Downers Grove, Illinois, May 02, 2006 – ResCare Premier announces its sixth annual Chicago area Brain Injury Seminar® which will be held on May 12, 2006 at the Five Seasons Country Club located at 6901 South Madison Street in Burr Ridge, IL.

The key note presentation entitled The Road to Recovery will be co-led by a team from ResCare Premier’s Downers Grove program; including, Angela Hill, MSc, CCCSLP, Albert Moore, OTR/L, and Jill Dziak, PTA, CBIS, Master Level CPI Instructor.

Joining the seminar for the first time is Shay Jacobson, CEO, RN, MA, of Life Care Innovations, Inc. Life Care Innovations, Inc. provides life care management and home management services for handicapped and disabled clients who find themselves in need of guidance and / or advocacy. Ms. Jacobson will be presenting Guardianship: The Basics, a comprehensive introduction to the legal as well as particular aspects of the subject.

The Seminar will close with a presentation by Elizabeth Watson, MS, CRC, CCM, ResCare Premier Downer Grove, entitled Brain Injury and Vocational Rehabilitation, which will focus on the unique challenges faced by individuals with an acquired brain injury as they seek to re-enter the work force.

Registration will begin at 9:00 A.M. with coffee and juice being offered. The presentations will begin promptly at 9:30 A.M. and will conclude at 3:30 P.M.. This year we are pleased to offer 4 CEU’s for Certified Case Managers, Certified Rehabilitation Counselors, and Social Workers. As always ResCare Premier’s Brain Injury Seminars® are open to the public and free of charge.

“ResCare Premier is dedicated to providing information and resources for the acquired brain injury community. We are proud to continue our series of Brain Injury Seminars® for families, caregivers, and rehabilitation professional,” states Jan Fryklund, Executive Director of ResCare Premier – Downers Grove. “We believe that one of the most important challenges facing our community is keeping informed. Our Brain Injury Seminars® along with our magazine Premier Outlook and website Premier-Outlook.com are provided to our community free of charge as part of our commitment to help meet this challenge.”

Since opening its doors, ResCare Premier has expanded and developed programs to meet the diverse needs of individuals with acquired brain injury. As a unique group of interrelated treatment facilities, residential communities, and specialty programs located across the United States and Canada, we offer a full continuum of rehabilitation and residential services designed to meet treatment needs “from the door of the hospital to the door of the home – or any door that opens opportunity for our participants.”

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ResCare Premier - Downers Grove
1040 Robey Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60516
Phone: 630.969.9188

Erika Bochnak
Admissions Coordinator

Janice Fryklund
Executive Director

ResCare Premier – USA and Canada

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800.28.BRAIN (800.282.7246)

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