2024 AgrAbility National Training Workshop

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Monday, March 25th: 8 am – 6 pm

Pre-conference sessions

• 9 am – 4:30 pm:  Mental Health First Aid-
• 1 pm – 4 pm:  New Staff Training QOL Evaluation
• 1 pm – 4 pm:  Worksite Assessment, Secondary Injury, and AT Selection
• 1 pm – 4 pm:  Tour of the Shepherd Center-
• 4:30 pm – 6 pm:  Poster Session and Reception  Poster descriptions

Tuesday, March 26th: 8 am – 5 pm                  

• 9:15 am – 10:15 am:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Farming likes it’s 2024, Equipment and Technologies for Disabled Farmers
  • Critical Conversations_ Service Provider Challenges_NTW 2024 (1)
  • Creating a Program for Educating OTs and PTs on Rehabilitating Farmers and Ranchers
  • Veteran Organizations Unconferncing
• 10:45 am – 12:15 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Accessible Beekeeping:  Improving Quality of Life Through Therapy and Assistive Technology
  • Building Capacity for Farm Stress Resilient Communities: 2 State Approaches
  • The LIFE Project – A Unique Partnership to Educate, Support, and Promote Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers in Agriculture
  • Making the Case for Your Veteran-Owned Business
• 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Obstacles in Designing Assistive Technology within a Skid Loader for Low-Mobility Individuals
  • Exploring AgrAbility Quality of Life Profiles
  • Unconferencing: Collaborating with Goodwill and Other Non-Profits
  • Behind the Scenes of Illinois AgrAbility Ambassador Program
• 2:40 pm – 3:40 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Assistive Technology for Hitching Farm Equipment
  • Protecting Your Operation’s Most Important Asset: YOU!
  • PI Session
  • Peas in a Pod- Similar but Different Models for Peer Support
• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Getting Down on the Farm: Assistive Devices for Physical and Mobility Impairments
  • Improving Employment Outcomes for Persons with TBI in Rural Areas
  • International Panel
  • Case Study: Working with the Client Assistance Program to Assist a Client When they are Denied by Vocational Rehabilitation
• 6:00 pm Banquet and Auction with Keynote Speaker

Wednesday, March 27th: 8 am – 5 pm

• 8:00 am – 9:00 am:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Creating Reliable Plans for DIY Assistive Technology
  • Promoting the Physical and Psychological Wellbeing of AgrAbility Clients
  • Cultivating a Peer and Mentorship Network in Your State
  • Let’s Mooove: Movement and Self-Massage for Longevity and Productivity on the Farm
• 9:10 am – 9:55 am:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Everyday Equipment or Assistive Technology?
  • Traumatic Brain Injury in Rural Communities
  • Valuing the Economic Impacts of AgrAbility
  • Disabled Farmer Adaptations to Diversified Organic Farming Operation in Maui
• 10:25 am – 12:00 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • De-stigmatizing Disability within the Farming Community
  • Conversations on Access to Lethal Means: CALM
  • AgrAbility & VR: Navigating Polices, Procedures, and People  Part 1 Part 2  Part 3 TACQE resource sheet
  • Farmer Veteran Panel
  • Outdoor AT Show and Tell
• 1:30pm – 2:30 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Indoor AT Show and Tell
  • A Novel Approach To Pain Management For Farmers, Including Pilot Study Results
  • Cultural Humility Panel: Cross Cultural Learning and Accessibility
  • USDA Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network: updates from the West, North Central, Northeast, and South Regions
• 2:40 pm – 3:40 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • And on This Farm He Had a … What is THAT???: Assistive Technology Solutions to Support Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Naloxone Training: Responding to Opioid Overdose
  • SRAP Panel Discussion on Taking the RESNA AT Fundamentals Course
  • Reaching New Heights and Expanding Audiences by Promoting AgrAbility
• 4:10 pm – 4:55 pm:  Conference Breakout Sessions
  • Piloting and Hacking DIY AT & Equipment for the Sustainable or Regenerative Small Farmer
  • Serving the Silent Sectors in Agriculture: AgrAbility for Those who Fish and Harvest Timber
  • Sustainability/Fundraising for SRAPs
  • Thriving with Chronic Pain: Moving Beyond Coping with Pain to Living a Life that Feels Meaningful, Joyful, and Rewarding

Thursday, March 28th: 8 am – 4 pm

OPTION 1 (Full Day Tour)  8 am-4 pm

Tour a Kubota Manufacturing plant, a mushroom operation, and sheep farm run by an AgrAbility client with a spinal cord injury.  $75 fee

OPTION 2 – (Full Day Tour)  8 am-4 pm

Tour a family run farm, that also has an agritourism component; UGA Griffin Campus and a textile factory. $75 fee

OPTION 3 (Full Day Tour with 1/2 day drop off)  8 am- 3:30 pm

Tour a few urban farms around Atlanta with a drop off at the hotel before lunch.  After lunch you will tour the CDC  $75 fee for full day, $30 for half day (lunch not included for half day).