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Articles for OT CEUs
Post Intensive Care Syndrome
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July 24, 2015
What came out of this task force was the term Post Intensive Care Syndrome. This is a constellation of disorders that affect ICU survivors, and these include such things as ICU-acquired weakness, ment... Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Dependent Mobility
July 10, 2015
Dependent mobility are mobility bases that are not designed for the client to self-propel the base. The client is dependent for their mobility on a caregiver who is propelling the base instead. Specif... Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Examining Our Attitudes toward Clinical Supervision
July 9, 2015
We are going to talk about our attitudes toward clinical supervision. This is not a lecture necessarily on how to be a great supervisor or how to help your students or supervisees improve their skills... Read More
Augmented Mobility
June 26, 2015
Augmented mobility is categorized into three main subcategories: walking aids, which includes canes and crutches, walkers, and gait trainers. All of these either "augment" or assist someone's ambulati... Read More
Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Recycle Bin Boogie
June 23, 2015
There is a call to action to engage out youth. There is an urgent action to engage young children as agents of change for the environment; having them take place in helping their environment, not just... Read More
Gardening for Life: Occupational Therapy Interventions for Gardeners
June 16, 2015
It is important to know exactly what the definition of gardening is. Gardening is the activity of tending and cultivating plants. It can be anything from a vegetable garden to a perennial garden, or c... Read More
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy in Criminal Justice
June 10, 2015
We will try to differentiate between the correctional practice settings and the levels of criminal justice incarceration, particularly with a look at how one enters into the criminal justice system an... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness
Functional Electrical Stimulation in Neurorehabilitation
May 28, 2015
What is functional electrical stimulation? Everyone probably knows this already as you learn this in your basic undergraduate curriculum. It is the use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation, but spe... Read More
Personal Assistance Services: Occupational Therapy's Role and Responsibility to Support Self-directed Living
May 20, 2015
For today, my focus will be to help you identify the conceptual foundations of self-directed personal assistance services and their congruence with occupational therapy’s commitment to participation... Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Bridging The Generation Gap: Teaching and Working with Different Generations
April 29, 2015
For the first time in history we have four distinct generations interacting in the classroom. Ryder (1965), as well as Strauss and Howe (1991), were some of the first researchers to study generational... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Professional Issues
Information Literacy in Clinical Practice: Where Do You Find Your Evidence?
April 27, 2015
Today, we will talk about how you get your information and how to use technology to do that. We will go over the steps of information literacy, because it is not a term that we are very familiar with... Read More
Professional Issues
Medicare Billing Update
April 13, 2015
We will be talking a little bit about therapy coding and billing in long-term care. I wish this was not my area of expertise, but unfortunately this is what long-term care sometimes becomes for us. Fi... Read More
Professional Issues
Spinal Orthoses: Use and Application in Adults and Pediatrics
March 31, 2015
This course has been primarily geared to physical therapy, physical therapy assistants, and other health care providers that might interface with patients that are wearing orthoses and/or prostheses.... Read More
Medicare Documentation Update
March 23, 2015
We have the next hour to talk about Medicare documentation updates. Let me start off by saying that the biggest update is the Jimmo versus Sebelius case, and that is not really new. That came out a ye... Read More
Professional Issues
Power Wheelchairs: An Overview of Advanced Features
March 13, 2015
When we get into complex, rehab power wheelchairs, we have a lot more options. We can provide various access methods to clients who may be unable to use a joystick. We can provide access to power seat... Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Review Series: Seating and Mobility Specialist (SMS) Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Power Wheelchair Assessment: Mobility Training as a Part of the School Day
March 3, 2015
Today, we will talk about pre-mobility training. These are techniques used to develop skills before a power wheelchair is recommended. We will also talk about mobility training, which usually occurs a... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Indoor Rainy Day, Snowy Day Fun
February 27, 2015
Today, we will be describing and applying the benefits of physical activity for both children and adolescents. We will describe and apply general exercise principles for children and adolescents. We w... Read More
Choosing and Using the Best Assessments in Mental Health
February 25, 2015
Today, I want to give you the context of assessment in mental health and assessing psychiatric conditions. Briefly, I will review the process and principles of evaluation. I will compare and contrast... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness
Power Wheelchair Assessment: The Team Evaluation
February 17, 2015
In this second part of this series, we will be covering the actual assessment. Now that we think this client is ready for the assessment, how do we get through that assessment? Part of that assessment... Read More
Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Power Wheelchair Assessment: Determining and Developing Readiness
February 10, 2015
This course is the first of a series of webinars that address power wheelchairs providing independent mobility for clients. Today, our emphasis is going to be on how to determine if someone is ready f... Read More
Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility