Our TypeOneNation Summit of 2020 is coming up on Saturday, January 11 and we want to make sure you have all the information you need to choose which workshops you’d like to attend! The Summit brings together type 1 diabetes (T1D) experts to share their knowledge on the latest treatments, breakthroughs in T1D research and the psycho-social aspects of living with T1D. Please scroll down for two separate programs (Adults living with type 1, and parents of type 1 children) and the workshops included in each track.
“Our entire family had such a great time at the 2019 Type One Nation Summit! Having lived with T1D for over eight years now, we were pleasantly surprised by how much we learned at Saturday’s workshops. We were challenged to update some of the practical steps we take to help Cooper manage his blood sugar after hearing from a nutritionist about how the body processes food, insulin, and activity. We can’t wait for the 2020 Summit and hope to meet you there!” – The Wheelers
Workshops Available:
Workshop Session 1 (9:55 AM – 10:45 AM)
T1D Beyond the Basics
Audience: Adults and Parents. Presenter: Andrew Smith, MP. Location: Ballroom A & B.
Do you ever wonder why pizza is so hard to carb count for? What a honey period really is? How do you know when it’s time to try a pump or CGM? Why hormones make you insulin resistant? Why are ketones such an issue? What do you do when your T1D is sick? Then join this session and find all these answers! Andrew Smith, NP will cover the next level of T1D management and help you find out how best to continue your journey past the basics of T1D management.
Diabetes 101
Audience: Adults and Parents. Presenter: Dr. Mark Vanderwel. Location: Salon 2 & 3.
Come hear all the pieces you missed at diagnosis. Dr. Mark Vanderwel, pediatric endocrinologist will review the basics of T1D management and discuss real life goals of living a healthy, and happy while balancing blood sugar and insulin dosing.
Transition In Diabetes Care: A Graduated Launch from the Nest
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Dr. Diana Miller. Location: Salon 1.
Join Dr. Diana Miller for a conversation all about transition. Discuss strategies to help with a gradual shift of daily diabetes care and responsibilities from caregiver to child/adolescent and the conversations that help that transition be successful. Also learn some best practices for creating a seamless transition to an adult endocrinologist and the ideal timing as it pertains to your family’s unique experience with T1D.
The Truth about Nutrition and Exercise
Audience: Adults. Presenter: Dan Bernard. Location: Salon D & E.
Finally, the TRUTH about exercise and nutrition for those living with Type 1 Diabetes! Keto vs Vegetarian; Intermittent Fasting vs Grazing; Macros vs Calories In/Out; Circuits vs 5-3-1; Strength vs Endurance. There are so many “expert” opinions that it can make your head spin! The truth is; it’s your mind that is, in so many ways, creating your body and stopping you from achieving your desired results. People fall short of their goals because their disempowering relationship with food and exercise. It’s the disempowering thinking and feeling that takes over and creates your results. Transform your thinking and feeling and fall in love with physical exercise and healthy eating. Create the body of your dreams and retain it for life!
T1D, How Do I?
Audience: Adults. Presenter: Erika Peterfy, PharmaD, CDE, BCACP, CPP. Location: Salon C.
Join Erika Peterfy for session to remind all adults living with T1D the importance of the basics. How do you know your basal rates need tweaking? How do you know to change your carb ratio? How do you know when your ISF needs updating? This session will cover it all!
Workshop Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:50 AM)
School & T1D: A Panel Discussion
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Panel of Experts. Location: Ballroom A & B.
Sending a child living with T1D off to school can be a nerve racking time, but not when you know what to expect and who should be on your support team. Join us to hear from a panel of education experts on what your rights are, what to expect, what language to use, and who to go to for help if needed. This workshop is sure to answer all your questions and offer tips, and tricks to take the worry out of school at all ages.
Raising Happy Healthy Kids Living with T1D: The Importance of Managing Mental Health
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Dr. Tillford. Location: Salon C.
Caring the burden of T1D is difficulty for children and certainly their parents, siblings and other caregivers. By using the work HEALTHY as an acronym, this workshop will go beyond discussing day to day challenges, and offer learning strategies to achieve mental wellness.
World’s Worst Diabetes Mom
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Stacey Simms. Location: Salon 2 & 3.
Perfection is not an option when it comes to managing type 1 diabetes. Even so, it’s easy to feel like a failure. Join Diabetes Connections podcast host & author of The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom Stacey Simms for a funny and meaningful look at how mistakes and missteps can turn into a diabetes parent’s secret superpower.
Transitioning to College and Beyond
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Tiffany Armstrong and Panel. Location: Salon 1.
Presented by the College Diabetes Network, you’ll learn about resources available for high school students and young adults to make the transition to independence and life on campus successful and less overwhelming. Parents and young adults will gain an understanding of CDN and hear tips, tricks and best practices compiled from current college students and young adults with T1D.
Finding The “Sweet Spot” in your T1D Community
Audience: Adults. Presenter: Justin Thomas. Location: Salon D & E.
Navigating the rollercoaster of T1D is not always easy and often frustrating, but with a great community you can find the “sweet spot!” This session will offer adults living with T1D an opportunity to share their highs and lows in search for the “sweet spot,” where laughter, friendship, and fun making the rollercoaster a hands up adventure!
Workshop Session 3 (12:50 PM – 1:35 PM)
JDRF Mission Message
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Simi T. Ahmed, Ph.D. Location: Ballroom A & B.
