Symposium

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Brain Injury

Cross-Cutting

Stroke

Research-Informed Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice: Addressing Spatial Neglect to Improve Rehabilitation Outcome (815147)

Presenter(s)

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  Peii Chen, PhD

  Senior Research Scientist
  Kessler Foundation
  West Orange, New Jersey

  Presentation Slides
• AB

  AM Barrett, FAAN, FANA, FASNR

  Neurorehabilitation Program Director
  Emory Brain Health Center
  Decatur, Georgia
• 

  Nicole Diaz-Segarra, MD

  Brain Injury Medicine Fellow
  Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation/Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
  West Orange, New Jersey
• GH

  Gina Holecek, MPH, OTR/L, CDRS

  Program Manager, Inpatient Rehabilitation
  Emory Rehabilitation Hospital
  Atlanta, Georgia
• GM

  Gretchen E. March, BS, OTR

  Advanced Clinical Specialist OT
  Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
  Saddle Brook, New Jersey

Panelist(s)

• RG

  Robert W. Gillen, PhD

  Director, Neuropsychology Department
  Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
  Schenectady, New York

Non-presenting Author(s)

• EK

  Emma Kaplan

  Research Coordinator
  Kessler Foundation
  West Orange, New Jersey
• 

  Chris Gonzalez-Snyder, MA, OTR/L

  Regional Director of Rehabilitation Services
  Select Medical
  Wildwood, Missouri

We will discuss the significance of spatial neglect and its impact on affected individuals such as stroke survivors and their family caregivers. We will share our experience in introducing rehabilitation therapists to the KF-NAP® and KF-PAT®, two research-informed tools for assessing and treating spatial neglect, respectively. After presenting preliminary outcomes of implementation both KF-NAP and KF-PAT in 15 rehabilitation hospitals, rehabilitation clinical practitioners will share their experience in implementing both tools and their perceived benefits of doing so.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the clinical impact of spatial neglect.
• Understand the potential benefit of using both the KF-NAP and KF-PAT.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the clinical implications of using KF-NAP and KF-PAT.