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Mental Health of Children: Psychosocial Occupational Therapy for Pediatric Populations
March 8, 2016
An overview of occupational therapy practice with children who are experiencing mental health problems affecting their ability to function will be presented. Common diagnoses and psychosocial stressor... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics
Occupational Therapy's Role in Preventing Hospital Readmissions Throughout the Continuum of Care
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March 7, 2016
This presentation will highlight current healthcare initiatives related to hospital readmissions and the role OT practitioners can play in preventing hospital readmissions. Read More
Professional Issues
Mental Health in Occupational Therapy: An Overview
March 3, 2016
A general overview of the current mental health system in which OTs work and the difference between knowledge of psychosocial strategies in general for all clients and strategies for clients in mental... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness
Mental Health and Older Adults-Psychosocial OT Approaches in a General Treatment Setting
March 3, 2016
The presentation is geared for OT practitioners who work with older adults with mental health conditions including dementia. Strategies and interventions will be discussed that will decrease challengi... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Mental Health, Health and Wellness
Mental Health Practices and Programs: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery within a Recovery Perspective
March 3, 2016
This presentation describes the current and future trends, as well as the organizational structure,of mental health service delivery as well as the congruence between occupational therapy and recovery... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness
End of Life Care and Occupational Therapy
February 29, 2016
This webinar will discuss the role of occupational therapy at end of life. It will highlight the use of occupation, task analysis, legacy, and intervention planning to promote quality of life and part... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health Mental Health, Health and Wellness
Geriatric Oncology and the Role of the Occupational Therapist
February 19, 2016
As the number of older individuals living with and surviving cancer increases, their ability to participate in meaningful activity and maintain their quality of life is of the utmost importance. This... Read More
Gerontology and Aging
Evidence-Based Intervention for Balance and Falls Prevention
February 9, 2016
This seminar will review evidence-based intervention strategies applicable to a balance and falls management program including environmental modification, patient and caregiver education and balance r... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health
The Treatment of the Pediatric Hand Patient: Part II "Congenital Conditions"
February 2, 2016
This presentation will build on the foundational information provided in Part I. It provides the learner with specific information on the evaluation and treatment of the congenital hand patient and th... Read More
Plan Organize Work Evaluate Reward Finish!: A Multi-faceted Occupational Therapy Program to POWER! Executive Function
January 29, 2016
This presentation focuses on understanding the development of executive functions in children and adolescents and how they are influenced by learning style and sensory processing style. Participants w... Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Creating a Successful Transition From Teenager in School to Young Adult in the Workplace
January 19, 2016
Transition from school to the work force is inevitable yet many teenagers and young adults remain unprepared. As occupational therapists, we are in a unique position to assist in transition planning,... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Pediatrics
An Evidenced-Based Approach to Fall Risk Assessment
January 19, 2016
This seminar reviews the definition of a fall and risk factors related to falls. Evidence-based assessments demonstrated to be predictive of risk are reviewed as they relate to occupational therapy pr... Read More
The Treatment of the Pediatric Hand Patient: Part I
January 17, 2016
This course will outline the evaluation and treatment principles for the pediatric orthopedic hand patient, including the traumatic hand injured patient, and how it differs from the adult hand populat... Read More
Review Series: Hand and Upper Extremity Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics Pediatrics
Succeeding at Life's Occupations Following Brain Injury
January 7, 2016
This presentation will highlight the common obstacles and barriers for participation in life’s occupations for individuals following brain injury. An overview of interventions to facilitate continue... Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Augmentative and Alternative Communication - The Role of the Occupational Therapist
December 22, 2015
In this particular course, we will be covering the definition and what AAC (Alternative Augmentative Communication) is. We will talk about the importance of the team when we are working to determine c... Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications
Tablet Applications
December 16, 2015
As clinicians, we need to use a variety of tools to improve independence and participation for our clients. Apps are only one of those tools. As fun as these are, it is easy for people to focus only t... Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Pediatrics Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Alcohol and the Older Adult
November 24, 2015
In terms of the incidence, the population of people 65 and older is increasing. It is currently at 13%, and by 2020, it will be at 16%. Of those individuals 65 and older, almost one-fifth of them meet... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Mental Health, Health and Wellness
ICD-10: Making the Transition
November 23, 2015
With the transition to ICD-10 approaching quickly on October 1, 2015, providers of therapy services need to begin and/or continue their training in ICD-10 as it applies to therapy services provided in... Read More
Professional Issues
Shoulder Preservation in Spinal Cord Injury
November 18, 2015
It has been reported in the literature that anywhere from 30 to 78% of patients with spinal cord injury have shoulder pain. That number varies a lot because of the definition of pain. Where is the pai... Read More
Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics Pain Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Pediatric Outcome Measures in Neurorehabilitation
November 13, 2015
This webinar will review outcome measures to assess progress in pediatric patients with neurological injury. Special attention will be paid to the utility, sensitivity, and specificity of these measur... Read More
Pediatrics Neurological and Physical Disabilities