Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach: Module 8

At Home Seminars

Format(s):   Home-study
Discipline(s):   Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy / Athletic Training
Contact Hours:   8
Registration Fee:   $119.95.00

Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Identify visual history 2. Outline transitional tasks 3. Relate a basic understanding of one-handed baby care task performance 4. Distinguish examples of adapted baby care equipment 5. Apply parent child collaboration to a baby care task 6. Identify an emotional or cognitive problem that can affect baby care 7. Relate the importance of teamwork between rehabilitation professionals and mental health practitioners in services to parents who have had strokes 8. Define driving and community mobility as instrumental activities of daily living 9. Identify the role of the rehabilitation professional in addressing driving and community mobility issues at different stages of rehabilitation and recovery for the stroke survivor 10. Outline the legal issues associated with involvement of driving issues and how to manage liability risks 11. Identify performance skill deficits related to a stroke and client factors that can interfere with the occupation of driving 12. Outline the current accepted practice for a comprehensive driving evaluation for the stroke survivor 13. Identify resources for information, education, and referral in addressing driving and community mobility as an instrumental activity of daily living 14. Identify the normal anatomy and physiology of the swallowing mechanism 15. Outline the effects of stroke on the swallowing mechanism 16. Distinguish clinical and instrumental assessment of dysphagia following stroke 17. Differentiate between various rehabilitative and compensatory techniques used to treat dysphagia after stroke 18. Relate the efficacy of dysphagia intervention following stroke 19. Identify the normal human sexual response cycle and the changes that occur during the aging process 20. Relate the effects of stroke on sexual function 21. Identify the role of the rehabilitation professional in sexuality intervention with a stroke survivor 22. Distinguish between sexual impairments and how they affect function 23. Contrast treatment interventions for impairments affecting sexual function

Target Audience

Confirmation Notes

These courses are approved for 8.0 contact hours each.
Instructional level: Intermediate
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Agenda

Description

These courses are offered in cooperation with Elsevier Health and utilize the hardback textbook, “Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach, 3rd Edition” by Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA.
Extensively updated with the latest research in assessment and intervention, these essential courses present a holistic, application-based approach that integrates background medical information, samples of functionally based evaluations, and current treatment techniques and intervention strategies to help you confidently manage the growing number of stroke rehabilitation clients.
Module 1: covers pathophysiology, medical management and acute rehabilitation of stroke survivors, psychological aspects of stroke rehabilitation and improving participation and quality of live through occupation.
Module 2: covers the task-orientated approach, activity-based interventions in stroke rehabilitation and approaches to motor control dysfunction.
Module 3: covers trunk control, balance impairments and vestibular rehabilitation for stroke patients
Module 4: covers upper extremity function and management and rehabilitation technologies to promote upper limb recovery
Module 5: covers edema control, splinting applications and functional mobility
Module 6: covers gait awareness, management of visual and visuospatial impairments and the impact of neurobehavioral deficits on ADLs.
Module 7: covers treatment of cognitive-perceptual deficits, speech and language deficits and enhancing the performance of ADLs after a stroke.
Module 8: covers parenting after stroke, driving and community mobility, dysphagia and sexual function and intimacy.
Module 9 covers seating and wheeled mobility, home evaluation and modifications, adaption to one-handed management of the environment and leisure participation after stroke.
This package contains the reading and testing materials for Module 8 only.
Course Goals: This course is intended to instruct the student, through self-paced study, on parenting, driving and community mobility as an instrumental activity of daily living, dysphagia management and sexual function and intimacy after stroke