Breakout Session: Working with Patients Who Have SUD and Brain Injury

Led by:

Charmaine Lastimoso, MSN, MPH, NP-C, CARN-AP (Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA. ) 
Calla Harrington, LICSW (Behavioral Health Network. Greenfield, MA) 
Amanda Tower (Grant Project Coordinator, MassAbility. Boston, MA) 

Summary: We plan to engage learners around the often invisible and misunderstood challenges that our patients face when struggling with the impacts of acquired brain injury and working on their substance use recovery. The workshop will address why it is important to acknowledge, screen, and accommodate for these challenges through a lens of Ableism. Together, we will take a multidisciplinary and systematic view to formulate methods for improving the care we provide for our patients.