Gerontology And Aging CEU Courses for OTs

This course is designed for therapists working in aquatic environments, providing specialized training for safety and effectiveness. It addresses the tendency of even skilled providers to develop patterns when working with musculoskeletal patients in water. Join this course to break away from conventional approaches, fostering creative thinking and inspiration 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 musculoskeletal patients in water. This course will allow you to step outside the box and become inspired to think creatively in the pool.

OTPs that treat pelvic floor disorders such as bladder and bowel incontinence, pelvic pain, and constipation are seeking treatment applications and practical strategies to treat clients with multiple symptoms. You will learn about diagnostic tests, interventions, and applications that will improve the quality of life of your clients who have complex histories.

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.

The course aims to inform on the market segments for aging in place, types of design for aging in place, critical areas to assess in the home to facilitate aging in place, and home modifications that can be made to critical areas in the home.

Screening and evaluating clients’ emotional, cognitive, and social performance is an essential skill set for occupational therapy practitioners working with adults across various practice settings. This course provides evidence-based, clinically useful tools and methods for assessing adult clients’ emotional, cognitive, and social abilities to design effective intervention plans, interact therapeutically, and make reasoned referrals.

A general overview of the history of OT in mental health and practice indications. More specifically, this course will inform OTPs of common practice settings, the clinical presentation which includes common diagnoses, impairments, and impact on areas of occupation, different assessment tools and evidenced-based treatment interventions, and desired OT functional outcomes.

Many people who require respiratory equipment, such as oxygen and ventilators, use a wheeled mobility base. This course will address how to support respiratory equipment on an adaptive stroller, manual wheelchair, or power wheelchair safely and as a part of a team.

Key information on fear of falling avoidance behavior and the downstream biopsychosocial consequences will be provided in this introductory course. Participants will be able to distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive forms of fear of falling avoidance behavior and identify evidence-based assessments and interventions.

Palliative care and the role of occupational therapy will be discussed in this course. Interventions supported by research in occupational therapy will be described along with our distinct value in this area.