“For babies born prematurely, the tenuous first weeks of life often are filled with myriad medical interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit to help them adjust to life outside the womb. New research, however, suggests this time in the NICU is a critical window for some less-invasive approaches that can help these children catch up to their full-term peers: physical and occupational therapy. “
Lezlies course are always well received, and she is one of our popular speakers. She is an internationally recognized and respected clinician and consultant with extensive and broad experience in medical, educational and community based settings. As a pediatric occupational therapist in schools, hospitals, outpatient clinics, homes, community organization and nursing homes for children, she offers a unique approach which can be practically and successfully applied in all settings. She is an enthusiastic presenter who offers insightful information beneficial to the entire team. Since 1976 she has conducted over 300 seminars throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Central America, Canada and the United American Emeritus on a large variety of topics related to children and families, bringing her energy and passion regarding therapeutic strategies and functional treatment.
Lezlie provides a wealth of information, repeatedly supplementing it with clinical application. She is a skilled teacher that welcomed questions throughout.-Lisa Merritt
Lezlie is a dynamic teacher who takes difficult material and makes it so practical. -Susan Oh
Lezlie is fabulous. Her wealth of information, true love of play, and devotion to her clients is very inspiring. I love her sense of humor. – Patricia Blackburn
Lezlie Adler was an excellent presenter providing a wide variety of examples to help every discipline within a variety of different situations. I would recommend this course to all disciplines to help continue their education and help them grow as clinicians. Overall Lezlies course was full of energy and education. – Jason Alon Weigold
This is the second class I have taken with Lezlie. She is very dynamic, fast-paced and full of such wonderful, practical ideas! What a talented therapist who is able to combine all 3 disciplines into a great relevant course – Glen Neil
Please click on the links below to view the multiple locations offered for each of her dynamic courses and to print a brochure:
Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA, recently gave the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture, at the AOTA annual confernece. His talk, titled “A Fork in the Road: An Occupational Hazard?” looked at contemporary OT practice through a historical lens.
The Slagle lectureship award is one of the highest honors in occupational therapy and recognizes an AOTA member who has creatively contributed to the development of the body of knowledge of the profession through research, education, and/or clinical practice. Dr. Gillen’s lecture was given at the AOTA Annual Conference & Expo in San Diego, California in 2013.
Glen Gillen is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy at Columbia University. He has authored over 50 publications including textbooks, chapters, and peer reviewed research. Glen is best known in the neurorehabilitation community for his contribution to the literature, the textbook Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach third edition and Cognitive and Perceptual Rehabilitation: Optimizing Function both published by Elsevier. Glen’s experience spans the continuum of care from acute to long term care. A past recipient of AOTF’s Award for Clinical Excellence in Rehabilitation and AOTA’s Recognition of Achievement Award, Glen lectures extensively on the local, state, national, and university level regarding multiple topics related to neurorehabilitation. He maintains a clinical caseload working in the areas of acute care and inpatient rehabilitation. He serves on several editorial boards for journals related to physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Glen Gillens courses with Education Resources:
Evaluation and Treatment of Cognitive-Perceptual Problems: A Function-Based Approach
Treatment of the Neurologic Upper Extremity
What Therapists are saying about Glen Gillen’s courses: This course did an excellent job of breaking down typical problems with neurologic upper extremity and presenting treatment interventions based on current research. I would highly recommend this to anyone who works with the adult neuro population. Renee Schmidt
Glen is probably one of the best speakers I’ve heard. His lecture was organized, knowledge-based and occasionally witty! I would recommend this to everyone.
Sheryl Morianty
Glen used a great mix of lecture, slides, personal stories and video to keep the course interesting. I definitely feel that I have learned some great ways to improve my clinical skills as an OT.
Stacy Munson
No matter how long I’ve been practicing, I find it refreshing to attend education courses that make me really look at how I practice and how I can be a better therapist. Thank you. Melissa Mielcars
Occupational therapist helped Marathon bombing victim. Yoon S. Byun/Globe staff[/caption]
Boston Marathon victims are recovering from their injuries and learning to put their lives back together, with therapists devoting their time with each individual, and becoming an important part of their lives.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has updated their comprehensive acute stroke care guidelines from 2009. While we therapists are usually not involved in treating stroke patients at this stage, hopefully we will now see fewer patients with long term sequelae. There is clearly a greater “push” for thrombolysis with TPA, and they have extended the window of time to a 4.5 hour window (from 3 hours) in certain cases. Contraindications are also revamped. They are recommending teleradiology for community hospitals that lack access to neurological expertise. Mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke has not been shown to improve patient outcomes.
To read the entire summary: http://neurology.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2013/226/1
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“For babies born prematurely, the tenuous first weeks of life often are filled with myriad medical interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit to help them adjust to life outside the womb. New research, however, suggests this time in the NICU is a critical window for some less-invasive approaches that can help these children catch up to their full-term peers: physical and occupational therapy. “
Occupational therapist helped Marathon bombing victim. Yoon S. Byun/Globe staff[/caption]