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Traumatic Head Injuries Conference

A Conference designed to educate and impart
new skills to professionals and those in-
volved in assessment and remediation of per-
sons with head injuries will be held on
Thursday and Friday, July 13th & 14th. The
theme of the conference is "New Approaches
to the Assessment and Remediation of Trau-
matic Head Injuries. i‘

Dr. Robert Sbordone, the guest speaker, will,
be presenting the entire two days. He is
widely recognized for his expertise in the
areas of head trauma, neuropsychology, and
the rehabilitation of the brain injured per-
son. He has recently developed software to
assist in the assessment and remediation of
people with traumatic head injuries. Dr.
Sbordone is a member of the Faculty of the
University of California (Irvine) School of
Medicine and is a Diplomate of the American |
Board of Neuropsychology.

Douglas College is pleased to be hosting and
co-sponsoring this conference with the Cana-
dian Association of Rehabilitation Personnel,
B. C., Head Injury Association, and the B.C.
Occupational Therapy Association.  ARW
Credits are available through C ALR, P. and
the B.C. Psychological Association will also
assign Continuing Education Credits.

For registration information, please cal]
520-5473.

| Smoking Policy

The revised Smoking Policy, reviewed
and endorsed by Management Commi ttee in
June, will be presented to the College Board
in August. Following review by the Board,

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Community Profile :

A social and economic profile of New West-
minster is being compiled by three students
enrolled in Douglas College's business ad-
ministration program for the Royal City
Development Group.

Mark Eddy, Dean Rohrer and Jan Sheppard
are preparing a report that will be used
by the city and its local business people
to assist them in determining future trends,
said Jim Sator, head of Douglas College
business program.

The work will begin with a demographic
breakdown of the city, including listings

income averages, and will eventually result
ina seventy-five to one-hundred page re-
port, Sator said.

"The students will be doing some formatting
and number crunching, from which they'll] |
into statistics," Sator said. “L's basiic=
ally just an application of what we teach
them in class."

Westminster is long overdue," said Rohrer.
data available and talking to the Chamber
of Commerce to find out what businesses are
in the city.

The report could be used to determine the
impact of developments such as the Automated’
Light. Rapid Transit line being built through
New Westminster, said Sator.

 

Some of the other things the students wil]

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