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Stroke Rehab - Occupational Therapist


Stroke Rehab 128
Gait Awareness

3.0

$57.00 USD

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  • Understand normal gait components
  • Identify common gait deviations after a stroke
  • Understand the basics of gait retraining, including common outcome measures used to demonstrate improvement
  • Describe the relationship of bone mineral density to ambulation function after stroke
  • Examine the pathologic and impairment evidence along with the therapeutic suggestions for individuals who demonstrate contraversive pushing
  • Identify and describe commonly used orthoses and assistive devices


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 118

Seating and Wheeled Mobility Prescription


3.0

$57.00 USD

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  • Understand the seating system and mobility system evaluation process
  • Appreciate the difference between seating for rest and seating for activity performance
  • Implement a treatment plan and identify the goals of the mobility device and seating and positioning system
  • Appreciate the pros and cons of different mobility bases and seating system components
  • Understand the influence of the seating system on carryover of treatment goals
  • Appreciate the importance of the team process throughout the evaluation and fitting/ delivery process
  • Understand the importance of fitting and training with the recommended seating system and mobility device


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 117
Dysphagia Management

2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Describe the normal anatomy and physiology of the swallowing mechanism
  • Discuss the effects of stroke on the swallowing mechanism
  • Describe clinical and instrumental assessment of dysphagia following stroke
  • Describe various rehabilitative and compensatory techniques used to treat dysphagia after a stroke
  • Discuss the efficacy of dysphagia intervention following stroke


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 116
Parenting After Stroke

2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Describe visual history
  • Describe transitional tasks
  • Have a basic understanding of one-handed baby care task performance
  • Identify examples of adapted baby care equipment
  • Apply parent child collaboration to a baby care task
  • Identify an emotional or cognitive problem that can affect baby care
  • Appreciate the importance of teamwork between OTs and mental health practitioners in services to parents who have had strokes


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 115

Enhancing Performance of ADL


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Understand how to implement the OT process in a manner that is client centered and is based on top-down reasoning and an occupation-based and/or occupation-focused approach to evaluation and intervention
  • Describe the ADL Taxonomy, a structured self-report of a person’s strengths and problems with personal and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs)
  • Understand how to evaluate the quality of performance of instrumental ADL tasks for a person with stroke
  • Understand how to write occupation-focused documentation, including writing client-centered goals, for each step of the intervention processUnderstand the different models of practice that can be used to plan and implement occupation-based and/or occupation-focused interventions to enhance a person's performance of instrumental ADL tasks.


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 114
Impact of Neurobehavioral Deficits on Activities of Daily Living

4.0

$76.00 USD

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  • Establish a relationship between neurobehavioral concepts and task performance
  • Apply the theory on which the Árnadóttir OT-ADL Neurobehavioral Evaluation (A-ONE) is based as a structure for clinical observations of stroke patients
  • Provide conceptual and operational definitions for neurobehavioral impairments and disability
  • Apply clinical reasoning skills based on the A-ONE theory for hypothesis testing
  • Relate the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and the OT Practice Framework to the concepts used in the A-ONE
  • Provide examples of how strokes can cause different patterns of impairments affecting task performance


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 113
Managing Visual and Visuospacial Impairments to Optimize Function

2.0

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  • Describe how visual information is processed by the central nervous system
  • Examine and explore how everyday living is affected if visual and spatial impairments are present
  • Be aware of procedures to perform a visual screening after a brain injury
  • Implement at least five intervention strategies focused on decreasing activity limitations and participation restrictions for those living with visual and spatial impairments


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 112

Rehabilitation Technologies to Promote Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke


3.0

$57.00 USD

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  • Discuss the rationale for using rehabilitation technologies and theories that have guided their development
  • Describe similarities and differences among different technology devices, specifically how they work and what they might add to the therapist's repertoire of treatment tools
  • Evaluate results of empirical studies on the use of rehabilitation technologies for the paretic upper limb after stroke
  • Identify considerations for choosing rehabilitation technologies for clinical use, including their potential benefits and limitations


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 111
Vestibular Rehab and Stroke

1.0

$19.00 USD

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  • Understand key components of the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
  • Understand stroke syndromes that are associated with vestibular signs and symptoms
  • Understand general concepts of vestibular rehabilitation


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 110

Activity-Based Intervention in Stroke Rehab


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Differentiate between activity-based interventions whose aim is to train specific task performance and those whose aim is to help people develop strategies and skills that can be generalized to a variety of tasks
  • Apply 3 principles from multidisciplinary research findings that support the efficacy of task-based interventions in stroke rehabilitation
  • Design effective practice opportunities for stroke survivors to recover motor, cognitive, and participation skills
  • Apply principles of activity analysis and synthesis when designing occupational therapy intervention for stroke survivors


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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