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Treating Balance and Preventing Falls, in Geriatric, Neuro, Vestibular and Medically Complex Clients
Education Resources, Inc.
Format(s): Live Seminars
Discipline(s): Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy
Contact Hours: 14
Registration Fee: $435
Objectives
1. Discuss balance processing and strategies of
recovery.
2. Analyze new treatment techniques and how to
create new exercises to isolate and challenge
all sensory systems, all 4 balance reactions as
well as reaction time.
3. Identify and reduce fall risk.
4. Design safe falling techniques to minimize the
risk of an injury
Target Audience
This course is relevant for Physical Therapists, Physical
Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists,
Occupational Therapist Assistants and any provider
assessing and/or treating balance impairment or
patients with fall risks in all practice settings.
Confirmation Notes
This course meets the criteria for 14 contact hours
(1.4 CEU's). Application has been made to the PA
State Board of Physical Therapy, and the NJ Board
of Physical Therapy Examiners. In MA this workshop
meets accepted standards for continued competence
activities. The GA Board of PT recognizes other
State's approvals.
Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical
Therapy for 16.8 contact hours.
Application has been made to the FL Physical
Therapy Association for 16.5 contact hours.
Approved
provider by the FL Board of Occupational Therapy
Approved provider of continuing education
by the American Occupational
Therapy Association #3043, for 14 contact
hours - Intermediate Level Occupational therapy Process:
assessment, intervention.
The assignment of
AOTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific
course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA
NBCOT Professional Development Provider -14PDUs
Agenda
DAY ONE:
7:30-8:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30 Understanding processing systems:
visual, proprioceptive and vestibular
inputs
8:30-9:00 Understanding recovery strategies:
ankle, hip, stepping, lowering COG
9:00-9:30 Identify interactions and external
variables impacting processing and
recovery strategies and learn how to
address these issues to maximize
outcome
9:30-10:00 Identifying fall risk in routine and
complex patient populations
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 Screening tools and balance testing to
accurately and effectively identify fall
risk and potential underlying conditions
10:45-12:00 How to choose the appropriate
screening tool(s) for specific patient
populations
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-3:00 Balance Testing (Lab)
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Making sense of balance testing results
and how to design a tailored program
based on results
4:00-5:00 Seated balance exercises (Lab)
DAY TWO:
7:30-8:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30 Understanding the basics screening
for vestibular impairment
8:30-10:00 Vestibular screening (Lab): VOMS,
positional testing, oculomotor testing,
DVA, mHIT
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Balance exercise lab for mild, moderate
and severe deficiencies to address
perceptual, processing and/or response
abnormalities. Learn how to think
“outside the box” to address
specific impairments while making
rehab fun for you and your patients.
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Understand key components to a
successful outcome: dosing, frequency,
level of challenge, manipulating
complexities of challenge, targeting the
deficiency (task specific training),
dual tasking, strategies to maximize
motor learning, sensory integration
and how to transition balance to ‘run
on autopilot’
1:30-2:00 Treatment variations for specialized
settings (home health & SNF) (Lab)
2:00-2:30 Practicing exercise progressions (Lab)
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:15 Teaching safe falling techniques to
your patients (and how to practice as
part of HEP) to minimize risk of injury in
the event of a fall (lecture and lab)
3:15-3:30 Home modifications to reduce fall risk
(key areas to look for in the home or
questions to ask patients if you are not
in the home).
Cheap treatment equipment options
3:30-4:00 Case Study w/ exercise performance,
including progressions
(collective group lab
Description
This course is highly informative and will get you thinking about balance in a whole new light to make balance training effective and fun for you and your patients! You will learn how to isolate balance deficits in processing and motor output, screen for basic vestibular involvement, including BPPV, objectively identify fall risk, implement modifications to reduce fall risk, discover your creative side to developing effective treatment strategies, tailor exercises to meet the needs of your patients physical abilities in any setting and understand how to teach safe falling techniques, to name a few. You will also learn about frequently missed components to a successful treatment program.
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