Acute Care, Community And Home Health CEU Courses for OTs

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in children, affecting 1-4 out of every 1,000 live births around the world. Evidence-based medical, surgical, and therapeutic interventions are recommended for use with children with CP to facilitate improved functional participation and will be discussed in this course.

Extended reality (XR) technologies and platforms and their support of ADLs and rehabilitation goals will be discussed in this course along with the facilitators and barriers of this treatment. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

Evidence-based treatment strategies and techniques to provide an engaging, motivating, task-oriented, and salient experience providing the requisite use, repetition, and intensity of training for skill acquisition via extended reality (XR) will be discussed in this course. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

Research suggests that practitioners struggle to find simple, effective ways to address mental health issues in OT. This course combines the efficacy of 2 evidence-based strategies: the art of journaling and the psychology of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) to offer a solution. Upon completion, practitioners will be able to access downloadable worksheets required to implement these strategies the very next day, into practice.

The primary goal of these chronic disease management programs is to foster a continuous relationship with the patient and healthcare team members with the primary goal to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. This educational presentation is an overview of Remote Patient Monitoring, Chronic Care Management, Transitional Care Management, and Remote Therapeutic Management.

Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in children, affecting 1-4 out of every 1,000 live births around the world. Current research overwhelmingly supports top-down, function & occupation-based interventions to improve skill performance and participation for children with CP. The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach, has proven to be an effective OT and PT intervention for improving functional goal performance and participation in kids with CP. This presentation will provide an introduction to the use of the CO-OP Approach for children with CP.

Master skills to implement in your practice immediately with continued Master Class. There is growing evidence that supports the benefit of providing care through an interprofessional approach for individuals with complex diagnoses like Parkinson’s disease (PD). This course serves to provide practical guidance in providing PT, OT, and SLP treatment set against the background of LSVT LOUD and LSVT BIG to positively impact the quality of life and function of those living with PD.

As a person with a disability and an occupational therapist, I have a unique perspective of living in two worlds. In this course, I will share my personal experience and things I wish healthcare providers knew and understood about living with a disability.

Common eating disorders that occur among adolescents, their functional impacts, and ways occupational therapy practitioners can support young people and their families experiencing eating disorders will be explored in this course. This course is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

An in-depth explanation of what osteogenesis imperfect is, how to safely implement occupational intervention, and the perspective of what it is like to live with OI will be discussed in this course. Taught by an OT who has OI, this course will cover many of the modifications and adaptations that the instructor has made in her own life, as well as the emotional and social impact that OI has had, and how therapists can address these areas to support clients with OI.