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Guardianship Issues, sponsored by Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers.  Speaker is Steve Siporin, President and CEO of Siporin & Associates.  February 14, 2012, Prince Conference Center, Grand Rapids.  MBIPC’s “Learn Over Lunch Series.”  Scheduled meeting times are 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.  Member cost:  $25.00, non-member: $60.  For further information, please contact info@mbipc.org.

Medications and Behavior Modifications, sponsored by Health Partners, Inc.  Speakers are Dr. Ted Mauger, Neuropsychiatrist, Chief of Neuropsychiatry for Hope Network and Jan Allar, MS, LLP, BCBS, Behavioral Analyst, Hope Network.  March 8, 2012, Prince Conference Center, Grand Rapids. MBIPC’s “Learn Over Lunch Series.”  Scheduled meeting times are 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.  Member cost:  $25.00, non-member: $60.  For further information, please contact info@mbipc.org.

Updates on MDCH Programs & TBI Prevention (TBI Residential Rehab Medicaid; Home and Community Based Medicaid Waivers, Nursing Facility Transition, MyChoice Waiver, TBI Prevention and Resources), sponsored by Origami Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center.  Speakers are Michael Daeschlein and Linda Scarpetta, Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH).  March 13, 2012, Kellogg Center, Lansing. MBIPC’s “Learn Over Lunch Series.”  Scheduled meeting times are 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.  Member cost:  $25.00, non-member: $60.  For further information, please contact info@mbipc.org.

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness, an Annual Community Breakfast Event, sponsored by Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties.  Keynote speaker is Kathy Cronkite, daughter of famed television newscaster Walter Cronkite.  Kathy is a popular writer, journalist, and public speaker.  As one of the millions who suffers from clinical depression, she has become a tireless champion for mental health.  Monday, March 19, 2012, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m., The Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI.  Everyone is welcome.  There is no cost for this event.  Exhibits open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  To register, contact Judy Hazle at 517-346-8238.

Post-traumatic Headaches: Evaluation and Treatment, sponsored by TBI Solutions, LLC.  Speaker is Dr. Lawrence Horn, DMC/Rehabilitation Institution of Michigan.  April 10, 2012, Holiday Inn-Detroit Livonia. MBIPC’s “Learn Over Lunch Series.”  Scheduled meeting times are 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.  Member cost:  $25.00, non-member: $60.  For further information, please contact info@mbipc.org.

10th Dr. Richard Seyfarth Schreiber Memorial Conference, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter in partnership with presenting sponsor Absolute Homecare and Memorial Staffing.  April 13-14, Western Michigan University’s Fetzer Center, Kalamazoo, MI.  Friday will feature a professional conference (CEUs available), and Saturday’s caregiver conference will educate family caregivers and other community members who are touched by Alzheimer’s disease (complimentary respite services available).  Visit www.alz.org or call 800-272-3900.

Medications and Behavior Modifications, sponsored by Health Partners, Inc.  Speaker is Dr. Ted Mauger, Neuropsychiatrist, Chief of Neuropsychiatry for Hope Network, and Jan Allar, MS, LLP, BCBS, Behavioral Analyst, Hope Network.  MBIPC’s Learn Over Lunch Series.  May 8, 2012, Grand Rapids, MI.  For further information, please contact info@mbipc.org.

Pharmacology, sponsored by PharmaScript.  Speaker is Dr. Edward Dabrowski, Chief, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Assistant Professor Children’s Hospital of Michigan.  June 12, 2012, Holiday Inn-Detroit Livonia. MBIPC’s “Learn Over Lunch Series.”  Scheduled meeting times are 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.  Member cost:  $25.00, non-member: $60.  For further information, please contact info@mbipc.org.

22nd Annual Conference & Expo:  Spanning the Waves of Change in an Ocean of Opportunities, sponsored by CMSA.  June 19-22, San Francisco, CA.  Contact www.cmsa.org/conference for more information.

Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2012, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association.  July 14-19, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  For more information, visit alz.org/AAIC.