25 Years of the International Symposium of Life Care Planning

In the early 1990s, when the individuals who became known as the founders of life care planning met and conceptualized eight life care planning education modules (aka “tracks”), the creation of a formalized educational program for life care planners began. By 1993, these tracks were being offered by The Rehabilitation Training Institute, Inc. (RTI). By 1995, the founders discussed having a “First Annual Life Care Planning Conference”, which they labeled “Track 9”, to which previous program participants would be invited back to continue with life care planning education and have additional opportunities to mingle with life care planners in this emerging field. So, began the “Symposia”. The Symposium has always emphasized the need to continually update one’s learning, as changes in medicine, rehabilitation, technology, and the law are a constant. The life care planning practitioner must commit to the need to stay current in order to be successful and competent in this field of practice. Between the years of 1996 and 2019, there have been numerous Life Care Planning Conference/Symposium events. Although the names of the events have varied some over the years, the mission and focus remained the same—to update information on topics relevant to life care planning and catastrophic injury case management and provide professionals the opportunity to collaborate with other life care planners. Below is a comprehensive list of these course offerings along with the key individuals involved and the topics covered in each training.