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
      Rehabilitation Research Institute for Underrepresented Populations
      Project Rehabilitation of Ethnic Minorities
      Project Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment