CEU Courses for OTs

Advocacy is the responsibility of all occupational therapy practitioners. This session will provide information to engage the participant to determine personal action steps toward advocating on behalf of the profession. Actionable benchmarks at the local, state, and national level will be discussed.

This course provides an overview of professional communication as it relates to verbal, non-verbal, and written communication. A variety of examples will be used to highlight exemplary ways to communicate getting your message heard and understood.

This course allows attendees to view client families through an occupational therapy lens. It will present families in a unique viewpoint and allow clinicians to better understand and interact with families that appear difficult.

This course will cover upper extremity assessment and treatment strategies for the pediatric/young adult population affected by joint hypermobility syndromes. The treatment focuses on both orthopedic strategies along with adaptive methods for these individuals.

This webinar addresses key specific requirements for OT documentation including screens; evaluation/plan of care; reason for referral; prior level of function; goals; and progress reporting and discharge summary. Participants learn how to evaluate and articulate the medical necessity of their client, illustrate the complexity of their skills to support the necessity of their treatment plans, and recognize through examples what constitutes appropriate documentation.

Although professionalism is an elusive concept, it is defined by sets of attitudes and behaviors specific to professions. You know it when you see it. You certainly know it when you don't. This course provides an overview of expected professional behaviors in healthcare including confidentiality, ethics, professional development, communication, and customer/patient service.

The purpose of this presentation is to offer Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, and patients a guide to confidently engage in treatment protocols specific to post-mastectomy and/or axillary node dissection. This educational guide covers a range of motion exercises; self-care/ADLs; energy conservation and cancer-related fatigue; outcomes measures to include in evaluation; as well as warning signs to prevent infection, lymphedema, and contractures.

Children often struggle with fidgeting, attention deficits, and immature motor patterns which manifest themselves through frustration, sensory, and behavior issues. The optimal function of our bodies occurs when our sensory and motor systems are strong and able to adapt to the demands of the environment. Lack of movement opportunities and the use of electronic devices at a young age both affect the development of patterns used in the occupation of children. Occupational therapists can easily build-in assessment of body and segmental movement and posture. This session provides strategies for assessment and introduces treatment ideas for using movement to improve performance in occupation.

This course describes if virtual reality can be incorporated into neurorehabilitation with individuals who have sustained a brain injury. Specifically, it will describe virtual reality platforms and their use in neurorehabilitation, current literature in this area, and future considerations for practice.

This course is designed as a handy, concise, and quick reference guide for occupational therapists performing systemic differential diagnoses on patients suffering from neck and shoulder pain. This also provides the tools to determine the scope of therapy, criteria for a physician referral, and identifying systemic red flags. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series.