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PAR-QOL APRIL 2016 NEWSLETTER

Monday April 18, 2016 A success story of Best Practice Implementation in Canada The Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network (SCI KMN) is a community of practice that has evolved out of a national best practice implementation effort that began in 2011. It is a network of 6 rehabilitation hospitals located in 3 provinces [...]

By | 2018-06-28T11:41:12-04:00 April 18th, 2016|Newsletters|

2016 College Resources for Students with Disabilities

AccreditedOnlineColleges.org recently published the 2016 College Resources for Students with Disabilities. Since the Americans with Disabilities Act enacted in the late 90's, many social barriers have been removed or reduced, yet there is still a ways to go. In the course of their research, it was found that most student with disabilities were not fully aware [...]

By | 2018-06-14T15:39:31-04:00 February 18th, 2016|Blog|

Now available online: PAR-QoL Webinar

Feb 17, 2016 Webinar: Participation and Quality of Life (PAR-QoL) Last Thursday (November 12th), three members of the PAR-QoL team, Drs. Sander Hitzig, Krista Best and Dahlia Kairy, presented a webinar on the PAR-QoL Tool-Kit to many clinicians and researchers coming from Canada and United States. The PAR-QoL Tool-Kit is an educational resource for SCI clinicians and researchers [...]

By | 2018-06-20T09:36:21-04:00 February 17th, 2016|News & events|

PARQOL NEWSLETTER – SPECIAL EDITION

Monday November 9, 2015 Coming this Thursday: The PAR-QoL Webinar ** REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!! **  Are you interested in measuring Quality of Life in spinal cord? If so, the PAR-QoL team invites you to attend a free Webinar that will be held on November 12th, 2015 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST. This webinar will provide information [...]

By | 2018-06-28T11:45:38-04:00 November 9th, 2015|Newsletters|

The Big Idea – Epidural Stimulation Research

At the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation website, there is some interesting research being highlighted on Epidural stimulation research for people with complete motor spinal cord injuries (SCI).  This work is being led by Drs. Susan J. Harkema and Claudia Angeli, and their subjects have made some incredible improvements. See the video below: To learn more, go to: [...]

By | 2018-06-28T09:37:14-04:00 October 9th, 2015|Blog|