NYC Therapists to Teach COVID-19 Knowledge and Learnings in New, Live Webinar

Occupational therapists, physical therapists, and assistants are treating an increased number of patients experiencing the damaging effects of COVID-19, especially after hospital discharge.  New York City was one of the earliest and hardest hit epicenters of COVID-19 and healthcare workers on the ground had to modify their treatment techniques and plans to accommodate for new, debilitating symptoms affecting patients in rehabilitation clinics, homecare, and skilled nursing facility (SNF) settings.

Faye Bronstein, Melissa Chung, and Stephanie Windler are three such healthcare workers and part of a multi-disciplinary team at NYU Langone Health Rusk Rehabilitation. The facility’s staff is hailed for their response to the pandemic, rapid reconfiguration of services to treat the onslaught of critically ill and recovering patients, and adjusting rheir approach to the evolving pandemic crisis. Faye, Melissa, and Stephanie are sharing their COVID-19 related lessons in the new, live webinar “COVID-19: Beyond Acute Care – Treating Patients in Rehab, Homecare and SNFs.”

The one-day live webinar takes place April 11, 2021, and will focus on clinical therapy management of patients in rehabilitation, homecare, and SNF settings with debility and neurological conditions related to COVID-19. Using case studies, Faye, Melissa, and Stephanie will share current evidence and their clinical pearls to evaluate and treat this patient population including ways to adjust treatments with relation to COVID-19 precautions and how those adjustments affect outcomes.

Do not miss the chance to learn from three therapeutic pioneers serving on the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic. Register for “COVID-19: Beyond Acute Care – Treating Patients in Rehab, Homecare and SNFs” on Education Resources, Inc.’s website or click HERE for more information including the full brochure and CEU information. 

ERI Offers FREE Webinar “Integrating Trauma-Informed Treatment Strategies” to School-Based Therapists

School-based therapists have navigated an extremely challenging year as COVID-19 abruptly changed the way therapists treat and support their students, whether remote or in-person. Here at ERI, we know first-hand the instrumental roles that school-based therapists play within a students’ daily life and are dedicated to arming them with the information they need to treat and care for the most vulnerable populations within our schools. 

ERI is happy to offer support to all valued school-based therapists by providing the online course Integrating Trauma-Informed Treatment Strategies into your School-Based Practice at no cost through March 26, 2021.

This session, recorded live at ERI’s popular Therapies in the School Conference 2020, will highlight current, trauma-informed treatment practices for professionals working with children and youth in the schools, either remote or in-person, considering the COVID-19 pandemic context. Participants will be empowered to implement trauma-informed strategies with all students, in multi-tiered interventions, across times of remote instruction or in-person sessions. 

Taught by acclaimed faculty member Emily Zeman Eddy, MS, OTD, OTR/L, a school-based and outpatient-based therapist specializing in trauma-informed home programming and self-management for the client and family, this web-based course is easily accessible from any computer and appropriate for all school-based therapists.

Register now for “Integrating Trauma-Informed Treatment Strategies into your School-Based Practice” and use promo code SUPPORT2021 at checkout to receive this course at no cost. Valid until March 26, 2021. Limited availability.

Be sure to check out all of ERI’s current course offerings geared towards school-based therapists.

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For more information, please contact ERI at 800-487-6530 or info@educationresourcesinc.com.

Neurologic Clinical Specialists Trust ERI for Exceptional Continuing Education Courses

There are more than 600 neurologic diseases affecting an estimated 50 million Americans*.  These neurological impairments affect every age group from babies born prematurely to centenarians and require expert care and therapeutic interventions from medical professionals including physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. 

