ERI’s New, Live Webinars for 2022

ERI is excited to add five NEW courses in 2022 to our schedule of exceptional live webinars!

These web-based courses are taught by experienced, internationally recognized clinicians and include live Q&A sessions, hands-on applications, video analysis and problem-solving, allowing participants to connect directly with experts in their field and earn continuing education credits – all from the comfort of home. The new courses are listed below and include a link for more information and to register.

Premature and Medically Complex Neonates: Applying Critical thinking to Support Long-Term Outcomes
Kati Knudsen, PT
A two-day live webinar, learn strategies and tools to support infants with extreme prematurity, complex neurological diagnoses and in utero substance exposure using advanced problem-solving techniques.
February, May, August and November, 2022

Motor Learning: Tools to Enhance Academic Skills Through Movement
Josephine Bardabelias, PT
A three-day live webinar, learn innovative ways to integrate
movement with learning while concentrating on developmental
and functional skills.
February, May, August and November, 2022

ASD: Improving Motor and Speech/Language Outcomes for Function
Bethanne Mazurczak MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Leslie Paparsenos PT, MS, C/NDT
A three-day live webinar focused on multidisciplinary and discipline specific assessment and treatment strategies based on the NeuroDevelopmental Treatment-Contemporary Practice Model (NDT-CPM) for children with ASD.
April, August and December, 2022

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD):
Evaluation and Treatment Tools
Dr. Melissa Gerber, OTD, OTR/L
A one-day live webinar, learn to help children/students with Developmental Coordination Disorders (DCD) achieve optimal outcomes using evidence-based assessment and treatment tools and strategies.
April, September and November, 2022

Online registration coming soon: A Sensory Motor Approach to Adapted Led Weaning
Jill Rabin MS CCC-SLP/L IBCLC
Lori Overland MS CCC-SLP, C/NDT, CLC, FOM
A two-day live webinar, learn the Adapted Baby-Led Weaning approach (ABLW), a child-directed and responsive feeding approach for babies with feeding challenges ranging from motoric limitations and atypical oral motor skills to feeding aversion.
October, 2022

Click HERE for ERI’s complete list of live and online course offerings.

We Celebrate Our Team

Congratulations and Farewell

Our amazing team comes together as we celebrate commitment, dedication and passion.

Our small but mighty team are the reason ERI was able to weather the storm of Covid-19. Without them we could not have successfully pivoted many of our courses onto the virtual platform to continue to provide quality education for therapists globally.

We celebrated Donna, who has been with ERI for over 25 yrs. She coordinates ERI’s accounting activities and is a great resource for course participants. She has witnessed so many changes and updates over the years, and is always willing to help and roll up her sleeves. Thank you Donna!

We said a fond farewell to Cathy, our marketing coordinator. Cathy’s vision has helped to take our marketing department to the next level. We will miss you and wish you every success in your new venture.

While we were unable to be together in person we had a great fun time at our virtual paint party. There’s some talent there!!

Here’s to the another time soon – hopefully in person!

New Advanced CEU Course for Neonatal Therapists

ERI is thrilled to announce that Kati Knudsen, a neonatal physical therapist is joining their faculty and will present her dynamic webinar on multiple occasions in 2022

Premature and Medically Complex Neonates: Applying Critical Thinking to Support Long-term Outcomes

Register for one of these dates:

Kati Knudsen

Kati Knudsen has practiced as a pediatric physical therapist since 1996 and as a therapist in the NICU since 1999. Kati is lead therapist for two NICUs at sister hospitals in Portland, Oregon. She has obtained certifications in neonatal therapy, pediatric physical therapy, lactation education, neurodevelopmental treatment, infant massage, developmental care, and transportation of children with special needs in order to better support infants and families. Kati has published articles about support for preterm and medically fragile infants and has spoken nationally and internationally on care of infants in the NICU. Kati serves as the therapy representative on the Vermont Oxford Network Multidisciplinary Advisory Council and is a founding member and past co-chair of the Neonatal Therapy Certification Board. Kati also sees patients in NICU follow-up clinic where she has helped to redesign care to make it more accessible to families.

