3 Ways to Keep Your Client's Head Up!

Program ID : IC33.2019
Webinar Length of Time: 1.0 Hour

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Presenters

Michelle Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS
Access to Independence, United States

Michelle is an occupational therapist. She is the co-editor of Seating and Wheeled Mobility: a clinical resource guide, editor of Fundamentals in Assistive Technology, 4th ed., NRRTS Continuing Education Curriculum Coordinator and Clinical Editor of Directions magazine. Michelle is on the teaching faculty of RESNA, a member of the Clinician Task Force, a certified ATP, certified SMS and is a Senior Disability Analyst of the ABDA.

Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.

Michelle Lange disclosed the following conflicts:

Financial interests with proprietary entities: Consultant for Stealth Products

Received an honorarium, travel expenses or other payment for expenses for this presentation

Description

You’ve positioned the client. You’ve tried every head support available. And yet your client spends most of their time looking at their lap. This course will discuss various strategies to optimize head position. First, we will explore strategies beyond the head support, including specific positioning interventions and addressing visual issues. Second, we will explore posterior head supports in depth, matching specific features to client needs. Third, we will explore other options which may be required if posterior support alone is inadequate, including anterior head support. Case studies will be used throughout.

Learning Objectives

Upon viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:

List three causes of decreased head control
Discuss three strategies to improve head positioning in addition to the head support
Match two specific head support features to client needs

References

Uyama, S., & Hanaki, K. (2015). Seating arrangements for children with insufficient head control: lessons from trials using the i2i head & neck positioning & support system. Journal of physical therapy science, 27(3), 947
Ukita, A., Nishimura, S., Kishigami, H., & Hatta, T. (2015). Backrest Shape Affects Head–Neck Alignment and Seated Pressure. Journal of healthcare engineering, 6(2), 179-192
Field, D. & Livingstone, R. (2013). Clinical tools that measure sitting posture, seated postural control or functional abilities in children with motor impairments: a systematic review. Clinical rehabilitation: 0269215513488122

CEU Registration and Cost

0.100 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to individuals for viewing 1.0 hours of instruction.
The cost for the webinar is $59.00

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The University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences awards Continuing Education Units to individuals who enroll in certain educational activities. The CEU is designated to give recognition to individuals who continue their education in order to keep up-to-date in their profession. (One CEU is equivalent to 10 hours of participation in an organized continuing education activity). Each person should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.
The University of Pittsburgh is certifying the educational contact hours of this program and by doing so is in no way endorsing any specific content, company, or product. The information presented in this program may represent only a sample of appropriate interventions.

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Updated | 06.27.2019