CEU Courses for OTs

Therapeutic modalities are often part of a comprehensive treatment use by therapists. This three-part series will provide an evidence-based review of common modalities used by healthcare professionals. Part 2 of this series will discuss ultrasound.

This course will describe the behavioral challenges of occupational performance for children with autism. The ways in which children show difficulty with behavior will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on the fact that behavior is a form of communication. The use of strategies and supports that OTs can employ to ease the transition, improve task initiation and completion, and better improve overall engagement in occupation will be presented. Numerous strategies will be discussed to facilitate participation in ADLs of children with autism.

This course will provide information and ideas for supporting pediatric clients/students in the virtual setting. Ergonomics as well as interdisciplinary collaboration and parent/caregiver coaching will be discussed.

Therapeutic modalities are often part of a comprehensive treatment use by therapists. This three-part series will provide an evidence-based review of common modalities used by healthcare professionals. Part 1 of this series will discuss thermal modalities.

The purpose of this course is to walk participants through an evidence based process for teaching skills to children with autism. The course will start with identifying what skills to teach, move to how to teach those skills, and end with how to monitor/evaluate progress.

This course discusses the use of complementary and alternative practices in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis based on current evidence. It provides the OT practitioner with an integrated approach utilizing these practices alongside traditional therapies.

This course will provide participants with information on how a large home health agency addressed changes in home health payment modeling, just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This course will provide information on how home health agencies can adapt to quickly changing health care climates and still have a positive effect on patient outcomes.

Apathy and depression are two common complications of stroke which can negatively impact a person’s recovery. This course will review possible contributions of psychosocial and neuroanatomical factors to the development of post-stroke apathy and depression, and use case examples to illustrate how physical therapists can overcome these complications to improve patient outcomes.

The purpose of this course is to educate allied health care professionals on HIV fundamentals. Incidence, transmission, and infection control considerations relevant to patient management will be outlined.

This course will introduce seating/positioning needs common to the client with spinal cord injury, wheelchair selection related to client’s level of spinal cord injury, and training strategies to meet client’s independent mobility goals. Brief discussion of documentation requirements to obtain complex rehab technology for the client with spinal cord injury as well as outcome measures to assess effectiveness of training and intervention selection related to wheelchair training will be performed.