To keep abreast of the latest therapeutic treatments and techniques, PTs, OTs, and SLPs turn to ERI for their continuing education. ERI’s CEU courses teach evidence-based strategies, tools, clinical reasoning, and critical thinking skills to assess and tailor treatment plans for patients experiencing neurological impairments. Course topics include neuroplasticity, vestibular rehabilitation, TBI, locomotor training, motor planning, degenerative diseases, and more. ERI’s faculty is second to none with world-renowned experts such as Jennifer Bottomley, Inger Brueckner MS, PT, Richard Clendaniel Ph.D., PT, Christina Finn Ed.D, OTR, Melissa Gerber, Amanda Hall, Robin Harwell, Heather Hayes, Joan Toglia, and Chelsea Steinberg, Michael Lebec, Daniel Malone, Andrew Packel and Kimberly Miczak, Carolyn Tassini, and Archana Vatwani.

Take your practice to the next level and empower your patients to meet their own goals to live life to the fullest. Register for ERI’s live webinars or on-demand online CEU courses and learn the most effective and evidence-based neuro treatments for patients.

 

* According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine

Join ERI Master Clinician Rona Alexander for Her Exciting New Course “Advanced Clinical Problem Solving: Feeding, Swallowing and More”

Therapists rave over ERI faculty member and master clinician Rona Alexander Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT, calling her “Absolutely outstanding.” and her past courses “Excellent” and “The best course I’ve been to.”  Now Rona has developed an exceptional, NEW CEU course “Advanced Clinical Problem-Solving:  Feeding, Swallowing and More”.  This intermediate to advanced course for PTs, OTs, SLPs, Nutritionists, and Dieticians takes place March 19 and 20, 2021, and offers a total of 13 contact hours (1.3 CEUs).  Over the course of two days, registrants will learn tools, strategies, and critical thinking from the master teacher and clinician herself.  Participants will expand clinical problem-solving skills and learn to apply new skills to evaluate and develop a plan of care for children with neuromuscular impairments and feeding, swallowing, and respiratory coordination function.

To participate in the course, attendees will need a professional foundation of knowledge in pediatric oral, pharyngeal, feeding/swallowing, and rib cage/respiratory musculature function in children, and the relationship of postural alignment and control to oral, pharyngeal, and respiratory musculature activity. Rona’s new course may be taken as a stand-alone or is a must for those having previously taken her course “Treatment Strategies for the Improvement of Oral, Pharyngeal, Feeding/Swallowing, and Respiratory Coordination Function: The Child with Neuromuscular Involvement.”

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn tools, strategies, and critical thinking from the master teacher and clinician Rona Alexander. Register for “Advanced Clinical Problem Solving: Feeding, Swallowing and More”. Click HERE for more information including brochure and complete CEU information.

 

 

Learn to Develop Goals and Meaningful Participation for In-Person, Online and Hybrid School Models

Join Dr. Kimberly Wynarczuk for a three-part LIVE webinar and take your school-based practice to the next level!

Like many things, how students attend school and how we as therapists provide services may look very different these days. Developing and applying new techniques to support our students and ensure they actively and meaningfully participate in their education and routines is a challenge facing many school-based practitioners.

To help address these concerns, ERI is partnering with Kimberly Wynarczuk, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH, to offer the NEW and timely live webinar “Developing and Using Goals for Students’ Meaningful Participation In School Whether In-Person, Online or Hybrid.”

Dr. Wynarczuk, who serves as the School-Based Special Interest Group representative to the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Research Committee is an expert in her field and served as the keynote speaker at ERI’s annual Therapies in the School Conference in November, 2020. She has conducted, published and presented considerable research on a variety of school-based physical therapy topics, including goal development and the participation of students with disabilities in school trips.

In this NEW webinar, Dr. Wynarczuk will teach participants to assess and develop student goals that intentionally focus on student participation in all learning models, explore strategies to promote effective teaming and meaningful involvement of parents and students during IEP development, and techniques to engage and enrich students’ school experience.

The three-part webinar takes place March 31, April 7 and 14, 2021 beginning at 6:30 pm EST (US). Don’t miss this must take course for school-based therapists. Click HERE to register or for more information including course brochure and CEU details.