All Recorded CEU Courses for OTs

You are not a Human Resources Professional and have not had training on how to effectively hire employees, but at the same time hiring staff has been added to your plate. In this session, we will provide you with techniques and tools to excel in hiring staff, even though it’s not your job.

Models of memory and neurophysiological structures and systems used in laying down memory will be reviewed. The four pronged approach of functional rehabilitation of memory for the individual with brain injury will be presented with real world examples, materials and strategies provided.

Domains of support in which therapists are often called to provide specific targeted education, treatment, and support will be reviewed. Research regarding the integration of factors contributing to social outcomes following childhood brain injury will be presented with real world examples, materials and strategies provided.

This presentation will address the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Topics covered will include who and what is covered by HIPAA, administrative safeguards and penalties for non-compliance.

As therapists, fostering the development of new professionals can be one of the most important roles we play. This session will cover the types of activities involved in the mentoring process and demonstrate how we approach this task may determine how the student develops both personally and professionally.

The session will assist the therapist in better understanding components of a multidisciplinary evaluation of children with ASD.

***THIS COURSE HAS MANY VIDEOS CLIPS. PLEASE BE SURE TO BE USING A HIGH SPEED CONNECTION AND THAT ALL OF YOUR OTHER WEB BASED APPS AND WINDOWS ARE CLOSED. THANKS**

Theory of mind (ToM) deficits occur not only in children with autism spectrum disorders, but also in many children who have a variety of language impairments. This presentation will describe the development of ToM, types of ToM, and strategies for assessing ToM. The role of ToM in social and academic skills will be explained and suggestions will be given for promoting the types of ToM that underlie social and academic skills.

Social-emotional development will be described with bases in research and models of emotional intelligence. Common causes for social-emotional deficits are introduced and brain-behavior relations defined. The Social Emotional Evaluation (SEE) will be reviewed for content and statistical features, case studies will be presented, and principles and methods for intervention will be discussed.

Adults often view children's problems as silly or inconsequential. A lost crayon, a missed turn when playing games, a tug on a ponytail, or a therapist's firm words can make a typical child angry, oppositional and uncooperative. During this presentation we will learn how to increase our understanding of children's negative feelings. We will discuss six tools to help us accept, manage, and empathize with children's negative feelings in a therapy setting.

This presentation includes a review of brain anatomy basics, including details of the physical and anatomical structural support system for the brain and a description of the physics of linear and rotational acceleration/deceleration injury to the brain. Primary and secondary injuries associated with these traumatic forces and their effects on brain tissue, vasculature, and intracellular neurochemical processes will be discussed. The particular areas of the brain most vulnerable to damage in these circumstances will be identified and reviewed.