NEURO-IFRAH® Advanced Handling and Problem Solving 

This five course is designed for occupational therapists who work with patients affected by a stroke or brain injury. Licensed occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists and licensed physical therapy assistants require special permission for acceptance. Participants must have completed the Neuro-IFRAH® Certification course. If you wish to improve your treatment and management strategies integrating skills learned in your Neuro-IFRAH® Certification course and learn advance concepts and applications that help you overcome challenges in treatment and management this course is specifically designed for you. 

This course will include lecture, lab presentations by the instructor(s), participant practice on other participants, actual patient treatment by participants, problem solving/ clinical reasoning sessions, and patient demonstration by instructor(s). Lecture and lab sessions will be reinforced by audiovisuals demonstrating applications of concepts and treatment and management strategies learned. The format of this course will include specific challenges identified by course participants and step by step analysis and graded applications of concepts and treatment and management strategies to overcome the identified challenges. 

This course is individualized to each class and participant needs. 

Overall course content will include:

Course Content: 

1. Group identificationofclinical challenges, and otherwise encountered by participants in the treatment and management of their patients. 

2. Brief review of strategies learned in previous course 

3. Presentation of advanced clinical reasoning sequences 

4. Analysis of various functional activities  

5. Presentation of advanced treatment and management strategies

6. Lecture and presentation of instructor(s) about qualities of movement

7. Presentation of restoration of various functions in the context of the characteristics

8. Patient treatment by the participants 

9. Patient demonstration

10.Video presentation  

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify variables affecting patient’s function in various conditions of observation. 

2. Differentiate between normal and abnormal movement strategies and otherwise utilized to complete functions presented. 

3. Identify a minimum of five advanced clinical reasoning sequences presented in the course. 

4. Apply basic to advancedtreatment strategies learned previously and in the course on other participants and patients. 

5. Demonstrate effective application of concepts and treatment and management strategies learned in this course on patients during patient treatment practicum. 

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be Neuro-IFRAH Advanced Trained®.

Please note that the criteria to be admitted into Neuro-IFRAH® advance courses REQUIRE that the applicants be Neuro-IFRAH Certified® and are using the information learned in the Neuro-IFRAH® Certification Course in the treatment and management of Stroke and Brain Injury patients

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