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Integrating Neurotherapeutic and Sensory Techniques Into Therapy for the Special Needs Client Seminar

Acquire practical strategies for assessment and treatment of clients with special needs, from both the neurological and sensory perspectives to form a systems model approach.

Course Description/Agenda

The special needs client often presents a unique set of challenges for therapists, other professionals and caregivers. The coexistence of multiple disabilities, including impaired mobility, sensory dysfunction, limited range of motion, and compromised coordination, strength and tone, calls for a paradigm shift in assessment and treatment of these individuals. It is important for therapists to utilize a multilateral approach to evaluation and treatment, thinking beyond traditional protocol and integrating the most effective techniques from different models in order to help individuals with disabilities achieve the greatest functional outcomes -- physically, emotionally and socially.

Participants in this one-day seminar will acquire practical strategies for assessment and treatment of clients with special needs, from both the neurological and sensory perspectives to form a systems model approach. You will examine therapeutic techniques to improve tone, balance, coordination, strength, range of motion and focus, and you will learn multilateral observation methods to help write appropriate goals for a better overall evaluation and assessment. Home and classroom exercise programs will be outlined to help foster continued progress. These skills can be used immediately to help the client with special needs experience greater function, independence and improved self-esteem that will allow them to succeed in a variety of environments.

• Integrate the most effective treatment techniques from neurotherapeutic and sensory models to produce optimum therapeutic outcomes
• Utilize multilateral feedback to augment goal writing
• Develop skills to improve balance, coordination, strength/fitness, tone, focus and cognitive abilities in children and adults with special needs
• Outline therapeutic activities that can easily be incorporated into the home or classroom

What You'll Learn

• Discover the benefits of a quality-based approach to assessment and treatment of clients with disabilities
• Define the components of both neurologically and sensory-based therapy models and determine how they can be combined effectively to enhance outcomes
• Discuss the latest tools and equipment and examine treatment techniques that improve tone, balance, coordination, mobility, strength and focus in clients with special needs
• Discuss ways in which scoliosis and poor posture affects our muscles, range of motion and functional ability
• Identify how to facilitate better body alignment, body awareness and improved function with proper cues and positioning
• Integrate positioning, range of motion, reflexology and other hands-on techniques into treatment
• Utilize high-level balance activities to benefit clients with impaired mobility
• Outline activities and create an exercise program that can easily be incorporated into the home or classroom setting through a systems model approach to promote continued progress

What People Are Saying About the Class

"The treatment ideas really helped. It is so nice to have a course for a therapeutic population normally underserved in continuing education." - Kary Brown, PT, Louisville, KY

"Ms. Lindsey is a great speaker -- her experience with the special needs population is evident. I feel well-prepared to implement what I learned into practice." - C. Kelso, PT

More Seminar Information

Cross Country Education Course Summary Acquire practical strategies for assessment and treatment of clients with special needs, from both the neurological and sensory perspectives to form a systems model approach. Delivery Method  Seminar Also Available As  On-Site Training Who Should Attend Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Special Education Teachers, Preschool Educators, Early Intervention Staff, Nurses, Group Home and Day Program Staff, Parents

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