Managing the Lower Functioning Individual
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Course Type | Course/ Seminar |
Date | 06/22/2024 - 06/22/2024 |
Instructor Name | Karen Guha, PT, CIDN, C/NDT, NDTA™ Coordinator Instructor |
Cost | $300+HST for members; $375+HST for non-members |
Address | Action Potential 2081 Merivale Rd #300 Ottawa, ON K2G 1G9 Map It |
District | Eastern Ontario |
Brief Description | Managing the Lower Functioning Individual NDT Workshop in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuromotor Disorders This one-day workshop will explore current NDT principles and handling skills to promote recovery in an individual post-stroke or brain injury who is lower functioning. As therapists we often struggle to determine where to start and how to progress an individual who requires more assistance. This workshop will include progression strategies in sitting, standing, and early gait. We will explore how to involve a second person (assist x 2) when working with the lower functioning individual. The workshop will provide participants with additional skills to enhance consistency in patient care and contribute to the overall team rehabilitation efforts of achieving functional outcomes for patients. Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop the participants will be able to:
Instructor: Karen Guha, PT, CIDN, C/NDT, NDTA™ Coordinator Instructor Karen is a physiotherapist at Grand River Hospital and Back Works Spinal & Sports Rehabilitation. She received her Physical Therapy degree from the University of Toronto in 1996 and became NDT trained in 1999. Karen became a NDTA™ PT Instructor in 2007, a NDTA™ Coordinator Instructor in 2011, and a NDTA™ Advanced Course Instructor in 2014. She has over 25 years experience working with adults with neurological impairments in acute, rehabilitation and outpatient settings. Karen has taught NDT courses throughout North America and internationally. Format: Workshop format will include a short lecture and then practical hands-on lab sessions for the remainder of the day. During lab sessions, participants will have the opportunity to analyze typical movement and practice handling skills on their fellow participants. Participants will have the opportunity to problem solve how these handling skills will be modified and progressed to promote functional improvements when treating the individual who is lower functioning. Workshop Hours: The workshop will run from 8:30am-3:30pm Requirements: Participants must be a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Therapy Assistant or Registered Kinesiologist who work with individuals who have suffered from stroke, brain injury or other neuromotor disorders. Agenda: 8:30-8:45am: Introduction 8:45-9:45am: Where to begin and why 9:45-10:00am: Break *Food & snacks will be provided 10:00-10:30am: Analyzing movement – Get the right set up 10:30-11:30am: Principles of Intervention: Trunk facilitation, incorporating the UE and activities in sitting -including using a second person to assist 11:30am-12:00pm: Principles of Intervention: Progressing to standing 12:00-12:45pm: Lunch *Food & snacks will be provided 12:45-1:30pm: Principles of Intervention: Sit to stand – exploring the role of the second person 1:30-2:15pm: Principles of Intervention: Standing activities - using a second person to assist 2:15-3:15pm: Principles of Intervention: Early gait – gait training with assist of two 3:15-3:30pm: Wrap Up Members: Login prior to registering for member pricing. |
Link | opa.on.ca |
Contact Name | Katherine Pauhl |
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