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
Sunday, June 7, 2020
11:00 AM - 2:10 PM EST
3 contact hours
Application has been made to NJBPTE for CE credit approval
* Learn the neuro of the situation and why one process works, and another may not!
* Tips on Telehealth with sensory treatments
* Sensory Strategies for children with low level functioning
* Sensory Strategies for higher level functioning
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.
WEBINAR - Getting to “Just Right”: How a Few Minutes a Day Can Impact Arousal Regulation
Presenter:
Sheila M. Frick, OTR/L
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
2 contact hours
Join Sheila Frick as she introduces the foundations for arousal regulation from a sensory motor perspective.
Participants will learn therapeutic guidelines and strategies (sound & other sensory-based tools) necessary for designing an effective activity regimen capable of attaining and maintaining a functional arousal level.
Activity recommendations are appropriate for a variety of ages (including early intervention) and environments.
WEBINAR - Processing Speed and Executive Function Skills for the School- Age Child
Presenter:
Sarah Ward, MS CCC-SLP
Monday, July 13, 2020
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
2 contact hours
Processing speed (PS) is how quickly we can perceive information, understand it, formulate and execute a response.
PS is not the same as intelligence. It is possible to be bright, yet process information slowly.
80% of students with executive function impairments show clinically significant discrepant weaknesses in processing speed.
PS can limit productivity and EF skills to:
complete routines;
follow instructions;
finish homework;
listen/read and take notes/summarize;
integrate and encode information;
write assignments that require complex thoughts; inhibit tangential thoughts and ignore distractions; transition between tasks;
keep pace with the flow and process nuance in social conversations;
acquire new material;
reason under time demands and decide what to wear, eat, write about, etc.
Slow PS can bog students down in the details and they can’t distinguish relevant from minor details and see the big picture.
A student with PS challenges may be slow to retrieve ideas, or may even give a large number of disconnected ideas.
This reduces the likelihood they can use their background knowledge to process incoming information to make connections to and predictions about a novel event.
Learn specific methodologies to improve processing speed to:
- Increase the automaticity with which students can attend to, interpret, and respond to language to follow directions, complete tasks and complete writing assignments
- Anticipate and tolerate novel experiences
- Break down complex assignments
- Interpret figurative and abstract language
- Think flexibly for problem-solving
WEBINAR - S'cool Moves: Connect 12 - 12 essential skills children need for learning with ease
Presenter:
Jessica Gilson, PT, DPT
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EST
2 contact hours
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.
Upcoming Conferences!
RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT TRAINING
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 10, 11 & 12, 2020
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
KING OF SWINGS!
HANDS-ON SENSORY MOTOR WORKSHOP
*LIMITED ENROLLMENT*
ALEX LOPICCOLO
OCTOBER 15 & 16, 2020
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
