Pediatrics CEU Courses for OTs

Interdisciplinary collaboration in early intervention (EI) supports pediatric outcomes. It provides a stronger foundation for children as they prepare to transition out of EI services or from EI services into other post-EI service settings. This course will explore evidence-based OT interventions through an interdisciplinary lens. This is Day 5 of the Early Intervention Virtual Conference.

Teaching and supporting parents during the holidays by helping them identify signs of dysregulation in children, modify activities, and use therapeutic strategies to successfully get through the holiday season will be discussed in this course.

Early Intervention (EI) is a unique and challenging practice area for occupational therapists. It illustrates the heart of OT: serving families and children in their many occupations. This aspect is unique when many of our other practice areas are driven by performance and insurance-driven outcomes. This is Day 3 of the Early Intervention Virtual Conference.

Telehealth coaching in early intervention is a practical solution to fulfill unmet service needs for remote communities with shortages of health care providers and to increase family-centered care. By collaboratively identifying challenges and setting goals, service providers and caregivers work towards enduring change that improves family coping and resiliency. This is Day 4 of the Early Intervention Virtual Conference.

The OT role in post- NICU treatment, OT assessments, formulation of goals, and evidenced-based treatment techniques will be discussed in this course. Practical strategies that can be immediately implemented into practice and ideas for supporting the families of our smallest clients will be discussed. This is Day 2 of the Early Intervention Virtual Conference.

The roles of occupational therapists in the NICU, the theory and frameworks used to justify occupational therapy in the NICU, and the evaluation and treatment methods used in the NICU will be described in this course. This is Day 1 of the Early Intervention Virtual Conference.

This webinar will equip participants with a better understanding of self-regulation including the main factors contributing to self-regulation and neurobiological underpinnings of stressed behavior that need to be considered when problem-solving around challenging and/or interfering behaviors. Participants will also learn how to best support autistic and other school-aged neurodivergent children and youth in their self-regulation journey through the presenter’s evidence-based BEST (Body, Emotional, Sensory and Thinking) Strategies Framework.

The foundations of the upper extremity mobility needed for written communication will be reviewed in this course. Participants will also learn about fine motor and visual-motor skills that support written communication.

Regardless of age, self-regulation challenges can affect a student’s ability to perform optimally. We can teach students some simple mindfulness techniques based on Polyvagal Theory to help them respond, versus react to day-to-day challenges. Let’s increase self-awareness by teaching what signals the body provides before dysregulation. No mats, bells, or chants are needed!

Working in a school-based setting, you know that many students have little time to spend on the playground, attend more than one gym class per week, or have a space to move about in their classroom. All research points to movement as a method of alerting and rebooting our nervous system to help with focus, attention, and concentration. Therapists can help teachers create a flow throughout the day.