LIVE WEB CONFERENCES AND ON-DEMAND WEBINARS!
The health of you and your family is paramount and remains our priority. We have temporarily switched to an on-line platform!
*NEW WEBINAR FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY* REGISTER TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY
PRE-RECORDED FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY
3 CONTACT HOURS
Presenters: Eileen W. Richter, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA & Patricia Oetter, MA, OT, FAOTA
AUTHORS OF THE "M.O.R.E." COURSE
THE PERVASIVE IMPACT OF BREATH ON FUNCTION: WHAT TO KNOW! WHAT TO DO!
OT'S, NY PT'S, NY SLP'S - EARN 3 CEU'S!!
- WEBINAR WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM NOVEMBER 15, 2020 - DECEMBER 15, 2020
- INCLUDES HANDOUTS
S'COOL MOVES: Connect 12 - 12 Fast Fun and Effective Lessons to Enhance Focus and Academic Success!
Presenter:
JESSICA GILSON, PT, DPT
LIVE WEBINAR
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
(will be recorded
*one week access following the lecture.)
7:30 PM—9:30 PM EST
2 contact hours
0.2 AOTA CEUs, 2 NBCOT PDUs, 2.4 PT CEUs,
2 CTLE credit hours
Back by request! Amazing Reviews!
In this 2-hour webinar participants will learn how to easily incorporate activities into the home, clinic, and individual therapy sessions to enhance learning potential of students.
Through the use of S’cool moves activities student will improve body awareness, posture, strength, laterality, directionality, and sensory-motor integration to build a solid foundation for learning.
They will also improve self-regulation, focus and attention for academic achievement.
Now more than ever during these times we appreciate the value and importance of carryover at home. We decided it is time to bring families into our collaborative culture through telehealth and provide them with twelve easy-to-learn and implement activities to close developmental gaps that may be holding a child back from accessing curricula. Included are fun, motivating, engaging activities that could be done at home through telehealth or as part of a child’s home exercise program/routine to help bridge the school to home connection.
This course includes additional activities that are more appropriate for one on one that support staff working with students who have individualized services may benefit from.
Come and learn how to upgrade and downgrade each activity.
FOR A LIMITED TIME RECEIVE FREE ACCESS TO THE ON-LINE S’COOL MOVES CLASSROOM WITH MORE ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD!
FEAR PARALYSIS REFLEX (FPR): From Testing to Treatment
Presenter:
MIRIAM MANELA, OTR
LIVE WEBINAR
November 4, 2020
(will be recorded
*one week access following the lecture.)
7:00pm—9:30 pm EST
2.5 contact hours
0.25 AOTA CEU, 2.5 NBCOT PDU, 3 NY PT CEU
*Prerequisite*
A COURSE ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF REFLEX INTEGRATION IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THIS COURSE
This workshop is opened to clinicians who work with children or adults. The workshop offers techniques and tools that help people achieve calm and self-regulation.
This course offers the Neurobiology of the Fear Paralysis Reflex and how it effects behavior and emotions. You can expect to learn how to test for the presence of the FPR.
Learn to customize your clients treatment plan based upon their response to the Fear Paralysis (FPR). You will learn strategies and tools that can be implemented immediately to expand your treatment program by decreasing stress responses.
This course will broaden your understanding of the role of Fear Paralysis (FPR) to develop a sense of safety so that you and your clients can be grounded, confident, and secure.
The Thrive Method takes a multi-pronged approach toward working with children who have difficulty regulating their emotional state and behavior.
This course offers proven strategies and tools that can be implemented immediately via telehealth or in person, for children, teens, and adults.
FROM PLAY TO PLANNING: Therapeutic Strategies to Shape the Development of Executive Function Skills in Young Learners and Students with Developmental Delay
Presenter:
SARAH WARD, MS, CCC-SLP
LIVE WEBINAR
November 11, 2020
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (will be recorded
*one week access following the lecture.)
2.5 contact hours
0.25 AOTA CEUs, 2.5 NBCOT PDUs,
2.5 CTLE credit hours,
.25 ASHA CEU, approved for social workers
Finally a webinar teaching executive function skills for young learners and students with developmental delay.
Learn the relationship between situational awareness, episodic future thinking and executive function skills
Learn interventions to improve students’ situational awareness
Learn interventions to improve students’ future thinking and the related executive function skills of attention, inhibition, self-regulation, and flexible problem-solving.
This webinar will give the learner practical strategies and will introduce our (“STOP and PLAY”) program with a multitude of EF strategies to infuse into dramatic play,
therapy and classroom activities to
develop the executive skills of
situational intelligence,
mental imagination,
working memory,
visual future thinking,
time awareness and task visualization,
self-regulation and
meta-cognition
The 360 Thinking Executive Function Curriculum has been adapted to the early childhood classroom to support the development of the early building blocks of the EF skills.
