Product Detail

iPad® Interventions for Occupational Therapists
CE Test
$9.99 USD
This purchase is for online CE Test only
Product Details
Format:
Additional Participant CE Test
Author:
LORELEI WOERNER-EISNER, OTR/L, C-IAYT, E-RYT500
Publisher:
PESI Publishing & Media
Copyright:
6/20/2014
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
RNT062145
Objectives
  1. Demonstrate how you can use the iPad® to facilitate social skills to behavioral interventions, as well as sensory strategies such as proprioceptive, vestibular and tactile input.
  2. Identify a wide array of therapeutic and engaging apps to help children learn, process, and develop, and the keys to using them effectively.
  3. Assess ergonomics and positioning challenges in using the iPad® and identify methods of adaption and equipment to assist with your therapeutic interventions.
  4. Describe how the iPad® can be used as a powerful daily resource in keeping you organized and informed.
  5. Discover techniques of using the iPad® to facilitate transitions and completion of tasks for attention, communication and many more.
  6. Identify methods of using the iPad® to increase carry over with your clients through practical methods of conferencing, consultation and communication.
Outline
  1. Accessibility Features
    1. Universal tools, designated supports and accommodations to aid in learning
    2. Vision limitations
    3. Hearing challenges
    4. Physical and motor difficulties
  2. Equipment Options
    1. Positioning and mounting systems
    2. Variety of stylus’
    3. Protective equipment/cases
    4. Keyboard and mouse applications
    5. Touch pads and switches
    6. Adaptations and modifications
  3. Intrinsic iPad® Functions
    1. What comes standard with the iPad®
    2. Cost-effective and creative ways to enhance therapy
  4. Developmental Concerns
    1. Hand/brain phylogenic development
    2. Hand/brain (homonculous) connection
    3. The importance of iPad® as an integrative tool
  5. Become an Expert
    1. Find the latest info on the best apps
    2. Apps and sites that will support your work
  6. Apps and Creative Methods Beyond the Apps to Facilitate:
    1. Motor skills
    2. Gross motor
    3. Fine motor
    4. Oral motor
    5. Bilateral integration and lateralization
  7. Praxis
    1. Postural Praxis
    2. Praxis on verbal command
    3. Constructional Praxis
    4. Sequencing Praxis
  8. Sensory Development
    1. Proprioceptive input
    2. Vestibular processing
    3. Tactile discrimination and defensiveness
    4. Auditory processing
    5. Visual perception
    6. Visual motor and timing
  9. Executive Function and “Noncognitive Skills”
    1. Managing transitions
    2. Social/emotional skills
    3. Attention and mindfulness
    4. Challenging behaviors (anxiety, noncompliance, anger)
  10. Facilitate Long-Term Effects of Therapy
    1. Carryover of skill training
    2. Communicating with other professionals
    3. Therapeutic relationship
Author

LORELEI WOERNER-EISNER, OTR/L, C-IAYT, E-RYT500

Lorelei Woerner-Eisner, OTR/L,C-IAYT, E-RYT500, a registered and licensed Occupational Therapist, Certified Yoga Therapist and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher has over 20 years of practice in working with infants to seniors from a whole-person perspective. Lorelei is a recognized international lecturer and author. She has spoken across the country on a wide variety of topics related to therapy from a holistic perspective. Throughout her career, she has been driven by a passion to research, discover and create the most highly effective therapy techniques and tools to support lasting change with her broad range of client’s needs. She has worked in pediatrics/sensory integration rehabilitation, psychiatrics, acute care, home health, and skilled nursing settings. Lorelei is certified in: The Sensory Integration and Praxis Test, Yoga Therapy, Yoga Ed sm (a school-based yoga program), Hippotherapy, and Myofascial Release. She and her specially trained therapy dog Toma, work in a variety of settings including her private practice, Integrated Wellness Therapy. Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, Lorelei received a B.A. in Occupational Therapy from USC in 1993, a B.A. in Communications from Pepperdine University in 1986 and her 2-year Yoga Therapy certificate from Loyola Marymount University in 2007.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Lorelei Woerner-Eisner is the owner of Integrative Wellness Therapy. She has an employment relationship with Therapy in Action and the University of California Los Angeles. She is a compensated lecturer for the Bureau of Education and Research. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. Lorelie has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Lorelei Woerner-Eisner is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Continuing Education Credits
For U.S. and Canadian customers, a CE test is available for $9.99 USD per participant. International CE rates may vary; please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion may be emailed, faxed or mailed to participants completing the post-test/evaluation and paying the CE fee.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
No CE available for this board.

Arizona Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants:
Florida
CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 6.0 continuing education clock hours for Arizona OTs and OTAs. The Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners (R4-43-203) confirms acceptance of continuing education programs relevant to occupational therapy that are approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants:
Florida
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.


Audience
Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants