CEU Courses for OTs

DIR/Floortime is an excellent approach and tool for the OTP to structure their understanding of a child’s functional developmental emotional capacities. Using this understanding, the OTP can move into effective interventions with children and families to meet them where they are at.

This course will discuss the physiology and development of continence in pediatric patients, along with patient management strategies for pediatric patients experiencing incontinence. At the close of this course, participants should expect to have a multi-option toolbox with which to treat these patients.

This course introduces Atypical Parkinsonisms and the impact of the many symptoms on function and participation. Emphasis is on the use of evidence-based practice to develop a person-centered, occupation-based approach to the treatment of individuals with these rare neurodegenerative disorders.

Since 2014, the United States has seen an increase of what is now classified as Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), which caused an alarming increase in flaccid paralysis that has not been seen since the days of epidemic polio. This course will provide an overview of Activity Based Restorative Therapy that is used to treat AFM as well as highlight case studies of patients with AFM.

This one-hour workshop is designed as an entry level course for the therapist who wants to know more about myofascial release and its benefits. The course will provide an overview of myofascial release, with emphasis upon strategies and techniques that can be used to treat orthopedic musculoskeletal conditions in a variety of practice settings.

Similar to polio in its presentation, Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) has been on the rise in the US over the last five years. This course will review the symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and pathophysiology of AFM important for occupational therapists to understand. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series.

Why are we still using paper in the education/training of patients/clients? This course provides an overview of the current status of patient education in occupational therapy practice and provides a cursory experience of best practices in patient education using instructional design/technology principles.

This course is designed for the therapist who is interested in developing a better understanding of Industrial Rehabilitation. It is the 2nd part in a series, this section focuses on the intervention phase of Industrial Rehabilitation, various formats and techniques to promote return to work.

Wheelchair seating is designed to provide postural support and alignment, stability for function and mitigate pressure issues. This course will address assessment and intervention when working with a client who can sit without the support of their hands, referred to as the ‘hands-free’ sitter.

This course focuses on pain management programming in the long-term care setting from a therapist perspective as well as the interdisciplinary team approach. Participants will be able to define the classifications of pain, discuss how and why to implement pain management programming, understand the assessment process, identify skilled treatment options including a review of physical agents, and understand the components skilled documentation.