Salia Rehab is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 9268. This Distance Learning - Independent activity is offered at .15 CEUs, introductory level, Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA or indicate AOTA approval of a certification or other professional recognition.
Course Overview
This AOTA-approved continuing education class provides neurorehabilitation professionals with practical, evidence-based strategies to help stroke survivors regain arm and hand function by leveraging repetitive task practice and the brain’s capacity for neuroplasticity. Based on the required reading, Interventions Involving Repetitive Practice Improve Strength After Stroke: A Systematic Review, this course will highlight how structured, purposeful, and meaningful functional activities can effectively build strength and support motor recovery. The latest advances in paired vagus nerve electrical stimulation will also be reviewed, with clear examples of how to combine stimulation with task-specific practice. Participants will learn practical guidelines for patient selection, appropriate use, and progression to help deliver high-quality therapy that aligns with the best available evidence.
The online class is intended for medical professionals (e.g. OT/OTA, PT/PTA, Physicians, etc.) directly related to the rehabilitation of a patient or client. To participate in this CEU and receive credit, the participant must be a licensed, treating clinician. Completion of this course will reward the participant with .1 CEUs or 1 contact hours, following completion of the presentation and a ≥ 80% score on the quiz. You will have 90 days to complete this course.
Course Curriculum
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About this course
- 1.5 Contact Hours / .15 CEUs
- Online Self-Study Course
- Speaker Video and Required Reading
Learning Outcomes
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Recall key treatments that are considered beneficial when attempting to drive neuroplasticity following stroke.
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Identify the clinical and functional criteria required for patients to benefit from task-specific training.
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List 3 examples how occupational therapists can incorporate VNS electrical stimulation during everyday meaningful functional tasks that are deemed purposeful to the patient.
Instructor
Jenna Tosto
DPT
Jenna is a physical therapist with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) from Temple University. She received her B.A in Communication Disorders and Biopsychology from William Paterson University of New Jersey. During her studies, she completed multiple clinical and research affiliations at NYU Langone Health, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. She previously served as a physical therapist at NYU Langone Rusk Rehabilitation where she gained experience in adult acute care and adult inpatient neurological rehabilitation. Her areas of clinical and research interest include knowledge translation into neurological rehabilitation practice and the role of novel technology in motor recovery following neurological injury.
Steve Wolf
PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAHA
Steve Wolf is a physical therapist clinician and neuroscientist who received his PT training at Columbia and Boston Universities and his doctoral training at Emory University where he is a Professor in several departments. He explores novel interventions to improve extremity use in patients with stroke as well as mechanisms of cortical reorganization and inter-joint coordination associated with these resulting improvements. Within the past 23 years he has led several NIH funded clinical trials governing these concepts. Relevant to this proposal, work over the past 3 years on the use of implanted vagus nerve stimulation to access pathways to sensory and motor cortices in stroke survivors contributes to an emerging scope of explorations that facilitates planned knowledge translation activities. These activities lay the groundwork for clinical implementation of future evidence generated from clinical trials built upon our foundational studies in cortical stimulation to enhance upper extremity post-stroke functional capacity.