Free On-Demand Courses
Lunch & Learn Series
Sign-up Today! Course sign-up ends on April 30th, 2024
Now COMPLIMENTARY!! The Lunch & Learn series is a 1-hour live webinar over the lunch hour from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm CT with a recording you can enjoy at no cost. Registration is required to access and you will be added to our email list after signing-up.
Lunch & Learns set the foundation for further learning and exploration, allowing therapists to be introduced to new areas of practice or expand their knowledge by understanding the latest research and recommendations related to topics.
On-Demand Navigating CE Courses & Finding the Best Fit
Heather Schmidt, MS, OTR/L and Integrative Education team panel discussion with
Dawn Paulson, MS, OTR/L, Kara Schultz, MA, OTR/L, and Amy Vogel, MS, OTR/L
CEUs: 1 Contact Hour
Available on-demand for 30 days of viewing after sign-up
Location: Online learning available via Integrative Education's Thinkific platform
Cost: FREE!
Course Description
As therapists, we are required to complete continuing education (CE) courses to maintain our licensure. It can be overwhelming to know what to take next, navigate the plethora of options and determine what might be the best fit for your next learning experience. Join our Integrative Education (IE) team of occupational therapists each with over 20 years of experience to discuss how to navigate what’s next for you. We’ll share two useful tools with you to help on your journey - Factors that Influence CE Decision-Making handout and the Integrative Pediatric Practice Chart. The Factors that Influence CE Decision-Making handout will help you to understand your license requirements for both state & NBCOT, identify the difference between AOTA-approved courses and those not approved by AOTA, which course level is right for you (introductory vs intermediate), and how to identify experts to learn from. The Integrative Pediatric Practice Chart is a guide for pediatric occupational therapy practitioners to identify gaps in knowledge and what topic areas they may want to explore next. Our IE team panel discussion will highlight the upcoming on-demand learning opportunities and where these might fit into your learning journey along with ample time for questions and answers.
On-Demand movemindfully® Breaks for YOU
Kathy Flaminio, MSW, LGSW, E-RYT 200
CEUs: 1 Contact Hour
Available on-demand for 30 days of viewing after sign-up
Location: Online learning available via Integrative Education’s Thinkific platform
Cost: FREE!
Course Description
We know that our overall well-being is compromised when we experience stress and overwhelm throughout the day, impacting our work with children, youth, and families. movemindfully® tools (including Adult Permission to Pause Posters) support staff to reset as needed with simple strategies designed to ease stress, manage energy levels, and strengthen the mind-body connection.
In this session, participants will experience movemindfully trauma-responsive mind-body practices to release stress, manage anxiety, and promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Leave this session with Breathe Move Rest practices to regulate your own nervous system and share with youth to prevent burnout by integrating these stress-management and mindfulness practices into your workday.
On-Demand The Developmental Lens on School Occupation
Maude LeRoux, OTR/L
CEUs: 1 Contact Hour
Available on-demand for 30 days of viewing after sign-up
Location: Online learning available via Integrative Education’s Thinkific platform
Cost: FREE!
Course Description
What does school readiness really mean? How is a student ready to learn reading, written expression and math along with the necessary skills to use good executive functioning skills such as paying attention, planning and becoming organized? During this short webinar we will focus on attaining learning behavior through the support of the nervous system as we also consider aspects of the developmental hierarchy that prepare students to learn efficiently from others and their environment. Practical tips to support efficiency as we consider our role as occupational therapists in these very important skills will be discussed.
On-Demand Reflections on Holistic Clinical Reasoning
Kim Barthel, BMR, OTR & Shelley Mannell, PT, BSc, BHSc
CEUs: 1 Contact Hour
Available on-demand for 30 days of viewing after sign-up
Location: Online learning available via Integrative Education’s Thinkific platform
Cost: FREE!
Course Description
Holistic Clinical Reasoning is an 8 hour pre- recorded series by Kim Barthel, OT and Shelley Mannell, PT created in collaboration with Integrative Education. The series describes and demonstrates the process by which clinicians can explore the many layers that contribute to the capacities and challenges experienced by our clients. Sensory processing, postural control, attachment, motor control, emotional regulation and cognition can all play a part.
In this one-hour Reflections on Holistic Clinical Reasoning session, Kim and Shelley will discuss the clues that may point to both strengths and challenges in each of these areas as well as the many interconnections between systems. As a team, they will demonstrate holistic clinical reasoning in practice as they analyze a short video clip of a client and highlight observations that illuminate possibilities for both assessment and treatment.
On-Demand A Little About MORE
Eileen Richter, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
CEUs: 1 Contact Hour
Available on-demand for 30 days of viewing after sign-up
Location: Online learning available via Integrative Education’s Thinkific platform
Cost: FREE!
Course Description
MORE (Motor, Respiration, and Eyes or vision) is an acronym for a model emphasizing the integration of the Suck/Swallow/Breathe (SSB) mechanisms with the rest of body functions. The SSB has been organized, practiced and refined throughout the last trimester of fetal development. It then refines after birth and becomes a muscle synergy. In this short webinar, an introduction to the mechanics, structures, and functions of the SSB will be explored and related to Oral Motor control, Respiratory control, Postural control, Gross and Fine Motor control and Postural Development. Assessment and treatment planning that can impact many areas of function from infancy to geriatrics will be briefly explored in this course.