Simi T. Ahmed, Ph.D., is a director of research and lead of the Immune Therapies Program at JDRF. She is responsible for creating and implementing the vision, strategy and priorities of the immunotherapies portfolio, including overseeing research aimed at understanding the breach of immune tolerance in type 1 diabetes (T1D), identification of effective disease modifying immunotherapies for restoring insulin independence and the discovery and development of biomarkers to support effective clinical trial design for candidate treatments. Dr. Ahmed is a strong believer in team science and works closely with partners worldwide (industry, academia, government and philanthropies to accelerate progress in integrated ways. Prior to joining JDRF, Dr. Ahmed completed her postdoctoral training in Dr. James E. Darnell Jr.’s laboratory at The Rockefeller University, where she studied immune signaling pathways in cancer cells.
Diabetes Doesn’t Have An Agenda
Audience: Adults. Presenter: Doctor Faith Cooke. Location: Salon D & E.
Explore how our stories affect us, and how to identify and express our needs without shame or blame. Learn how to use effective methods to communicate compassionately with one another.
Benefits of Whole Foods: Cooking Demonstration and Nutrition Conversation
Audience: Adults. Presenter: Chef Mark Allison and Emily Oatis, MS. RD. LDN. Location: Salon 2 & 3.
Join Chef Mark Allison and Emily Oatis, MS. RD. LDN, for a conversation and cooking demonstration to discussion the benefits of cooking with whole foods. Mark Allison will cook up some tasty treats, give you great cooking ideas, while Emily answer questions about how whole foods can help in managing blood sugars. Join this fantastic duo for a fun workshop that is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and try new things.
The Benefit of Mindfulness and T1D Management
Audience: Adults. Presenter: Dr. Rashim Gupta. Location: Salon C.
Stress comes and goes as part of life, but it can be frustrating to try to keep glucose levels in range during these times. Come and discuss what is stressing you most, why this stress is affecting your glucose levels, and learn strategies, techniques, and different methods of stress management to help you through the times when nothing seems to be working.
Workshop Session 4 (1:50 PM – 2:40 PM)
Type 3 Diabetes: A Family Condition
Audience: Parents. Presenter: Dr. Malaka Jackson. Location: Salon D & E.
A discussion about the impact of managing type 1 diabetes in the family with strategies to decrease and manage stress.
Benefits of Whole Foods: Cooking Demonstration and Nutrition Conversation
Audience: Parents and Adults. Presenter: Chef Mark Allison and Emily Oatis, MS. RD. LDN. Location: Salon 2 & 3.
Join Chef Mark Allison and Emily Oatis, MS. RD. LDN, for a conversation and cooking demonstration to discussion the benefits of cooking with whole foods. Mark Allison will cook up some tasty treats, give you great cooking ideas, while Emily answer questions about how whole foods can help in managing blood sugars. Join this fantastic duo for a fun workshop that is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and try new things.
T1D Takes on the World
Audience: Parents and Adults. Presenter: Linda Carrier. Location: Salon C.
Meet Linda Carrier, marathoner. Linda has been a T1D for 43 years. Come listen to her talk about how she ran the World Marathon Challenge; 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days!
Dear Mark, You have Type 1 Diabetes
Audience: Parents and Adults. Presenter: Mark Thompson. Location: Salon 1.
SGM Thompson describes the three simple steps he uses to allow his continued service in the Army and how these steps can be used for anyone to achieve their personal goals with Type 1 Diabetes.
Workshop Session 5 (2:45 PM- 3:35 PM)
Real Life Discussion about Raising a Child Living with T1D
Audience: Parents. Presenter: A Panel of Experts. Location: Ballroom A & B.
Join us and hear from experts, parents, camp counselor and children living with T1Ds as they share their experiences, offer suggestions, and remind us that the goal of parenthood is not a perfect A1C but a happy and healthy child.
Your Story, Your Voice
Audience: Adults and Parents. Presenter: Jennie Costner, Lori Wilson, Katelyn Wackerman. Location: Salon 1.
JDRF is MORE than just research. Find out how YOU can affect the T1D world by your ADVOCACY! Learn how your story is a powerful tool in securing a better future of our T1D community through research, policy change, and access for all. Hear from Katelyn Wackerman, how her life changed when access became difficult and how her vision loss is now her rally cry to do more and do better with T1D. we will share latest updates and help you discover tools you can use to be a voice for all!
Women & T1D: A Panel Discussion
Audience: Adults and Parents. Presenter: Dr. Edith Miller, Nancy Lintner, Emily Oatis, and Beth Silvers. Location: Salon D & E.
Join a panel of experts including Dr. Edith Miller, Nancy Lintner, Emily Oatis, and Beth Silvers to discussion the impact of T1D on a women’s body. Have you ever wondered about the impact of menstrual cycles, pregnancy, menopause and all the times in between? This session gives you the opportunity to ask questions, get real answers and hear about how to do it all and still manage T1D.
Getting the Most From Your CGM
Audience: Adults and Parents. Presenter: Linnete Steinman. Location: Salon C.
Discuss using the CGM trending arrows and alerts appropriately and safely. Demonstrate use of the advanced features and download for pumps and CGMs for optimal performance.
*Workshops are subject to change.*
If you have any questions about the workshops listed above, please feel free to contact our office at Greaterwesterncarolinas@jdrf.org. For more information about the Summit, please visit our Type One Nation Summit Website here.