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Course Description:
Maintaining mobility and stability in daily life can be especially challenging for older adults living with Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions. This comprehensive, interactive course is designed to equip physical and occupational therapists with practical, evidence-based tools to confidently assess balance and fall risk, and to create individualized gait and balance training programs that meet the goals for person-centered care. Therapists will also learn how to apply motivational interviewing and behavior change models to improve patient engagement, adherence, and outcomes. The course culminates with a hands-on workshop where you’ll apply what you’ve learned to develop an actionable plan for a community-based fall and balance screening clinic in order to identify and prevent falls in the community.
Course Objectives:
- Choose validated balance and fall risk screening tools for people with Parkinson’s and other Neurological diseases
- Design gait and balance training programs that integrate into clients’ ADL and/or IADL routines
- Apply motivational strategies to enhance participation in older adults with neurological deficits
- Establish an outline for a community-based fall and balance screening clinic utilizing the tenets discussed in this course
Robyn Ligotti, PT, DPT, RAC-CT, CDP, QCP is the owner of Rehab Resource Solutions, LLC Consulting and is a licensed DPT with over 35 years of experience. The scope of her practice has encompassed many settings including: skilled nursing facilities, home health, outpatient rehab, wellness and prevention and inpatient rehab, but always with the older adult population. She has managed multi-disciplinary teams in skilled nursing facilities, home health and outpatient rehabilitation. Her Certifications include: Dementia Practitioner, Resident Assessment Coordinator and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Certification. She is dedicated in her belief that the key to achieving strong outcomes is establishing a team of professionals who use critical thinking evidence-based skills in day to day practice. She has provided education to rehab and nursing teams and other disciplines throughout her career on safe patient handling, understanding Medicare and rehab specific treatments and approaches to care. Dr. Ligotti graduated with her B.S. in P.T. from Russell Sage College and received her Doctor of P.T. from Sage Graduate School.
Financial Disclosures: Robyn Ligotti receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non-Financial Disclosures: Robyn Ligotti has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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This course meets the criteria for 6 contact hours (0.6 CEUs) Intermediate Level.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. This Live course is pending AOTA approval for 6 contact hours 0.6 CEUs (Intermediate, OT service delivery). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 6 units.
ASHA CE Provider (Intermediate level) 0.6 ASHA CEUs. ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
Application has been made to the MN Board of Physical Therapy.
Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 7 contact hours. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 7 contact hours (0.7 CEUs).
Education Resources, Inc. is an approved provider for Physical Therapy CEUs in the following states: CA, NM, OK and TX.
The following state boards of physical therapy accept other states’ approval: AK, AR, AZ, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY. The following state boards of physical therapy either do not require course pre-approval or do not require CEUs for re-licensure: AL, CO, CT, IA, ME, MT, NE, ND, NH, SD, WA.
6 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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