Brain Injury CEU Courses for OTs

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 course will provide an overview of the Spaced Retrieval Technique, which is an evidenced-based technique used to help persons with cognitive impairment recall important information and strategies for daily living and safety. Participants will learn the "nuts and bolts" of the technique and hear about case studies which utilized the technique during treatment.

This course will provide an overview of the Spaced Retrieval Technique, which is an evidenced-based technique used to help persons with cognitive impairment recall important information and strategies for daily living and safety. Participants will learn the "nuts and bolts" of the technique and hear about case studies which utilized the technique during speech therapy treatment.

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.

The purpose of this presentation is to provide a functional model of the executive function skills. Based upon this definition professionals will learn specific therapeutic interventions to improve the following skills in patients: task initiation, organization and processing of information and self management of time, materials, tasks and personal and shared spaces.

Updated information on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) will be presented to include discussion of: 1) blast injury characteristics in civilians and military personnel, 2) promising neuroimaging methods for assessing mTBI, 3) evidence-based treatment appropriate for individuals with mTBI, and 4) future areas of research needed to better understand mTBI.

This short course will begin with a discussion on brain reorganization after TBI and will proceed to present an integrative theoretical model of cognition and rehabilitation. The model incorporates contemporary principles from cognitive neuroscience, neurobiology, and rehabilitation. The course will focus on the discussion of a systematic hierarchical model to cognitive rehabilitation. The presentation will conclude with research data that supports the use of systematic categorization training in patients with moderate to severe TBI.

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.

This presentation provides an overview of executive functioning and how deficits within this cognitive domain manifest in adult clients with aphasia, cognitive-communicative disorders related to right hemisphere brain damage or traumatic brain injury, or dementia. Recently published procedures for assessing and treating executive dysfunction in adult clients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders are also discussed.