*Webinar* MOTOR CONTROL, MOTOR LEARNING & NEUROPLASTIC PRINCIPLES: How to Promote Independent Function and Play
Presenter:
PAULA COX, PT, DSC, PCS
LIVE WEBINAR
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
(will be recorded
*one week access following the lecture.)
7:00 PM—9:30 PM EST
2.5 contact hours
0.25 AOTA CEUs, 2.5 NBCOT PDUs, 3 NY PT CEUs, 2.5 CEUs SLPs in NY (Certificate can be used towards your ASHA CEUs, email with any questions)
Learn the most fun and effective way to structure your therapy activities to give your kids a leg-up in reaching for their dreams.
Recognize characteristics of effective motor control and motor learning intervention strategies within school-based therapies that best promote independent function, play, and participation
Using contemporary motor control and motor learning theory and practice, you will receive evidence-based tools to foster both skill development and the ability to adapt the skill to the challenges of group play.
Through case studies and videos demonstrations, you will learn how to put your kids in the driver’s seat, developing skills they can take from therapy to the playground.
Intervention strategies and supportive research for the specific diagnoses of cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, developmental coordination disorder, and autism
*Webinar* IT MAKES SENSE TO TAKE ACTION: A Sensory and Reflex-Based Approach to Improve Self Regulation and Attention Span
Presenter:
RICKI DEMBITZER, MS, OTR/L
LIVE WEBINAR
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
(will be recorded
*one week access following the lecture.)
9:30 AM — 12:00 PM EST
2.5 contact hours
0.25 AOTA CEUs, 2.5 NBCOT PDUs, 3 NY PT CEUs
This webinar is designed to address some of the main underlying components of self-regulation, focus and attention.
It is geared towards pediatric therapists in trying to improve children’s ability to reach their therapy goals with improved self-regulation protocols, sensory treatment ideas and techniques as well as some of the primitive reflexes that affect regulation of the nervous system.
Evidenced-based theory will be provided as well as an explanation of the sensory systems involved and calming techniques to decrease sympathetic nervous system response.
Specific activities that utilize readily available objects in the home will be demonstrated to improve telehealth therapy sessions as well as direct care treatment ideas for hands on care.
Therapists will walk away with more background knowledge of both the sensory and reflex systems that affect our focus and attention as well as practical techniques and activities to implement immediately into their practice.
*Webinar* SENSORY SMART ™ STRATEGIES FOR REAL LIFE CHALLENGES
Presenter:
LINDSEY BIEL, MS, OTR/L
Co-Author of Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues
LIVE WEBINAR
Monday, December 7, 2020
(will be recorded
*one week access following the lecture.)
* NEW TIME* 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm EST
2.5 contact hours
0.25 AOTA CEUs, 2.5 NBCOT PDUs, 3 NY PT CEUs, approved for Social workers in NY
This presentation will demystify sensory processing difficulties in school-age children, emphasizing practical strategies and solutions for maximizing participation in self-care, learning, and playing.
Topics will include:
· How to pinpoint sensory processing problems and connect the dots between sensory issues and behavior
· Techniques for decreasing sensitivity to noise, touch, movement, visuals, taste and smell while improving ability to handle multisensory input
· Practical strategies for daily life challenges such as toothbrushing and sitting time
· Fun, easy-to-implement sensory activities that help kids reach and maintain an optimal state of arousal
REFLEX INTEGRATION SERIES - ATNR, PALMAR GRASP AND PLANTAR GRASP reflexes: Assess, Address and Integrate Reflexes and Promote Functional Skills
Presenter:
DR. KAREN PRYOR, PHD, PT, DPT
LIVE WEBINAR 3-PART SERIES
Wednesday December 9, 2020
ATNR: 8:40am-10:40 am EST
PALMAR GRASP: 11:00 am-1:00pm EST
PLANTAR GRASP: 1:20pm-3:40pm EST
Take the full day 6 hour webinar or choose
1 or 2 topics or all 3!
You decide!
(All sessions will be recorded)
2 or 4 or 6 contact hours/ceus
10% discount when signing up for 2 or more reflex integration series webinars with Dr. Pryor!
ATNR:
ATNR will be covered in depth in addition to ATNR associated influence in conjunction with other reflexes. Techniques on how to easily reduce reflex power.
PALMAR GRASP:
Integration techniques assist in achieving successful fluid movement and voluntary control of gross and fine motor skills.
This program will assist you in identifying high tone and low tone of the palmar grasp and how to gain increased attention to task and improve goal attainment.
PLANTAR GRASP:
Plantar grasp beyond the age of integration is a symptom of deeper neurological concerns.
This course will assist you in looking into the nervous system and designing effective treatments for integration. If you have found repeating the same tasks and seem to get nowhere in particular, this course is for you. Continue the same goals year to year?
