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Course Name: Management of Adults With Stroke
Presenter: Ann Newstead, PT, PhD, NCS, GCS
Dates: Saturday, April 16 – Sunday, Apri 17, 2016
Tuition: $325.00 – Early Registration
$375.00 – After Saturday, April 2, 2016
Location: University of Texas – RGV
Social Work / Occupational Therapy (SWOT Building)
Corner of University Drive and Miguela Nevarez (4TH Ave), 
Edinburg, TX  78539
Number of CCU’s / Contact Hours: 15
Target Audience: PT’s, PTA”s, OT, OTA’s, ATC’s

Course Description:

The numbers of people who survive a stroke is increasing. This course is a beginning to advanced course designed for physical and occupational therapists and assistants who will perform examination and treatment interventions of people with various types of stroke in acute, in and out patient rehabilitation and home health settings. Current evidence-based practice will be included

Schedule:

Day One – Saturday, April 16, 2016

8:00 – 9:00 am     Etiology of Stroke
9:00 -10:00 am    Examination and Assessment of Persons with Stroke
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 12:00 n     Examination Principles and Examination Techniques (Impairment
based examination e.g. cognition, cranial nerve testing, motor and sensory testing, flexibility, tone, coordination, vestibular and goal setting with development of the plan of care)
12:00 – 1:00 pm    Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 pm      Examination Techniques (Functional posture, balance and locomotion tools and gait analysis)
2:15 – 2:30 pm      Break
2:30 – 4:00 pm    Examination Techniques (Functional posture, balance and locomotion tools and gait analysis) (con’t)
4:00 – 5:00 pm     Case Studies With Use of Videos
5:00 pm End of Day One

Day Two – Sunday, April 17, 2016

8:00 – 9:30 am     Goal Setting and Evidence-based Treatment Management Plan for
People With Stroke
9:30 – 10:00 am   Case Studies With Use of Videos
10:00 – 10:15 am  Break
10:15 – 12:00 n     Treatment Management Demonstration – Constraint Induced Treatment Management (CIMT) Approach
12:00 – 1:00 pm    Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 pm      Treatment Management Demonstration – Neurofacilitation and Motor Control / Motor Learning Techniques
2:15 – 2:30 pm     Break
2:30 – 4:00 pm    Treatment Management Demonstration: (Gait and Balance Strategies for people with stroke e.g. body weight support, functional task specific training and motor retraining program)
4:00 – 5:00 pm    Case Studies With Use of Videos
End of Day Two and Course

Learning Objectives:

Understand the etilogy, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology of stroke
Perform a systems examination, identify impairments, functional limitations, secondary problems and establish goals
Develop a comprehensive treatment management plan using a variety of techniques
with consideration to d/c planning, team and psychosocial aspects of care
Become more familiar with evidence based practice for treatment of persons after
stroke

Presenter: Ann Newstead, PT, PhD, NCS, GCS

Ann Newstead, PT, PhD, NCS, GCS  is a graduate of State University College at Potsdam, New York with BA degree in 1976, University of Alabama with MS and PT degree in 1978 and University of Texas with PhD degree in Kinesiology/Movement Science in 2010. Ann has worked in rehabilitation inpatient, outpatient and home health settings. She has worked in faculty positions at the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston from 1992-1996; The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio from 1997-2010; University of Incarnate Word San Antonio from 2010-2012 and West Coast University from 2012-to present. Ann received her Geriatric Clinical Specialization from 2005-present; Neurological Clinical Specialization from 1994-present; Vestibular Rehabilitation Certification in 2008 and APTA Certified Exercise Expert in Aging Adults in 2011. Ann has published research in the area of balance, older adults and brain injury. Ann is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association