“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
We host a variety of educational sessions online and in person for people with disabilities, care givers and healthcare professionals.
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I can provide a structured lesson plan for the following topics
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Seating and Mobility 101
Target audience: Beginner/novice prescribing therapists
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate between “normal” and “abnormal” posture and how each relates to the functional implications of seating
- Identify some seating and mobility issues and possible causes for those issues
- List the basic principles and procedures involved in conducting seating assessments and the wheelchair procurement process
- Identify possible sources of or for tissue injury
- List common areas for tissue injury
- Understand the difference between Braden Scale stages of wounds
Wheelchair and Seating: Pressure Management/Skin Injury
Target audience: Beginner/novice prescribing therapists
- Identify types of skin injury
- Identify possible sources of or for skin injury
- Describe the etiology of skin injury
- List common areas for skin injury
- Differentiate between Braden Scale stages of wounds
- Identify factors that contribute to skin injury
- List prevention techniques
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Back Safety, Body Mechanics and Safe Client Handling
Target audience: Caregivers, PSWs and therapists
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand back anatomy and structures for back injury prevention
- Self-evaluate own body mechanics and practices and make necessary practice changes
- Minimize the negative effects of repetitive work and daily activities through proper body mechanics and ergonomics
- Recognize signs & symptoms of back injury to prevent further injury
- Increase safety of participants and residents during transfers
Office Ergonomics
Target audience: Desk workers
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand back anatomy and structures
- Self-evaluate own workplace set-up and practices to make necessary ergonomic changes
- Recognize signs and symptoms of an MSK injury to prevent further injury
- Name some ergonomic solutions to common postural issues at work
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Occupational Therapy in LTC in Canada
Target audience: Healthcare professionals and policy makers
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the basics of the spectrum of care in Canada
- Understand what Long term care is in Canada
- List the prerequisites to becoming an OT
- Describe the basics of the OT profession in Canada
- List core domains OT is responsible for in LTC in Canada
- Understand the difference between OT and PT and where they overlap
What is Occupational Therapy?
Target audience: People with disabilities
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Describe what Occupational Therapy is
- Understand what an OT can do for you
- Understand the difference between OT and PT
- Understand how to access an OT or PT assessment
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