CEU Courses Audio for OTs

This webinar will review outcome measures to assess progress in pediatric patients with neurological injury. Special attention will be paid to the utility, sensitivity, and specificity of these measures across different diagnoses. We will provide clinicians with resources to create a toolbox specific to their setting.

Part I: This course will outline the evaluation and treatment principles for the pediatric orthopedic hand patient, including the traumatic hand injured patient, and how it differs from the adult hand population. This course will provide specific evaluation techniques along with treatment ideas.

This course will apply the seating information addressed in the previous courses to specific populations. Seating interventions differ when dealing with pediatric, geriatric or bariatric clients or when evaluating a client who has a degenerative condition. Case studies will be used.

The wheelchair seating assessment determines client specific needs and the mat exam identifies the desired seated posture. A variety of factors must be considered before matching the client to product interventions. This course will address those considerations, including pressure distribution and relief, angles of support and specific strategies used to address common positioning challenges.

Occupational and physical therapists are often key members of the wheelchair seating evaluation team. Seating assessment includes evaluation of current posture and equipment, a mat examination and equipment recommendations. This course will review this assessment process.

Tablets are a hot item and are being used more and more with clients who have physical, verbal or cognitive limitations. New Apps are coming out all the time, but this course will present some that are being used with clients who have autism, are non-verbal, or have cognitive limitations. These Apps can increase participation, education, communication, recreation and independence.

Social skills are a vital part of our everyday life. For individuals who struggle with social skills, they can have challenges at home, school, and in community. Therapists often have difficulty breaking down social skills into teachable steps within constantly changing environments. The purpose of this workshop is to help therapists better understand social skills and strategies for teaching social skills that can be generalized to various environments.