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AFTD 2020 Education Conference Webinar: Building a Future Free of FTD – AFTD’s Mission in a Changing World
This webinar, the last in the AFTD Education Conference: Webinar Series, will feature Susan L-J Dickinson, MSGC, AFTD’s CEO, and David Pfeifer, who became our Board Chair in April 2020. David, the Denver-based President of Anderson Mason Dale Architects, will…
AFTD 2020 Education Conference Webinar: The Playlist of My Life – Building a Toolbox for FTD
Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. In this webinar,…
AFTD 2020 Education Conference Webinar: Ask the Expert – FTD and COVID-19
Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. In this webinar,…
AFTD 2020 Education Conference Webinar: Self-Care, Mindfulness and Remaining Positive
Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. Caring for a…
AFTD 2020 Education Conference Webinar: Coordinating & Managing FTD Care Today
Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first edition of this series, Jennifer Pilcher, PhD, will provide an…
Webinar: Corticobasal Syndrome & Corticobasal Degeneration: Basics & What You Need to Know
In the next AFTD Educational Webinar, Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida (Gainesville) will provide an in-depth look at corticobasal syndrome and corticobasal degeneration. In the webinar, she will discuss the vocabulary used…
Webinar: Bringing the ALS-FTD Clinical Experience into Focus
In the next AFTD Educational Webinar, Dr. Beth Rush from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL will provide an in-depth look at the ALS-FTD overlap experience. She will discuss the signs and features of motor neuron disease and how the presence…
Your Support Brings Help and Hope…
“What a hopeful day…I’m left with the image of so many families who you brought together sitting out on that sunny patio finding connection and support in one another…” 2019 AFTD Education Conference Attendee An FTD diagnosis can take years…
AFTD Recognizes Volunteers with First Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
On May 2 in Los Angeles, AFTD hosted its first Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. AFTD CEO Susan Dickinson and Volunteer Manager Kerri Keane joined several other AFTD staff members to recognize and thank all of the volunteers who helped to make…
World FTD Awareness Week 2019
World FTD Awareness Week, a week of events, activism and engagement, is organized each year by World FTD United, an international coalition of which AFTD is a member. For World FTD Awareness Week 2019, tell the world your FTD story. Use…