Why are some movements "automatic", processed without direct and consistent conscious control, or even resistant to environmental distractions? How do movements become automatic in the unimpaired learner and begin again in those with brain injury or other impairment? In this course, we will review, APPLY, and ADVANCE the science of procedural learning (regaining automatic function) in gait, speech, ADL, athletics and more! We will review how the best applications of dual-task facilitate the transfer of experiences into procedural memories. Additionally, attendees will get a sneak peek into the emerging world of Dual Task Fitness, for the benefit of fall prevention, ADL, speech for those with fall risk, MCI, concussion, some PD, MS, ALS, and stroke.This course is appropriate for PT professionals, OT professionals and SLP professionals.
Course created on September 5, 2018
On Demand
Course Type: Recorded Webinar
CEUs/Hours Offered: AK/2.0; AL/2.0; AR/2.0; AZ/2.0; CA/2.0; CO/2.0; CT/2.0; DE/2.0; FL/2.0; GA/2.0; HI/2.0; IA/2.0; IACET/0.2; ID/2.0; IL/2.0; IN/2.0; KS/2.0; KY/2.0 Category 2; MA/2.0; ME/2.0; MI/2.0; MO/2.0; MS/2.0; MT/2.0; NC/2.0; ND/2.0; NE/2.0; NH/2.0; NY/2.0; OK/2.0; OR/2.0; PA/2.0; RI/2.0; SC/2.0; SD/2.0; TN/2.0; TX/2.0; UT/2.0; VA/2.0; VT/2.0; WA/2.0; WI/2.0; WY/2.0
Learning Outcomes
- The participant will be able to identify the four main modalities of distractions in clinical and real-world dual task applications.
- The participant will be able to identify the three guiding principles of dual task training.
- The participant will be able to describe the physiology of attention and dual task in normal, rehabilitative, and impaired conditions.
- The participant will be able to list at least three compensatory strategies for those unable to improve dual task.
Agenda
0-15 Minutes | The physiology of dual tasking and vidence-based learning for normal and impaired subjects/patients |
15-30 Minutes | The relevance of dual task tolerance: fall risk, ADL automaticity, attention reserve |
30-60 Minutes | Dual task testing across each of the professions |
60-75 Minutes | Measurement and documentation for skilled therapy in PT, OT, or SLP |
75-95 Minutes | Applications in: communication, ADL, mobility, fall prevention, and automaticity, |
95-110 Minutes | The future of treatment: Technological advances in gait analysis and fall prevention |
110-120 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Mike Studer
PT, DPT, MHS, NCS, CEEAA, CWT, CSST, BFPCE, FAPTA
Dr. Studer has been a PT since 1991, and an NCS since 1995. He is co-founder and co-owner of Spark Rehabilitation and Wellness in Bend, where he is an adjunct professor at the OSU DPT program leading the coursework on motor control. Mike was recognized as the 2011 Clinician of the Year in the Neurologic and (in 2014) the Geriatric Academies of the APTA. He received the highest honor available in PT in 2020, being distinguished as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA in 2020. Dr. Studer has authored over 35 articles, and six book chapters, and is a consultant to Major League Baseball.
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