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Upper Limb Prosthetic Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists: Understanding Technology
September 30, 2015
Occupational therapy is a critical component of upper limb prosthetic rehabilitation. The problem, as I shared last week, is that occupational therapists may rarely see an individual with amputation.... Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics
Upper Limb Prosthetic Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists: An Introduction
September 29, 2015
What does prosthetic rehabilitation involve? It goes beyond the basics of preparing the residual limb and the actual prosthetic training of opening and closing a terminal device. It also includes aspe... Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Hand, Upper Extremity, and Orthopedics
Strategies for Teaching Social Skills
September 18, 2015
Today we are going to talk about social skills and strategies for teaching social skills. I will go through some steps and tools. Until we are forced to break social skills down for children who do no... Read More
Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based
Overview of Computer and Tablet Access
September 11, 2015
Today we will be covering computer and tablet access for clients who are unable to use standard access methods, like a standard keyboard and mouse. Traditionally on tablets, we use a finger on the dis... Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Durable Medical Equipment
August 24, 2015
Clinicians play a key part in the evaluation team whenever DME is being selected. DME equipment is used to complete activities of daily living, and each of our clients has very specific requirements t... Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Power Mobility
August 10, 2015
In this course, we are going to focus on power mobility. Generally, we look at power when other mobility categories do not meet a client’s mobility needs. Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Manual Mobility for Self-Propulsion
July 29, 2015
A manual wheelchair is designed to provide either dependent or independent mobility to a client, as well as to support the seating system itself. A wheelchair can provide mobility, but it is very impo... Read More
Neurological and Physical Disabilities Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
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