Her dynamic and collaborative
advanced NICU therapy course Premature and Medically Complex Neonates: Applying Critical Thinking to Support Long-term Outcomes will enable clinicians to apply strategies to support infants with extreme prematurity, complex neurological diagnoses, and in utero substance exposure using advanced problem-solving techniques. Modification of developmental and family-integrated practices to meet the needs of medically-complex infants will be discussed. Therapists will learn specific neuroprotective and neuropromotive strategies to support small babies in the NICU. Methods will be provided to support infants beyond the NICU through identification of follow up concerns, options for long-term support, and family integration to promote parent advocacy. Additionally, tools will be provided to support an expanded role of therapy in the NICU by establishing the benefits of strong developmental perspective, focus on long-term outcomes, increased role of therapists from admission through discharge, and team collaboration. Finally, clinicians will be able to identify and implement quality improvement techniques to better assist neonates and define and improve therapeutic outcomes.

Objectives: At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Utilize three strategies to support infants with extreme prematurity, complex neurological diagnoses, and in utero substance exposure using advanced problem-solving techniques.
Apply at least two neuroprotective and neuropromotive strategies to support complex patients in the NICU.
Determine a novel method to support infants beyond the NICU through identification of follow-up concerns, options for long-term support, and family integration to promote parent advocacy.
Recommend a way to increase therapists’ presence or therapeutic practices in the NICU, using the cases provided.
Determine a quality improvement technique to better assist neonates and therapeuticnicu outcomes.

Don’t miss these opportunities to hear Kati speak!

Josephine Bardabelias Joins ERI Faculty, Offers NEW Live Webinar

Josephine Bardabelias, PT, brings her 30+ years of experience treating children in various settings to ERI in 2022! Don’t miss her NEW course: A Developmental Approach to Motor Learning: Tools to Enhance Academic Skills Through Movement.

February 22, 24, March 1 and 3, 2022
6:10 pm EST • 5:10pm CST • 4:10 pm MST • 3:10 pm PST (US)

Exercise strengthens the body and brain! Research continually demonstrates the importance of movement regarding cognitive skills. As therapists working in pediatric settings, we have the ability to impact these skills through the use of purposeful, fun and creative therapy sessions.

This NEW, 4-day live webinar will present innovative ways to integrate movement with learning while concentrating on developmental and functional concepts. Applying this approach to neuroanatomy, we will identify structures that can be impacted during our treatment sessions, resulting in more enriched activities. We will explore sensory and motor systems from primitive reflexes to executive functioning while discussing their impact on focusing, memory and overall learning. Using evidenced based research, brain breaks, videos, group discussions, and break-out sessions, therapists will acquire a unique and “moving” way to utilize these tools the very next day.

Click HERE for complete CEU details, to download a brochure and to register.

Education Resources, Inc. Extends Holiday Discount

Use code HOLIDAY2021 to Register for Exceptional, Next-Level Learning

December 21, 2021 – Boston, Mass. – Education Resources, Inc. (ERI), a leading continuing education provider for physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, special educators, and more will extend the holiday promotion “HOLIDAY2021” through January 4, 2022. The promotion allows registrants to save $30 on course registration and is offered as a thank you to customers and the entire therapy community for their continued loyalty. Registrants simply enter code “HOLIDAY2021” at checkout to save on courses throughout 2022. The offer is valid on multi-day courses and prerecorded on-demand courses priced $299+.*

ERI will add new topics and speakers to its expansive catalogue of continuing education courses including the live webinars “Premature and Medically Complex Neonates” with Kati Knudsen, “A Developmental Approach to Motor Learning” with Josephine Bardabelias and “ASD: Improving Motor and Speech/Language Outcomes for Function” with Bethanne Mazurczak and Leslie Paparsenos. The company will also continue to offer high-popular courses taught by highly regarded instructors including Dr. Richard Clendaniel, Anne Buckley-Reen, Holly Schifsky, Liesa M. Ritchie and more.

A recent webinar participant and physical therapist from New Jersey said of ERI “I absolutely love ERI seminars. They are all high-quality and up-to-date research. (I) learn so much and have recommended to colleagues.”

To register for a course and for complete details on ERI’s HOLIDAY2021 promotion, visit ERI’s website, call 800-487-6530, or email info@educationresourcesinc.com

About Education Resources, Inc.
Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) is an accredited provider of continuing education for PTs, OTs, and SLPs. Founded in 1985 by therapists Barbara Goldfarb and Carol Loria, ERI’s mission is to provide continuing education that makes a difference for therapists and patients. For more information, visit www.educationresourcesinc.com, or call 800-487-6530.