CIAO Seminars - Fall Prevention and the Missing SLP Link

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Course Description

Over the last two decades, literature has demonstrated a clear link between motor function and cognition. Emerging data suggests that therapies designed to improve specific aspects of cognitive function may also improve gait, increase the use of compensatory strategies, and reduce fall risk.

Falls and fall-related injuries are a significant concern and costly burden for individuals, society, and healthcare systems. Despite the physical and financial consequences of falls, common interventions and 'fall prevention programs' have often proven inadequate or ineffective. This evidence sheds new light on the SLP's ability to target functional safety goals through cognitive therapy, offering the potential to improve patient safety outcomes.

The evidence-based techniques reviewed in this course are applicable to patients with fall concerns who mobilize in any way and/or participate in ADLs, including patients with Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke, traumatic brain injuries, and other neurological diagnoses. This course focuses on cognitive therapy techniques to improve patient safety, while also covering education essentials for training staff and family as part of the plan of care.

Discussions will include how to target these skills without duplicating services with PT/OT. Course material will cover goal writing for best practice standards and avoiding insurance denials. Specific patient examples and documentation, from referral to discharge, will be explored, along with steps to initiate or improve the success of an existing fall prevention program. Barriers and challenges will also be reviewed.

This course is ideal for therapists who:

Treat patients with cognitive and fall concerns who mobilize and/or participate in ADLs
Work with patients suffering from Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke, traumatic brain injuries, and other neurological diagnoses
Want to expand their caseloads in ethical, functional, and person-centered ways
Are interested in targeting personally relevant goals in cognitive therapy
Are integrating a multidisciplinary falls prevention team

ATTENDANCE:

Attend as part of the LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE in Gulf Breeze, Florida - Studio audience seats are limited - so register today!
Attend via LIVE STREAM from anywhere around the world. Live stream participants will login to access the event from their computer.

NOTE:

This live event is streamed in real time.
Course agenda is in Central time, please adjust for your time zone
Registrants who attend the live broadcast will be able to interact with instructor.
All registrants will have access to the broadcast recording for 14 days.
A group may view the course together, however each attendee must be individually registered in order to receive CE credit.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:

Attend/view entire course
Pass multiple choice quiz (80% min score)
Complete online course evaluation

CEUs:

SLPs - this course is registered with ASHA as Blended Learning. ASHA CEUs may be earned by attending live, viewing the recording, or a combination of both.
OTs - Participants who need live hours for state license renewal must attend in real time yet, will still have access to the recording for 14 days.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Identify and describe fall risks
Describe the link between cognition and falls
Define the cognitive domains of attention, executive function, problem solving, memory, and visual perception and how each relates to fall risks; both a broad review and within specific populations
Develop goals and individualized treatment targeting attention, executive function, memory, metacognition, and visual perception to reduce fall risk
Describe common concerns and practices for age related cognitive disorders and dementia
Provide individualized safety education to patients, family, and staff
Write patient and discipline specific goals
Describe the specific differences between SLP, PT, and OT goals and documentation when working
Develop and implement a fall prevention program specific to facility needs

Nikki Howell

MA, CCC-SLP

Nikki Ourso Howell is a Speech-Language Pathologist at Ochsner Health in Lafayette, LA. She received her Masters degree from New York University in 2009 where she received the Valedictory Certificate of Distinction. Nikki has extensive experience in medical settings including acute care, inpatient rehab, swing bed, skilled nursing facilities, and LTACH’s. She is active in the development of best practices and education of SLPs within hospital systems. Nikki has taught various courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has conducted research studies on attention deficits due to Parkinson’s disease and has presented numerous times to clinicians, medical personnel, and researchers on varied topics related to speech, language, and swallowing disorders within the adult population. Nikki is trained in multiple modalities for treating speech and swallowing disorders including Kinesio Tape, myofascial release, Vital Stim, and Vital Stim Plus.
Financial Disclosure: Nikki is an employee of Ochsner Health Systems and receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. She also receives royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s)
Non-Financial Disclosure: none

Day 1

08:00 - 08:15

Why do falls matter?

08:15 - 08:30

Why do they happen?

08:30 - 09:30

Link between falls and cognition

09:30 - 09:45

Scope of Practice

09:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 11:00

Assessment

11:00 - 12:00

Therapy Techniques

12:00 - 12:30

Lunch

12:30 - 01:00

Dementia and other age-related cognitive concerns

01:00 - 01:30

Avoiding duplication of services

01:30 - 02:00

Goal writing

02:00 - 02:30

Patient examples

02:30 - 02:45

Break

02:45 - 03:00

Barriers and Challenges

03:00 - 03:30

Fall Prevention Programs

03:30 - 04:00

Discussion / Q &A

Delivery VIA:

Live Stream - This course is offered from our Live Stream studio. Watch and interact with the instructor from wherever you are or join us as part of the studio audience in sunny Gulf Breeze, FL. Included with each Live Stream registration is access to the course recording for the 14 days immediately following the broadcast.

Contact hours pre-approved for:

7 Hours
CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider (0.7 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet submission required
ASHA CE Provider Approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
This course meets PDU requirements for NBCOT (7 PDUs)
CIAO is an Illinois Approved Provider for PT/PTA Continuing Education
CIAO is recognized as an Approved Provider for PT/PTAs by the NYSE Dept State Board for PT
This activity is provided by the Texas Board of PT Examiners Accredited Prov #2502009#TX
This activity meets continuing competence requirements for PT/PTA license renewal in TX
The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE
The Physical Therapy Board of California recognizes CIAO Seminars as an Approval Agency to Approve Providers Offering Continuing Competency Courses
The Physical Therapy Board of California has determined that CIAO meets the standards set forth in section 1399.95 of the CA Code of Regulations
CIAO is a Rule Approved Provider for the Florida Board of Physical Therapy
CIAO is an Approved Provider for the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
7 Hrs. PT/PTAs in CA (CIAO24-71), IL, TX (APTA TX #2502009 for 0.7 CCUs)
8 Hrs. Registered with CEBroker for PT/PTAs in AZ, GA, OK, SC, TN
8 Hrs. Registered with CEBroker for OT/COTAs in AL, AZ, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN
8 Hrs.PT/PTAs, OT/COTAs in FL (CE Broker #20-997758)
8.4 Hrs. PT/PTAs in NY

Course meets requirements for:

PT/PTAs in AL, AK, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, MT,

PT/PTAs in NE, NH, NC, ND, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY

OT/COTAs in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, HI, ID, IA, IN, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT,

OT/COTAs in NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY

Introductory Level
0.7 ASHA CEUs

CIAO Automatically reports to CE Broker for Florida Occupational and Physical Therapists and Assistants. Florida SLPs can either use the ASHA CE Participant Form (Bubble Sheet) or self-submit through CE Broker.

CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)

Reviews

Outstanding course! Thank you for sharing your specific goals and all those wonderful charts Nikki! I feel you've succeeded in inspiring many SLPs to change typical practice patterns...focusing on one patient at a time :-)

- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2024

Excellent class focusing on relevant, functional, patient-centered therapy.

- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2024

Great course! Amazing speaker. Thank you!

- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2024

Very interesting and informative course.