Continuing EducationMissouri Board of Occupational Therapy Continuing Competency Requirements The Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy has developed a continuing competency rule that parallels that of NBCOT so that Occupational Therapy practitioners in Missouri do not have to meet two separate competency requirements. Current regulations and requirements for renewing licensure in Missouri can be found on the website for the Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy. All Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants will need to renew their licenses by June 30, 2013. You will need to accrue 24 CCCs between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2013. While you do not have to send in a record of your continuing competency participation with your licensure application, the Missouri Board does recommend that you keep a log of your credits in case you are selected for an audit. (Therapists and Therapy Assistants to be audited are selected randomly.) Do you still have questions? More information for national continuing competency requirements can be found at NBCOT website at www.nbcot.org. More information for continuing competency requirements for licensure in the state of Missouri can be found on the website for the Missouri Division of Professional Registration at http://pr.mo.gov/octherapy.asp.
For more information and to register please download the flyer here
For more information download the flyer here
VITALSTIM® II: BEYOND CERTIFICATION: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER Kansas City, MO – March 24-25, 2012 If you are already Certified and would like to take VitalStim® Therapy sessions to the next level, then the VitalStim® II - Beyond Certification course is for you! This course builds on the core principles of a successful treatment session and includes a variety of advanced topics such as advanced kinesiology, exercise physiology, best clinical practices, patient selection, treatment planning and specific treatment protocols, goal writing, electrode placement selection and more. This interactive course offers innovative and effective therapy ideas to equip you with the knowledge to take your VitalStim treatment sessions to the next level! NOTE: Registrants must be Certified VitalStim Providers. Course Site: Hilton Kansas City Airport Register: www.CIAOseminars.com or 888-909-CIAO (2426) CEUs: 1.3 CEUs (13 Contact Hours) PRICING: $260 Standard $255 Small Group $250 Large Group $240 Super Group DISCIPLINES: SLP, OT Six contact hours from MOTA are available. Contact hours are free to MOTA members and $25 for nonmembers. Payment will be accepted at the registration table. Cash or credit card will be accepted. Please register even if you do not want to purchase CEUs. Download flyer.
Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just About Swallowing February 25, 2012-Kansas City, MO This interactive workshop not only addresses the foundations for eating – the core knowledge of pediatric feeding therapy – but addresses carry-over to the home and school environments as a crucial component to long term success. Learn how to create a supportive atmosphere for eating through optimal positioning, respecting the child’s sensory system and developing stable oral motor patterns during the oral phase of the swallow. Recognize and address the behaviors that children develop to protect themselves from interacting with food. Develop a plan with the family to support their child as he/she learns to love food. Most importantly, learn how to teach families simple yet successful methods for parenting in the kitchen: How to reinforce the target behavior and how to fade behaviors that hinder progress. Learn strategies for keeping mealtimes joyful for the entire family, even if a child is not yet ready to eat new foods. Feeding therapy is a daily adventure that does not need to be stressful for the child or the family. Successful therapists lay the foundation for more advanced skills while keeping it fun so everyone enjoys the journey! CEUs: 0.8 (8 Contact Hours) Price: $170.00 Early Individual Location: Hilton Kansas City Airport Details and Registration: www.CIAOseminars.com or 888-909-2426
Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits after Acquired Brain Injury A guide for Occupational Therapists Kansas City, MO March 24-25, 2012 Designed to enable OTs to understand the complexity of the visual system and how vision deficits affect activities of daily living, to administer a vision screening battery, and to plan and implement both compensatory strategies and direct intervention techniques to manage vision problems after acquired brain injury. Both traumatic brain injury and stroke will be addressed. The 2-day workshop will provide you with practical applications that you can use immediately to achieve results. Instructor: Mitchell Scheiman, OD, is an optometric educator, lecturer and author including the books Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits: A Guide for OTs, and Low Vision Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide for Occupational Therapists. Contact Vision Education Seminars at 800-985-1752 or online at: www.visionedseminars.com link to website: http://visionedseminars.com/course.asp?action=course&id=16#locs Want Continuing Education from the Comfort of Your Home? Try One of MOTA's Webinars"Intersections - Old Paths, New Directions: Exploring the role of OT with children on the autism spectrum" Presented by: Lee Ann Lowery, M.Ed., OTR/L Description: Autism is one of the most widely discussed, but challenging populations that OT’s encounter in pediatrics. Establishing respected and effective evaluation methods and interventions is critical for occupational therapists in establishing themselves as a valued member of the interdisciplinary team. This presentation will review elements of interdisciplinary team assessment, differences in development that influence how children with autism respond to therapy and review of evidence based interventions. Developing improved methods of collecting data will also be discussed. Cost: $45 MOTA Members /$65 Non-MOTA Members Earn 1.5 CCC
"2011 SNF Medicare Updates for Therapy" Presented by: Wendy Apgar, M.S., OTR/L Description: This webinar requires an understanding of therapy services in a skilled nursing facility. The content will cover CMS clarifications that are presently in effective for the End of Therapy (EOT) OMRA, Start of Therapy (SOT) OMRA, Medicare Short Stay, 5-6-7-Day Therapy Provision, Student Guidelines, Relative Value Units (RVU) and Multiple Procedural Payment Reductions (MPPR) and a discussion of the Proposed Rule: SNF PPS for FY 2012. Cost: $50 MOTA Members /$70 Non-MOTA Members Earn 2 CCC To post an ad for a course here, contact Jaclyn Tarloff at website@motamo.net.
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