Caring for Yourself: Integrating Wellness and Self-Care for Parents of Children with Special Needs

Name: Caring for Yourself: Integrating Wellness and Self-Care for Parents of Children with Special Needs
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (952 reviews)

Course: #3699Level: Introductory 1 Hour 952 Reviews

This course will use the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to guide the identification of occupations of parents of children with special needs. Effective strategies and intervention methods that target the needs of parents and their self care will be discussed.

We would like to thank Gina Ord posthumously for her contribution to our site and to the profession of occupational therapy.

Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Introductory, OT Service Delivery; CE Broker/1.0 Home Study, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-656534; IACET/0.1; IBCCES/1.0; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Beginner, Pediatrics

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to identify three occupations that parents of children with special needs report having difficulties with.
After this course, participants will be able to describe a family-based intervention that targets occupational needs of parents.
After this course, participants will be able to recognize three effective strategies for conducting an OT-led workshop or group addressing parent/caregiver self-care.

Course created on May 3, 2018

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-10 Minutes	Case study: Overwhelmed parent
10-15 Minutes	Occupations in practice framework identified by parents of children with special needs
15-30 Minutes	Video of two parents sharing identified needs
30-35 Minutes	Case study to determine interventions for parents
35-45 Minutes	Overview of group-based model addressing parent occupational needs: Caring for Yourself
45-50 Minutes	Helpful strategies for conducting OT-led group workshops for parent caregivers
50-55 Minutes	Video interview of "Caring for Yourself" program
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q & A

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Presented By

Gina Ord
MS, OTR/L

Gina Ord grew up with younger siblings with disabilities; one with Down's Syndrome and one with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which inspired her to pursue a career as an occupational therapist. She has practiced occupational therapy since 2005 in a variety of settings, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health, and outpatient centers for both children and adults. She is a trained yoga instructor and has had a lifelong interest in health and nutrition. She currently works as an Assistant Professor for Washington State University Extension, directing community-based health and nutrition programs, including parent caregiver self-care workshops.

Presenter Disclosure: Gina Ord received an honorarium for presenting this course material.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

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continued, LLC, DBA OccupationalTherapy.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards

The continued family of websites, including OccupationalTherapy.com, is a Certified Training Partner of IBCCES. This course is offered for a maximum of 1.0 CE hours for the autism certifications issued by IBCCES.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

OccupationalTherapy.com is a NBCOT® Professional Development Provider. This course is offered for 1.25 NBCOT PDUs (Beginner level, Pediatrics Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.