Asking Therapists for Topic and Speaker Suggestions for Therapies in the School 2014

 THERAPIES IN THE SCHOOL
2014

We are fine tuning our agenda for this years Therapies in the School conference in Massachusettsand would value your input.

Based on feedback from last years conference we are excited to announce that we will have sessions on using shared goals to drive intervention, auditory-visual-vestibular tools to embed, integrated collaborative teams, hot practice issues, visual tools to gain teacher buy-in, prioritizing gross motor needs, writing measurable goals and much more!

We are continuing to build our course schedule for 2014, and would like to bring you material that would be most applicable to your daily practice.

We do have a few speaking slots open and we want to be able to meet your needs.  

  • Are there any specific speakers who you would love to hear?
  • Are there any specific topics that you would like to see covered?

 In a session focusing on
“Integrated Collaborative Teams to Improve Learning Participation and to Decrease Stress”,
are there specific tools that you would like addressed?

  • Movement-based learning such as Brain Gym Bal-a-Vis 
  • Ocular motor/visual strategies
  • Auditory and Listening Strategies
  • Other tools                           
Would you be interested in a session on
“Your Performance Evaluation: The New Educator Evaluation and
What it Means for OT, PT and SLP”

Please e-mail Mandy:
mwashington@educationresourcesinc.com
with your replies, and any suggestions for topics or speakers

The course this year will again be in November:
November 20-21, 2014 – Framingham, MA

Thank you so much for your time

Mandy

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Strength Exercise for Aging Adults – CEU course for PTs, OT's and Assistants

Education Resources - Strength Exercise for Aging Adulta

A great CEU course from dynamic instructor: Mark Richards

Whether you work in home health, outpatient, skilled nursing, a rehab center, or acute care, this course is designed to help you enhance your strength exercise treatments in a clinically realistic and practical way. Reimbursement and regulatory challenges make the provision of therapy more challenging than ever. How does one employ evidence-based treatment principles when there seems to be less and less time to treat patients? And, on top of that, deliver expected, superior clinical outcomes? Muscular weakness in aging adults is effectively treated when using the proper exercise protocols. 

Unfortunately, many therapists use strength exercise approaches that are not research-based, resulting in sub-par patient strength gains. This heavily evidence-based seminar will provide you with the information needed to deliver safe and highly effective optimal strength exercise to aging adults. The course is designed to enable you to immediately and efficiently incorporate the learned material into your treatments to help you get great treatment results! 

Please click here for more details, a brochure and for registration information

March 14, 2014 – Manchester, NH
April 11, 2014 – Newport News, VA
May 9, 2014 – Portland, OR
June 14, 2014 – New Brunswick, NJ 

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Research Showing School Based Brain Training Can Be An Alternative to Medication for ADHD

Neurofeedback brain training for ADHDA very interesting article highlighting research coming out of Tufts Medical Center, Boston

“With more than one in 10 children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, parents and doctors alike have been eager to find alternatives to prescription stimulant medications like Ritalin or Adderall. Some of these options include computer programs that train the brain to increase attention span and a therapy called neurofeedback where a practitioner teaches children how to keep their brain calm and focused.”

Please Click Here for Full Article

Has anyone heard of this new technique or had experience with it? We would love to hear your thoughts?

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OT seeks help in fostering better collaborative relationship with SLPs

DEAR ERI COMMUNITY: I am an OT and have gotten feedback from some of the SLPs that I work with… that I might be infringing on their territory. I see kiddos with a wide variety of sensory difficulties, and I don’t see why it can’t be a team approach with BOTH instead of OT versus SLP. 

Any Advice?

Thank you

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