OSOT - NDT Approach for Recovery of the UE and Functional Reach
Location
Savaria Patient Care | 81 Romina Dr., Concord, ON L4K 4Z9
Presenter(s)
Sherry Rock, OT Reg. (Ont.)
This workshop is back by popular demand and has been rated a five-star session by past attendees. We heard our members and are pleased to present it now in-person! Occupational therapy professionals from the hospital, community, long-term care and private sectors will find this a meaningful and engaging professional development opportunity. Spaces are limited. The upper extremity (UE) is often affected after a stroke or brain injury, which can contribute to reduced independence in the functional tasks that clients need or want to perform. Canadian Stroke Best Practices, 2024, indicate that clients need to engage in meaningful, repetitive, increasingly adaptive, and task specific goal-oriented therapy to maximize the potential of the UE. After a stroke or brain injury, it is often challenging to find a role for the more involved UE while performing functional tasks and knowing how to progress the functional reach of the UE.
This one-day workshop combines an occupational therapy perspective with NDT principles to focus on UE recovery. We will look at how to progress the UE, starting with using the more involved UE in active support and then progressing to reaching at lower ranges of shoulder flexion. We will explore practical tips to engage the UE in active support or in a modified functional reach while considering the client’s goals, occupations/tasks and environment. Learning Opportunities: Thanks to our sponsor Savaria Patient Care, this workshop will be hosted at their site, which provides unique opportunities to participate in creative problem-solving with various materials and equipment and in different environments, throughout the space. We will begin with a lecture component, followed by interactive labs to aid in assessment and facilitation of the UE in active support and progressing to lower ranges of shoulder flexion. There will also be time to ask questions about products and equipment to further enhance your learning.
Requirements: Participants must be a registered occupational therapist or physiotherapist or an occupational therapist/physiotherapist assistant.