Enter to win a free CEU course by sharing clinical challenges and tips with ERI

We would like to bring back our popular blog discussions, and build on our community of therapists. Our therapists found this avenue for discussions about clinical cases, problems and therapy tips to be invaluable.

We are offering you the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a free CEU course. All you need to do is submit a blog entry which can be:
1. a clinical issue that you are seeking opinions about. 
2. a case problem that you are struggling with. 
3. a therapy tip that you would like to share.

The post can be of any length (up to 500 words) and photos and videos are great, as long as you have obtained written permission.

We will enter the first 50 blogs in a drawing for a free ERI course. 
Deadline for entry is October 31st, 2013 winner to be announced in November

Please post your blog in the comments section below…… you will then see your entry posted as a separate blog

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and sharing them with our ERI community.

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School-Based CEU course for therapists – a popular conference, don't be disappointed!

Therapies in the School - Education ResourcesTherapies in the School 2013 

Join us at this year’s highly acclaimed conference which will enable you to provide effective evidence-based strategies that foster increased academic performance, social participation and inclusion for all children with special needs including those with severe involvement. 

Learn to judiciously select assistive technology, appropriate assessment tools, 
sensory-based strategies, movement-based strategies and environmental/technology adaptations to facilitate student access and participation in school programming. 
Learn best practices for successful collaboration, creative solutions to workload management and new opportunities for the emerging role of therapists in addressing wellness in school settings.

November 21-22, 2013
Framingham, MA
Please click here for more information, to download a brochure and to register 

This conference filled last year – Don’t be disappointed!

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The Role of PT and OT in Cancer Rehabilitation

Due to advances in the medical management of cancer, survival rates are steadily improving. However, many cancer survivors will have at least one side effect of the cancer treatment. As therapists, we are committed to improving function based on evidence based tools and strategies for these survivors in order to improve their quality of life. 

Understanding the sometimes predictable impairments allows therapists to proactively empower cancer survivors to maintain their own health through an individualized exercise and wellness program. Typical treatments consist of fatigue management, strengthening, aerobic conditioning, minimizing edema, and maintenance of motion due to surgical scarring as necessary. 

To this end, it is also crucial for therapists to understand the typical side effects from the particular chemotherapy that was given, and to identify problems early on when they are at a less severe state. 

Lisa VanHooseWe are pleased to announce that we are sponsoring a new continuing education (CEU) course for Physical therapists, Occupational therapists and assistants based on these principles given by Lisa VanHoose, PT, Ph.D, CLT-LANA, President of the Oncology Special Interest Group of the APTA.

Cancer Rehab and Survivorship: Evidence Based Treatment to Address Common Impairments 

Please let us know what topics and content you would want to hear covered in her course and look for it in 2014!

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Speaker Spotlight – Richard Clendaniel – an Expert in Vestibular Rehabilitation

Richard Clendaniel, PT, PhD
is a well respected member of our Faculty presenting his popular CEU Course: “Vestibular Rehabilitation: Evaluation and Management of Individuals with Dizziness and Balance Disorders”

He is an assistant professor in the Department of Community & Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, Duke University Medical Center. He maintains an active practice evaluating and treating patients with vestibular disorders and dizziness. His primary research is in the normal function of the vestibular system and the plasticity of the vestibular system following injury.

He received his MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was a clinician and faculty member at UAB for several years before receiving his Ph.D., in Behavioral Neuroscience (Department of Psychology) from UAB. He completed a two year post-doctoral fellowship in neuro-otology with Susan Herdman, Ph.D., PT. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, he was on faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, where he was director of the Vestibular Rehabilitation program. 

Upcoming dates and venues:
September 27-28, 2013 – Minneapolis, MN
October 11-12, 2013 – Denison – Nr Dallas, TX
November 15-16, 2013 – Wallingford, CT

and 2014 dates coming soon! 

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