CEU Courses for OTs

Presented in two parts, this course will review falls management in older adults from an evidence-based perspective. Part 2 will present interventions which represent current best practice to manage falls in older adults. Topics will include home environmental interventions, floor rise training, and community-based interdisciplinary programs.

The role of anatomy and surrounding structures in pain will be addressed in this course. The clinical signs and symptoms and pathophysiological mechanisms will also be reviewed. This is Part 1 of a two-part series.

Master skills to implement in your practice immediately with Continued Master Class. Implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with adults can be challenging and requires a team approach. Evaluation and implementation must include positioning to optimize function, access to required assistive technology devices, and mounting. This course will highlight many variables and modifications that can optimize AAC access.

The different types of pain, the symptoms related to each category, and the challenges of treating chronic pain will be discussed in this course. Participants will increase their understanding of pain categories and learn non-pharmacological options to create an individualized, multimodal pain management plan.

Therapists who work in the pool need special training to be safe and effective in the aquatic realm. But sometimes, even the best providers fall into patterned behavior when working with athletes in the water. This course allows you to step outside the box and become inspired to think creatively in the pool.

Therapists who work in the pool need special training to be safe and effective in the aquatic realm. But sometimes, even the best providers fall into patterned behavior when working with athletes in the water. This course allows you to step outside the box and become inspired to think creatively in the pool.

A patient who spends a lot of time in their bed can now be challenged with bed-based exercises and activities that are as challenging as in the gym. PT and OT providers will learn 20+ novel ways to use the bed as a progressive resistive exercise tool.

To a newborn, neonatal units appear exceedingly loud, astonishingly bright, unbelievably chaotic and intermittently painful. Providers do everything they can to maximize the peace and comfort of their charges, but only so much can be done. So, any technique which can reduce pain, decrease physical stressors, induce sleep, and increase hunger and the tendency to suck…. all without robbing the infant of energy, is like a gift from the NICU gods. Enter Neonatal Hydrotherapy and Therapeutic Bathing.

Artificial Intelligence can potentially improve Occupational Therapy practice, but there are some potential risks and ethical pitfalls. Drs. Stover and Jacobs discuss using AI in their practice and encourage others to do the same to improve patient outcomes. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

A holistic, neurodiversity-affirming approach to understanding stimming behaviors, exploring them as adaptive functions; expressions of joy; indicators of distress; and more. Participants will learn to recognize diagnostic overshadowing and ableist narratives while promoting health and wellness for neurodivergent individuals.