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For more about Crooked Smile

Chapter 1 of Crooked Smile

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Schedule of Speaking Engagements

 

Review in Journal of OT - Oct 2004

Review in mRb - Sep 2004

Article in Lash & Assoc – Sep 2005

Article in Toronto Star – Dec 2003

Article in the Montreal Gazette – Oct 2003

Review in Muskoka Magazine – Sep 2003

Article in Canadian Jewish News – Jul 31 2003

Review in Bloorview Connections - Summer 2003

Article in Globe & Mail – Jun 27 2003

Article in North York Mirror – May 25, 2003

Article in Toronto Town Crier – Apr 22 2003

 

Advance Praise for Crooked Smile

Crooked Smile Back Cover

Pictures of Progress

Contact Us

 

Helpful Links…

Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation

Lash & Associates Publishing

Ontario Brain Injury Association

Brain Injury Awareness Month

Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network

The Rusk Institute

Claudia L. Osborn

by Lainie Cohen

 

A mother struggles to keep her family together after her eldest son suffers a brain injury in a car crash. A moving and inspiring memoir written with emotional honesty, filled with hope and celebration for life's small successes.

    

 

Lainie Cohen has been published in the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Jewish News, and Parchment. She lives in Toronto. All author proceeds from the sale of the book go to the Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation.

 

New! Read Chapter 1 of Crooked Smile

 

The author welcomes any comments or feedback.

 

Crooked Smile is published by ECW Press.

ISBN 1-55022-573-1 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS!

Full Schedule of Speaking Engagements

 

 

 

 

Thursday

Sep 18, 2008

 

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The Faculty of Health Professions at Dalhousie University is pleased to offer an Interprofessional Education Event featuring Lainie and Daniel Cohen who will share their personal perspective on the importance of interprofessional collaboration for quality patient and family-centred care.

 

Rebecca Cohn Theatre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM. Bar-B-Q to follow sponsored by the Dalhousie Health Sciences Students Association.

 

 

 

Thursday

Oct 18, 2008

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From 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Lainie Cohen will lead an interactive workshop for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy students on a family’s perspective of acquired brain injury (ABI) at McMaster University.

 

 

 

Tuesday

Nov 4, 2008

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The Interprofessional Education Committee of University of Toronto is pleased to present a talk by author, Lainie Cohen, on her family’s experience with the health care system.  This session is open to students within the Health Science fields.  In preparation for this interactive workshop, participants are encouraged to read Chapter One of Crooked Smile available online at CrookedSmile.ORG 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM