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Using the OT Practice Framework in Recovery-Based Mental Health: Guiding Communication & Treatment for Effective Outcomes
March 24, 2014
We are going to talk about how to use the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (OTPF) in mental health recovery. Our goal here is to look at the basic outline of the OTPF, especially if you are som... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness
Stroke Critically Appraised Topic: Task-Specific Training vs. Strength Training.
March 13, 2014
Looking at our agenda, we are going to review clinically appraised topics using PICO questions. After that, we will look at how to identify the highest quality of evidence and that will help to justif... Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Effective Treatment Strategies for Dementia Management
March 3, 2014
Along with that we have an Advocacy Model of Care and this is really important as we start to look at treatment. The restoration level of that Advocacy Model is not something we are going to be doing... Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging
Infant Massage: An Intervention for the Occupation of Family Social Participation
February 26, 2014
I hope to really make the connection between our scopes of practice as occupational therapists, namely the occupation of family social participation, and how therapeutic touch, like massage, is relate... Read More
Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based
Complementary/Alternative Medicine and Occupational Therapy
February 20, 2014
Occupational therapy actually started as an alternative to traditional or allopathic medicine in the early 1900s. When I was a young occupational therapist in the late 1950s and early '60s, occupation... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pain
Interventions for the Co-Occupation of Feeding: Considerations for the Experienced Clinician
February 12, 2014
One of my objectives today is to talk about the role of occupational therapy on multidisciplinary teams. I want view this through a top-down approach. It will help us identify our role in being occupa... Read More
Feeding and Swallowing Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based
Introduction to safe patient handling: A paradigm shift in the way therapists handle and move patients
February 3, 2014
After the hour, I hope that you will have knowledge of the historical perspective of patient handling. I will give you an outline of our history and future on this topic. I will also talk about why, a... Read More
Ergonomics and Industrial Rehabilitation Gerontology and Aging Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based
Ethics in Rehabilitation: A Clinical Perspective for Occupational Therapists
January 14, 2014
The objectives for today are going over the basic principles of ethics and their application to occupational therapy. We are going to talk about the code of ethics that governs OT practice. We are goi... Read More
Professional Issues Early Intervention and School-Based
Opportunities for OT in breastfeeding promotion: environmental & contextual interventions
January 2, 2014
I am very excited to share with you my interest in breastfeeding promotion and the role and opportunities for OT. My own interest evolved from my clinical practice in the NICU and early intervention s... Read More
Feeding and Swallowing Pediatrics
How to Administer the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)
November 22, 2013
I am here to talk to you about the Wolf Motor Function Test. I became familiar with this at my work at Emory where we used the Wolf Motor Function Test quite extensively in our research. The objective... Read More
Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics Neurological and Physical Disabilities
The Functional Test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity (FTHUE)
November 8, 2013
Today I want to share with you an assessment called the Functional Test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity. This is an assessment I used when working at Emory University doing research. It is a test t... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Effective Screening Practices for the LTC Resident
October 28, 2013
>> Shelly Mesure: Today we are going to be talking about the effective screening practices for long-term care residents. The material here is looking at the whole entire process from what it m... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Professional Issues
Assessment of Postural Control in the Geriatric Population
October 1, 2013
Although I am in full-time academia, I am very active in the clinic where I see issues firsthand and can test solutions. One of those issues is postural control in the geriatric population. Although t... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Strategies and supports for providing early intervention services to children with autism
September 23, 2013
I thought it be nice to do a training on strategies more specific to young children with autism. Today we are going to start with an overview on autism. We are going to talk about what the research sa... Read More
Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based
Nerve Compression
September 12, 2013
Today I am going to discuss nerve compression. As we go through this presentation, I hope that you are asking yourself the questions, “What do I currently do? What is the current practice I use? Wha... Read More
Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics
Away with S-O-A-P and on to Proficient Documentation
September 6, 2013
This text base course is a transcript of a live seminar titled "Away with S-O-A-P an On to Proficient Documentation” presented by Mary Daulong. It is strongly recommended that you follow... Read More
Improving Memory Using the Spaced Retrieval Technique for Occupational Therapists
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August 30, 2013
Mainly what I am going to be sharing with you today is the use of this technique with the older population, specifically with the dementia population, but as we are going to find out, spaced-retrieval... Read More
What Every Occupational Therapist Should Know About Evidence-Based Practice
August 22, 2013
Let me start with some basic questions that are related to evidence-based practice. Are occupational therapists being effective with patients? How do we know that a therapist is an excellent occupatio... Read More
Professional Issues
Cultural Competence in the Clinic
August 12, 2013
This text based course is a transcript of the live webinar titled "Cultural Competence in the Clinic", presented by Roxie Black PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA.>> Roxie Black: This presentation doe... Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities Professional Issues
Options for Improving Upper Extremity Function Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
August 2, 2013
>> Anne Bryden: I am glad to see such interest in this topic. I know that spinal cord injury is generally a smaller population compared to a lot of the types of disabilities that we as occupat... Read More
Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics Neurological and Physical Disabilities