Name: Polyvagal Theory And Chronic Pain: Exploring Treatment Options
Rating: 5 (1109 reviews)

The polyvagal theory, a way of understanding automatic nervous system responses, will be discussed regarding how it relates to chronic pain and how OTs can help.

Course created on January 16, 2023

Acute Care, Community and Home Health Neurological and Physical Disabilities Pain

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge, 05957; CE Broker/1.0 General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-985544; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Rehabilitation

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to evaluate the different trauma responses in the body and how they relate to pain.
After this course, participants will be able to compare and contrast 4 different techniques for managing trauma responses.
After this course, participants will be able to define chronic pain and describe how it is produced in the body.

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-15 Minutes	Chronic/persistent pain
15-25 Minutes	Polyvagal theory
25-35 Minutes	Autonomic states
35-55 Minutes	Strategies
55-60 Minutes	Summary; Q & A

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Presented By

Zara Dureno
MOT

Zara Dureno is an Occupational Therapist with her master’s from the University of British Columbia and an undergraduate degree in psychology with a focus on neuroscience. She is passionate about all things neurological health and has a practice base of clients with concussion, mental health, and chronic pain diagnoses. She has studied chronic pain and concussions for the last 3 years and is very passionate about this field of care on a personal and professional level.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Zara Dureno has received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Zara Dureno has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 05957. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.1 CEUs (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

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OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 1.0 hours, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct client/patient services in occupational therapy (SC), Related to OT (AZ), Related to OT (LA), Directly Related to OT (MS), Directly Related to OT (TN) category/categories. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.

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National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

OccupationalTherapy.com is a NBCOT® Professional Development Provider. This course is offered for 1.25 NBCOT PDUs (Intermediate level, Rehabilitation Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.

Polyvagal Theory And Chronic Pain: Exploring Treatment Options