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Therapy Dogs: How can they help my patients?
Presented by: Angelina Dallman Marino MHS, OTR/L, Henri R Nolin, CPP, CHS III Chief Nolin, CDP,
Assistance K-9
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Working dog, assistance dog, theapy dog...what is the difference? This session will educate the OT about these dogs, what they have done, and what they can do to assist in the physical and emotional recovery of their patients.This will be a hands on session with interaction with trained K-9s.
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1. Learn about the history and evolution of Therapy Dogs.
2. Understand how to establish a therapy dog program in your facility
3. Understand the legal requirements placed upon therapists and therapy dog handlers
4. Observe what positive effects a therapy dog program can have on your facility, and your career
5. Learn how to design a positive therapy dog program which will assist you in the physical, emotional and mental therapy of your patients
6. See how to use a therapy dog to bring around those quiet patients who do not want to do anything to help themselves
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Physical Disabilities - Stretching Stiffness Away with Static Progressive Orthoses
Presented by: Deborah Schwartz OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Level: Intermediate
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Static progressive orthoses apply low load prolonged stress to stiff joints to increase passive range of motion. This workshop will provide participants with the key concepts of static progressive orthoses as well as the opportunity to fabricate a custom static progressive orthosis for their upper extremity clients.
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1. Recognize indications, precautions and contraindications for static progressive orthoses of the upper extremity
2. Gain understanding of the concepts of low load prolonged stress (LLPS) and total end range time as they apply to static progressive orthoses
3. Develop skills necessary to successfully fabricate a hand based low profile static progressive orthosis for a stiff finger.
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Wellness - Tackling Pain, Stress and Fear Using Mind-Body Self Care Methods: Enhance Functional Outcomes and Health in OT
Presented by: Melinda Broadstone OTR/L, LMT, CLT-LANA, Rev
Level: Intermediate
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Build your OT skills toolbox with Integrative Well-Being and Wellness methods to impact pain, stress and fear. Addressing these issues will help your clients reach higher functional outcomes faster. Explore a Well-Being Framework that makes it easy to see the relationships and interactions between activities, body, mind, spirit and flow. Discover the neuroscience, principles and process that both create and solve problems of health, rehabilitation and recovery.
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1. Understanding the Dynamics of the Well-Being Framework. Recognize the value of using a holistic well-being framework as a universal process. Understand the relationships between activities, body, mind, spirit and the flow between them. Recognizing obstacles on the well-being framework map as obstacles to health and recovery for assessment and treatment purposes.
2. Breathe as a Bridge between Mind-Body and function. Understand the historical roots to Mind-Body references with Breathe identified as the bridge. Understand how the breath functions to activate each of the branches of the ANS. Identify 5 breathing patterns and qualities in the self and others and their implications for health, illness and treatment. Learn breathing methods (other than purse lip breathing) that will introduce a level of tranquility to your work day and deactivate patient pain, anxiety, stress, and fear.
3. Application of Mind Body Self Care and ANS regulation Understand how to effectively utilize breathing instruction and development of self management programs with a broad spectrum of diagnoses. Recognize how to enhance patient compliance through practicing the principle of congruency between what we say and what we do. Learn how and where you can gain more knowledge and skills in Mind-Body Self Care Practices, Integrative Well-Being and Wellness.
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Developmental Disabilities, Gerontology, Physical Disabilities
Maximizing Functional Outcomes Utilizing Music and NDT Principles
Presented by: Lorie Baack OTR/L
Level: Basic
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Participants will analyze the application of NDT principles integrated with research-based music to both adult and pediatric patients with modulation difficulties. Instructor-facilitated analysis will include comparison of developmental activities to increase core strength and stability, to prepare the body for functional movement. In addition, participants will be taught how to evaluate the integration of research-based music with NDT principles as a treatment to maximize functional outcomes.
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1. Describe optimal behavioral/arousal states for the neonate and the general population. 2. List the various areas that music can directly influence as evidence in research. 3. Analyze and select appropriate music to promote ideal arousal state for learning to maximize functional outcomes in both adult and pediatric clients. 4. Apply developmental principles to achieve proximal stability to prepare the body for mobility. 5. List precautions for implementing research-based music in treatment planning.
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Habilitative Services Under the ACA: Clear Strategies for Practitioners for Ongoing Policy Advocacy
Presented by: David Pallister JD, OTR/L
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Occupational Therapy services are provided for habilitation, rehabilitation, and promotion of health and wellness for clients with disability- and non-disability related needs (AOTA, 2014, p. S1). Habilitation services are essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Brown, 2014). This workshop will assist participants in developing a framework toward clear and specific advocacy strategies for the continued inclusion and expansion of habilitative services to policy makers and stakeholders.
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1: Compare and contrast the definitions and interpretations of habilitation services through an analysis of the ACA, occupational therapy professional documents, and individual state ￂ?benchmarkￂ? determinations.
2: Identify, for advocacy purposes to lawmakers and other stakeholders, clear and specific examples of interventions an occupational therapist would provide under this service model within their state(s) of practice.
3: Develop a specific plan, including concise and pertinent talking points, geared toward the effective advocacy for the continued inclusion and expansion of habilatative services to policy makers and other stakeholders under the ACA.
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School Systems - Sensory Processing Disorders: The Impact on Social Participation in Schools
Presented by: Debra Misrahi DrOT, OTR/L, Pauline Kelly MS, OTR/L
Level: Intermediate
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1. Participant will be able to identify the stages of social skill development.
