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Effective Partnering In Dementia Care: Reframing Behaviors
Presented by Laurie Walther, MS, CCC-SLP
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Course: #7121Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course re-evaluates the common perception of “challenging behaviors” in those living with dementia by exploring root causes through a compassionate and an investigative lens. Participants will learn practical strategies and skills to support care provision, strengthen connections, and maximize positive outcomes for ADLs and meaningful occupation. This course is designed for an interprofessional audience.

Building Relationships Beyond The Diagnosis: Words And Actions Matter In Caring For Those Living With Dementia
Presented by Laurie Walther, MS, CCC-SLP
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Course: #7120Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course focuses on building relationships with those living with dementia and understanding how when we make small shifts through effective communication techniques, we can promote positive interactions. The course provides emphasis on research to support utilizing skills and appropriate words and actions to enhance one’s quality of life and designed for an interprofessional audience.

Implicit Bias: Impact on Maternal Health in Minority Populations
Presented by Calista Kelly, PT, DPT, ACEEAA, Cert. MDT
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Course: #9663Level: Introductory1 Hour
This text course examines how implicit bias and structural racism contribute to disparities in maternal and infant health among minority populations in the United States. It defines and differentiates implicit and explicit bias, explains how bias forms and operates within clinical relationships and power differentials, and connects these forces to structural racism and to documented patterns of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Learners explore the most recent national data on these disparities, including the populations at highest and least visible risk, and the everyday clinical moments where bias is most likely to influence care. The course then turns to practical, evidence-informed strategies that individuals, teams, and systems can use to recognize and reduce the impact of bias and structural racism on childbearing patients and their infants. This course was designed for an interprofessional audience.

The Executive Brain: Support Strategies For Autism Spectrum Disorder And ADHD
Presented by Cara Koscinski, OTD, MOT, OTR/L, CAS
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Course: #7056Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This two-hour virtual course examines executive function through an interoception-informed, state-based lens, emphasizing that access to executive skills depends on nervous system readiness rather than motivation or compliance. Participants will explore how neurological up- and down-regulation influence executive access and how movement serves as a primary pathway for organizing state, supporting attention, and preparing the brain for cognitive demand. Using The Executive Function Express framework and its Move the Train to Build the Brain strategies, the course demonstrates how purposeful, developmentally appropriate movement can stabilize the “tracks” needed for planning, initiation, flexibility, and follow-through. A strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach is emphasized throughout, guiding participants to shift from behavior-focused interpretations to interventions that build capacity, access, and self-trust.

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) And Occupational Therapy
Presented by Gina Taylor, MS, OTR/L, HPCS
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Course: #6992Level: Introductory1 Hour
As interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) grows within mental health care, this introductory course, explicitly developed for OTPs, provides an overview of the basic phases of PAT and clarifies where occupational therapy skills may appropriately contribute outside of medication administration. Participants will review key legal considerations, explore the scope of practice, ethical boundaries, and foundational OT skills such as sensory aspects, occupational integration, and environmental concerns to support informed awareness and professional clarity.

Health Literacy In Practice: Effective Communication And Education
Presented by Kathleen Weissberg, OTD, OTR/L, CMDCP, CDP, CFPS, CGCS
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Course: #7018Level: Introductory1 Hour
Health Literacy is the ability to read, compute, understand and act on health information to make informed decisions. Low health literacy is a serious threat to the well-being of persons seeking medical care. With the increasing diversity of clients, we may observe that our communication skills are less effective with people from backgrounds different from our own. In this course, an overview of health literacy is provided. The session will review techniques for clear and effective communication, verbal and written communication with those from other cultures, writing and selecting easy-to-read health materials, and assessment tools to use to ensure that clients understand the therapy services provided and have the skills needed to access, understand, and use health information.

Push-in To The Classroom! The Why And How For Related Service Providers
Presented by Kim Wiggins, OTR/L
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Course: #7029Level: Introductory2 Hours
Push-in to the classroom is an evidence-based and effective treatment strategy for OTPs, PTs, and SLPs. Because of multiple barriers, therapists are often more comfortable providing pull-out therapy sessions. In this 2-hour course, the speaker covers a research review, push-in and distance-learning strategies, and the benefits of carryover and collaboration.

Acute Care Occupational Therapy: Clinical Reasoning, Patient Safety, And Professional Confidence
Presented by Christopher Unkrich, MOT, OTR/L
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Course: #7004Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course is intended to capture the typical day of an acute care occupational therapy practitioner with ready-to-use strategies to deliver high-quality care. Participants will gain the skills to strengthen clinical reasoning and judgment in a fast-paced environment. Emphasis will be placed on patient safety, clinical reasoning, skilled therapy in complex medical settings, and managing imposter syndrome, empowering new and early-career occupational therapy practitioners to confidently navigate careers in acute care.

Building A Part B Caseload In The LTC Setting
Presented by Elizabeth Alicea Torres, OT, OTD, OTR, CAPS
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Course: #6989Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This course is designed to provide insight into different ways to build a caseload for long-term care dwelling adults and older adults that are thoughtful, client-centered and evidence based. This course will provide different ideas regarding screening methodology that focuses on different areas of function, the use of different standardized assessments, areas of intervention that are innovative, and ways to maintain a Part B caseload in long-term care settings.

Mindful Burnout Training
Presented by Olivia Petrucci, OTR/L, OTD
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Course: #6985Level: Introductory1 Hour
Burnout is prevalent among occupational therapy practitioners and can result in many adverse effects, including chronic fatigue, emotional exhaustion, reduced job satisfaction, absenteeism, decreased quality of care, and higher turnover rates (Brollier et al., 1987; Dreison et al., 2018). This training reviews the factors contributing to burnout, the adverse effects burnout can have on a practitioner, and key strategies using both mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to reduce personal levels of burnout.

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