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Digital Seminar

2-Day: Stroke Rehabilitation Certificate Workshop


Speaker:
Benjamin J. White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG
Duration:
12 Hours 15 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Feb 24, 2022
Product Code:
POS064045
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: DVD


Description

This Stroke Rehabilitation Certificate Workshop, with its displayable certificate of recognition, is the perfect way for you to let patients, employers and colleagues know that you’ve invested time and effort into specialized training without the additional fees, forms and lengthy exams of credential granting certification programs.

Dr. Benjamin White is an expert in stroke rehabilitation, and an award-winning clinical instructor, who has helped countless stroke survivors leave their limitations behind.

Over 2 intensive days Dr. White will make both evidence-based and cutting-edge resources available to you in a way that is instantly applicable to your work -- showing you how to turn years of research and practice into practical strategies and techniques so you can:

  • Skillfully assess extremity function, gait, balance, coordination, executive functioning and more
  • Optimize your patients’ walking ability and restore their functional mobility
  • More successfully work with spasticity in post-stroke patients
  • Knowledgably use orthotics to stabilize extremities and improve stability
  • Manage extremity pain with today’s best practices
  • Restore executive functioning and visual skills

Purchase today and leave knowing that you have what it takes to guide patients toward rapid functional improvements and greater independence with the best methods available!

Credit


* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

 

PESI, Inc.  is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 01403. This Distance Learning-Independent is offered at 1.2  CEUs Intermediate, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

 


Arizona Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 12.0​ continuing education clock hours for Arizona OTs and OTAs. The Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners (R4-43-203) confirms acceptance of continuing education programs relevant to occupational therapy that are approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).


Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number #50-399. This course qualifies for 12.0 self-study continuing education credits.

CE Broker


California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This self-study lecture qualifies for 12.0 continuing competency hours.


Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

This self-study course consists of 12.0 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This self-study course qualifies for 12.0 CE credit hours.


Kentucky Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 12.0 continuing education credit hours for Kentucky Physical Therapists. The rule under 201 KAR 22:045, Section 2, (2)(a) states that category 1 continued competency credits can be earned from providers approved by another physical therapy licensing agency. PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270.

 


New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This self-study course qualifies for 14.6 contact hours.


North Carolina Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Illinois Division of Professional Regulation, Provider Number: 216.000270. This intermediate course is approved by the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners by virtue of PESI Inc. approved provider status with the Illinois Division of Professional Regulation. This course qualifies for 12.0 continuing education hours.


Pennsylvania Physical Therapists and Assistants

The Pennsylvania State Board of Physical Therapy recognizes approval by all other state boards. This self-study activity consists of 12.0 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists.


Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

This self-study activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2406032TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. Instructional Level: Intermediate. This activity will provide 12.0 CCUs. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Utah Physical Therapists And Physical Therapist Assistants

This course is designed to meet the Utah DOPL Rule R156-24b-303b.2.c.iv - A commercial continuing education provider providing a course related to the practice of physical therapy. Please retain a copy of the advertising brochure and your certificate of completion to provide to your board should this be requested of you. This self-study activity consists of 12.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Vermont Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

CE credit is available. This course consists of 12.0 continuing education credit hours for Vermont Physical Therapists. The Board confirms acceptance of continuing education programs that are recognized by other state physical therapy licensing boards. PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270.


Virginia Physical Therapists & Physical Therapy Assistants

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 12.0 hours of type 2 continued competency credit for Virginia Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants. Regulation 18VAC112-20-131, Section B, (2) states that up to ten type 2 continued competency credits can be earned by completing independent study activities related to the clinical practice of physical therapy. 


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 12.0 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Benjamin J. White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG's Profile

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Benjamin White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG, is an expert in stroke rehabilitation who serves as the lead neurological therapist at a not-for-profit healthcare institution in Texas. A graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center’s physical therapy program, he has treated a wide array of neurological diagnoses over the years, from concussions and vestibular disorders to stroke, Parkinson’s, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Dr. White is an award-winning clinical instructor, a renowned national speaker on stroke rehabilitation topics, and has published numerous articles on the topics of neuroplasticity and stroke. In addition, he serves on the Neuro-Development Treatment (NDT) publication committee and is the co-president of the Brazos Valley Parkinson’s Association.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Benjamin White maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Common Spirit. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Benjamin White has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 

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Objectives

  1. Develop a specialty niche in your facility catering to acute and chronic stroke survivors.
  2. Evaluate stroke survivors with assessment skills, scales and scores for extremity functionality, balance and stability.
  3. Employ training interventions to optimize gait speed and reduce fall risk.
  4. Determine root causes for stroke related impairments for more targeted treatment plans.
  5. Investigate how exercise instills improved cognition and connect this information to treatment approach.
  6. Employ a functional paradigm to stroke intervention and assessment.
  7. Determine appropriate levels of intensity in stroke rehab to increase patient safety.
  8. Use evidence-based techniques to more successfully work with spasticity in post-stroke patients.
  9. Determine how post-stroke patients struggling with stability and walking efficiency can benefit from orthotic treatments.
  10. Evaluate pain alleviation techniques that can be applied to manage extremity pain in poststroke patients.
  11. Analyze how vestibular rehab can be incorporated into stroke rehabilitation to improve gaze stability and reduce symptoms of imbalance.
  12. Employ techniques that use the upper and lower extremity together instilling a proper messaging center to the paretic side of the body.

Outline

Functional Neuroanatomy and Neuroplasticity
  • Neuroplastic changes following brain ischemia
  • Lost automatic movements and postural balancing
  • Theoretical approaches to Neurorehabilitation
Stroke Assessment Skills, Scales and Scores
  • Upper extremity assessment
  • Lower extremity assessment
  • Gait, balance and coordination
  • Strength, mobility and stability
  • Stroke specific executive function assessment

Mobility and Gait:

Optimize Walking Ability and Restore Functional Mobility

  • Stellar documentation
  • Functional approach
  • Reverse the tide of chronic compensatory patterns
  • Gait training interventions to increase and optimize
  • Root cause for impairments
  • Gait speed and fall risk
  • Active stretching
  • Rhythm and coordination
  • Orthotics: friend or foe?
  • Supplementary devices to encourage volitional support

Spasticity Solutions for Post Stroke Patients:
Interventions and Techniques for Successfully Working with…

  • Chronic spasticity
  • Low level patients with spasticity
  • Upper and lower extremity

Post Stroke Orthotic Treatments:
How You Can Use Orthotics with Patients to…

  • Maintain range of motion
  • Stabilize upper and lower extremities
  • Correct positioning and improve gait
  • Improve stability and efficiency while walking

Management of the Hemiplegic Shoulder

  • Subluxation
  • Decreased sensation
  • Weakness
  • Coordination

Extremity Pain Management

  • When does “no pain, no gain” ring true and when it does not?
  • Yellow or red flags
  • Pain alleviation techniques
  • Spinothalamtic neuronal tract and pain management

Executive Function

  • Outcome measure for assessment and treatment
  • Its effect on the learning process
  • Its effect on patient prognosis

Pusher Syndrome and Motor Apraxia

  • Neurodevelopment treatment tactics
  • Outcome measure
  • How to reduce stress on patient and employee
  • Transfer practices
  • Evidenced-based Intervention

Visual Rehab After Stroke

  • Incorporated vestibular rehab into stroke rehab
  • Importance of visual processing
  • Cranial lesions and visual processing
  • Cranial nerves and visual processing

Target Audience

  • Physical Therapists
  • Physical Therapy Assistants
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Therapy Directors
  • Other Rehab and Healthcare Professionals

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