This lecture series is appropriate for early intervention and school aged children
ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR - Building Visual Skills in the Pandemic: Insights and Activities for Remote Therapy Sessions
Presenter:
Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L
ON-DEMAND
(originally recorded 6/2/20 live webinar)
VIEW and LEARN ANYTIME at Your Convenience!
2 contact hours
0.2 AOTA CEUs, 2 NBCOT PDUs, 2.4 PT CEUs,
2 CTLE credit hours
Visual processing skills are essential to the development of the children we work with.
With so much time spend online during the COVID-19 pandemic, optimizing vision (what the eyes see) and visual processing skills (how we use what we see) are more important than ever.
Fortunately there are many easy and fun ways to do this during remote therapy sessions. This webinar will give you simple tricks, smart techniques, and fun therapeutic activities that will make a huge difference for your clients.
From seating and positioning hacks to help avoid visual and postural fatigue to hands-on and online skill-building games and exercises, this two-hour webinar will help you build skills and create happy eyes and best of all, generate a lot of smiles.
What others have said about this course
-Great tools I can use right away, Charlotte, OT
-So many practical ideas that I can immediately implement , Chaya, OTR
-Lindsey was very comfortable presenting the material and it made it easy to listen to, Sandra,
-As a speech therapist, it was very helpful to have some strategies to assess and teach skills related to any potential visual issues. Terry, SLP
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR - Self-Regulation Using Telehealth: Guidelines and Techniques for Treatment of the Anxious Student (ALL AGES)
Presenter:
Miriam Manela, OTR
(originally recorded 5/13/20 live webinar)
ANYTIME!
2 contact hours
0.2 AOTA CEUs, 2 NBCOT PDUs, 2.4 PT CEUs,
2 CTLE credit hours
Approved for SLPs and Social Workers in NY
This workshop will give participants the understanding of anxiety and techniques and tools that help students achieve calm and self- regulation during these unprecedented times.
The Thrive Method takes a multi-faceted approach toward working with individuals who have difficulty regulating their emotional state.
This short course offers proven strategies and tools that can be implemented immediately over a Telehealth platform to coach parents as well as build an individualized treatment program for clients with anxiety.
What others have said about this course
- Some very useful suggestions of how to incorporate calming strategies via telehealth Michele A.
-Very seasoned, knowledgable OT who speaks from experience. Ariela W.
-Miriam is always amazing. She is so full of information!, Jodi, Special Educator
-I thought the descriptions of the therapist-child interactions were very real, the treatment ideas doable and the predicted outcomes realistic., Judy S.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR - The Neurological Basis for Sensory Strategies: How to Have More Successful Outcomes in Person and Telehealth
Presenter:
Karen Pryor PhD, PT, DPT, ND, CH
ON-DEMAND
(originally recorded 6/7/20 live webinar)
ANYTIME!
3 contact hours
0.3 AOTA CEUs, 3 NBCOT PDUs, 3.6 PT CEUs ,3 CTLE credit hours Approved for SLPs
Learn how the neurology impacts therapeutic process and treatment
Tips on Telehealth and 1:1 sessions with sensory treatments
Sensory Strategies for children with lower and higher level functioning
Treatment ideas for children with autism, SPD, ADHD and more!
This course will assist the therapist in the neurological basis for sensory disorders. Many times we are focused on the appropriateness of a child’s activity. When we look deep into the nervous system, overloaded senses because of the structure of the pathways, we can change the cause and symptom.
The central nervous system receives sensory information. Neural impulses are relayed through connections in multiple regions of the nervous system. The central nervous systems outgoing pathways are demonstrated as motor skills, emotion and social interaction with others.
Consideration of the processing and integration process will enlighten the therapist on how to alter pathways. This achieves improved results in function and learning.
What others have said about this course
-The presenter knew her anatomy well and tied it into function and dysfunction. Vanessa, OT
-The content was very applicable in it's presentation and relatability. - Kathlyn
-Informative, stayed focused, ensured she covered all the material in the handouts. Sherry C.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR - Vestibular Therapy for Telehealth
Presenter:
Miriam Manela, OTR
(originally recorded 5/17/20 live webinar)
ANYTIME!
1 contact hour
0.1 AOTA CEU, 1 NBCOT PDU, 1 PT CEU
Targeted Audience: OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs
This short course offers proven strategies and tools that can be implemented immediately over a Telehealth platform to build an individualized treatment program for clients with vestibular dysfunction.
Learn Techniques for Therapists
Develop a repertoire of techniques to treat the vestibular system that can be used through Telehealth and 1:1 sessions.
What others have said about this course
-Great ideas to use in treatment sessions right away C. M., OT
-Speaker was very clear with the information that was presented - Mazal
-Helpful to the adapted PE teacher to get some vestibular activity ideas - Danielle
