CEU Courses for OTs

Public health research has shown that many children experience sleep disorders; however, many pediatric therapists feel uncomfortable providing sleep interventions for children. Using the "Hit the SAAQ" approach (created with Dr. Jason Browning), participants will learn how to evaluate and intervene to promote Sleep duration, sleep Architecture, and Address sleep disorders using evidence-based approaches to promote overall sleep Quality for preschool and school-aged children.

The role of social-emotional learning as a means of facilitating the development of self-regulation in children will be discussed in this course. Using an occupation-centered, top-down approach, participants will learn how to incorporate evidence-based social-emotional learning approaches to improve occupational performance in school-aged occupations.

The Occupational Therapy profession is predominantly female – with an actual decrease in the number of male occupational therapy professionals since the last salary survey. Does the profession recognize this as a problem? If so, what can be done to increase the number of males in occupational therapy? This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

Rehabilitation can be quite daunting because of complications and impairments which routinely follow a neurological event or disease. Many of the more frustrating problems are not due to a neurological event itself, but rather the proprioceptive loss which comes with a disease progression or the “after-effects” of the trauma. In this webinar, we examine over 30 proprioceptive ideas and interventions available to PT and OT providers who wish to integrate proprioceptive drills into neurological rehabilitation.

Occupational therapy practitioners provide a tremendous amount of support to patients who receive support from an aging family caregiver. Aging family caregivers often face unique circumstances and are at risk for burnout and exhaustion. This one-hour webinar will provide an overview of the state of caregiving for aging family caregivers and provide implications for occupational therapists who may intersect with this population of caregivers in their own work.

The basics of documentation in schools, stressing the purpose, types, content of documentation, and important dos and don'ts will be covered. It will teach you the frameworks for goal writing and how to write effective, measurable, and educationally relevant goals. There are also useful tips for pediatric OT assessments and documenting sensory integration interventions.

Qigong and its use for the geriatric population will be explored in this course, including its history and benefits, seated Qigong exercises, breaths, and acupressure points.

Transitions in life are a natural part of being human; however, navigating change isn’t always easy. Facing the unknown can sometimes cause feelings of stress, anxiety, fear, worry, or depression. Occupational therapists are uniquely qualified to assist people in navigating transitions at various stages of life.

Completing common bilateral tasks using one hand and an externally-powered prosthesis will be reviewed in part 3 of this upper extremity series.

Completing common bilateral tasks using one hand and a static prosthesis will be reviewed in part 4 of this upper extremity series.