2. Participants will be able to identify the sub-types of sensory modulation disorders.
3. Participants will be able to identify symptoms of dysfunction for each sub-type.
4. Participants will be able to articulate the ￂ?so whatￂ? regarding the implications for practice.
5. Participants will be able to identify strategies appropriate for specific grade levels, PK-12.
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Education - CarFit: Relevant for You, Your Patient and Your Community
Presented by: Fran Carlin-Rogers BA, NHA, CarFit Instructor, Mary Beth Craig-Oatley, Stacey Payne
Level: Basic
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CarFit looks at vehicular comfort and safety for older drivers. AOTA is one of three sponsoring organizations for this national program. This session will provide an overview of this innovative education program and share data and lessons learned from Florida CarFit events. Clinical relevance in service delivery will be discussed in this emerging practice area. The role of community partner involvement will be reviewed as well. |
Participants will:
1. Understand the safety benefit of proper positioning in a motor vehicle
2. Describe the essential elements of a CarFit event
3. Describe the role of an Occupational Therapist at a CarFit event
4. Identify potential community partners and involvement opportunities.
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School Systems - Plan Organize Work Evaluate Reward Finish!: A Multi-faceted Occupational Therapy Program to POWER
Presented by: Nicole Quint Dr.OT, OTR/L
Level: Intermediate
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Occupational performance either depends upon or can be enhanced through executive function (EF) abilities. Many children who receive occupational therapy services demonstrate difficulty with EF, however, therapists are not always addressing within intervention process. The POWER!ￂﾩ program addresses executive skill integration through skill acquisition and/or adaptive strategies for children to improve performance in occupations. It provides an occupational EF framework and practice resources to enable OTs to integrate into practice. |
1. Understand relationship between executive skills and occupational performance.
2. Utilize POWER! strategies within family-centered or school-based pediatric practice by embedding into occupation-based treatments.
3. Revise a current occupational therapy treatment plan case study to include POWER! based treatment strategies, including assessment process and documentation of progress and outcome measures.
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Wellness, Physical Disabilities - Understanding and Using Kinesio taping to Improve Patient Outcomes of Occupational Therapy Intervention
Presented by: Marcia Hamilton MSHS, OTR, NSTP-1
Level: Intermediate
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Kinesiology taping can be a valuable extension of a client centered, neurosensory, biomechanically based occupational therapy treatment program. Anecdotal reports of clinicians and patients indicate positive outcomes of treatment, including pain reduction and reduced stress on muscles and joints. Mechanisms of action, therapeutic effect and a hands-on demonstration of taping techniques will be included. Indications/ contraindications, product variety, wearing instructions, documentation, billing codes and continuing education opportunities will be discussed.
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1. Participants will be provided with a brief review of anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems in relation to remediation of neuromuscular and structural deficits.
2. Participants will be familiar with mechanisms of action of Kinesiotaping including, mechano-disruption, mechano-tranduction, mechano- correction.
3. Participants will understand mechanisms of neuroplasticity including long-term potentiation and sensitization.
4. Participants will identify and be able to describe categories of therapeutic effects of kinesiology taping including neurosensory, microcirculatory, structural and psychological.
5. Participants will be able to understand therapeutic effects of structural application of kinesiology tape including supporting better posture, preventing harmful ranges of motion, reducing stress and strain on muscles and joints.
6. Participants will demonstrate three basic types of kinesiology tape application including microcirculatory, neurosensory and structural applications.
7. Participants will gain of understanding of documentation of service, billing codes, purchasing options and sources and patient education resources. Sample SOAP Medicare progress notes will be provided.
8. Participants will be knowledgeable of continuing education resources to advance skills in using kinesiology tape to promote positive outcomes in patients.
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Fieldwork - Collaborative Learning Model in Student Education
Presented by: Becky Piazza MS, OTR/L
Level:
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This educational opportunity is to equip practitioners with further information on a collaborative learning education model and develop strategies for implementation.
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Define collaborative learning.
1. Describe UF Health Rehab Services Survey Results,
including openness to collaborative learning in the clinical setting and expectations for collaborative learning in the clinical setting.
2. Describe experiences of clinical educators and students who have experienced collaborative learning in the clinical setting.
3. Discuss the development of Clinical Identities for students and clinical educators
4. Review existing resources to support collaboration in clinical practice
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Enabling Occupation with Chronic Poor Return After Stroke
Presented by: Becky Piazza MS, OTR/L
Level:
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As holistic practitioners providing continuum of care services for clients affected by stroke, occupational therapists can provide opportunity for meaningful and purposeful activity while implementing evidence-based research into practice. The distinct value of occupational therapy offers clients status post stroke specific health care services rooted in evidence- based theories of neuroplasticity and motor recovery while additionally utilizing patient rated outcome measures that address quality of life and interdependence. By collaborating with clients affected by stroke, OTs
can help identify what they both need and want to do. A review of the AOTA Code of Ethics along with evidence-based literature addressing
best practice in stroke care will allow occupational therapy practitioners
to incorporate occupational terminology from the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and prioritize evidence based treatment to promote interdependence and improved quality of life for those affected by chronic poor return after stroke. Case studies, video footage, and current literature will be used to provide occupational therapy practitioners opportunities for applied learning to support their clients affected by stroke.
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- Review Evidence based literature regarding stroke.
Specifically post acute care practice and recall HSP EBR and EBP.
- Who is the Client? Review of OTPF
- Fall Prevention - AOTA Tip Sheets
- Measuring Quality of Life
- Prioritizations of treatment: Enabling Occupation, Client Factors, Joint Kinematics/Positioning, Pain, DEM needs and recommendations, Environment/Home Evaluation, Caregiver needs Accessibility.
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