AOTA COURSE INFORMATION AND OUTLINE FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS

Yoga for the Special Child, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider #10382. This In Person Distance Course is offered at 1.8 CEUs, Intermediate, OT Service Delivery. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

Type of Activity: In-Person

Instructional methods: Lecture, demonstration, practice, supervised hands-on activities

Full Price: $500.00, Early Bird until May 1, $420.00

Schedule: In Person

Day 1:    5:30-8:30 PM 

Day 2-3: 9:00-1:00 | 2:00-5:30

Contact hours: 18

Total Program Hours: 18

Content Level: Intermediate


Program Categories:

Occupational Therapy Service Delivery, Intervention, Occupations and Activities, Preparatory Methods and Tasks, Promote Health and Participation

Foundational Knowledge: Human Body, Development and Behavior-neurosciences, human development


Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, developmental therapists, speech therapists, nurses, health care practitioners, yoga therapists, yoga instructors, special education teachers.

Prerequisite:Yoga for the Special Child 95hr Part 1 

Or: 200Hour Yoga Teacher 

Or: Therapist/Health care practitioner/special education teacher with 1 year consistent yoga practice

Course Description: Kathy Randolph C-IAYT, Cheryl Albright OTR/L C-IAYT, Alexis Harrison RYT-200 RCYT and living with scleroderma, and Pat McMillan yoga practitioner living with scleroderma, present this continuing education course in the theory and practice of Yoga techniques for people of any age with Scleroderma or Arthritis.  The program includes Hatha yoga classes with breathing practices and meditation practice.  Participants will learn how to modify and add variations of asanas for different students in a multi-level class. The Occupational Therapy service delivery will focus on intervention with activities, methods, tasks, education, and training in adaptation of yoga asanas for diverse needs, and tofacilitate engagement in health and participation.


Course Description: This continuing education course in the theory and practice of Yoga techniques for people of any age with Scleroderma or Arthritis includes Hatha yoga classes with breathing practices and meditation practice.  Participants will learn how to modify and add variations of asanas for different students in a multi-level class. The Occupational Therapy service delivery will focus on intervention with activities, methods, tasks, education, and training in adaptation of yoga asanas for diverse needs, and to facilitate engagement in health and participation. Trainers: Kathy Randolph C-IAYT, Cheryl Albright OTR/L C-IAYT, Alexis Harrison RYT200 RCYT and living with scleroderma, Pat McMillan yoga practitioner living with scleroderma.

Agenda

Day 1:

  5:30 pm Introduction

  6:30 pm The anatomy of Arthritis, how relief is provided by yoga practice, safety issues, contraindications.

7:15 pm The anatomy of Scleroderma, how relief is provided by yoga practice, safety issues, contraindications.

  8:00 pm Group discussion: designing the best yoga routine for each example, questions and answers. Group discussion to delve further into each aspect of the class including motor skills, process skills, self-regulatory aspects, and impacts of these skills on the individual’s overall portrait of health and daily life function including health management and maintenance, rest, and sleep. 

  8:15pm Deep relaxation: Calming the mind and body and impacts on health maintenance, attention, and self-regulation affecting life skills.

  8:30pm End of the Day

Day 2:                                                                                                              

9:00am Hatha yoga class including props and options, hand stretches/mudras, eye exercises, breathing exercises, meditation. Participants practice and experience motor skills required in asana routine, calming and self-regulatory aspects of class, and attention and imitative skills for chanting. This gives participants the opportunity to integrate skills for discussions throughout course of how they can incorporate these practices into their work with individuals with Scleroderma or Arthritis.  Discussion of how to use these skills to present a balanced routine promoting improved coordination, balance, strength, and flexibility and how this impacts health management and maintenance, rest, performance skills, and mental functioning. Specific connections will be made to activities of daily living that require the skills of coordination, balance, strength, and flexibility for a variety of populations and settings. 

10:00am Questions and answers about the practice, highlights on how skills affect overall health will be discussed during breakfast/snack.                 

10:15am The use of eye exercises to improve eye lubrication, maintain eye mobility, and improve focus and concentration. Calming the mind and body and impacts on health maintenance, attention, and self-regulation impacting life skills.

10:30am Medical trauma, the neuro anatomy and physiology of vagus nerve overstimulation, how relief is provided by yoga practice, safety issues, contraindications.

11:15am The use of breathing exercises to reduce stress and improve circulation, digestion, and sleep. Calming the mind and body and impacts on health maintenance, attention, and self-regulation impacting life skills.  Specific focus on health maintenance and health management for digestive practices, impacts of these skills on the individual’s overall portrait of health and daily life function including health management and maintenance, rest, and sleep.

11:30am The use of deep relaxation in Raynaud’s, chronic pain management and stress reduction.  How to teach simple and practical deep relaxation practices.  Calming the mind and body and impacts on health maintenance, attention, and self-regulation, impacts of these skills on the individual’s overall portrait of health and daily life function including health management and maintenance, rest, and sleep.

11:45am Break

12:00pm Mentored hands-on practice with each other: teaching hatha yoga class to a person with Arthritis. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Arthritis. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through hands on demonstration of a yoga class with each other.

12:30pm Mentored hands on practice with each other: teaching hatha yoga class to a person with Scleroderma. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Scleroderma. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through hands on demonstration of a yoga class with each other.

  1:00pm Break for lunch

  2:00pm Group discussion, questions and answers about the hands on practice sessions. Group discussion to delve further into each aspect of the class including motor skills, process skills, self- regulatory aspects, and impacts of these skills on the individual’s overall portrait of health and daily life function including health management and maintenance, rest, and sleep. 

  2:30pm Hands-on: volunteer with Arthritis or Scleroderma – practicum by trainer/participants-workshop format. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through observation of hands-on demonstration of a yoga class with an individual who has Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate demonstrating mastery of techniques in these hands-on demonstrations under the guidance of the trainers.

  3:45 pm Hands-on: volunteer with Scleroderma or Arthritis – practicum by trainer/participants-workshop format. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through observation of hands-on demonstration of a yoga class with an individual who has Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will also have opportunity to participate demonstrating mastery of techniques in these hands-on demonstrations under the guidance of the trainers.

  5:00 pm Designing the right hatha yoga class for each volunteer, questions and answers. Group discussion to delve further into each aspect of the class including motor skills, process skills, self-regulatory aspects, and impacts of these skills on the individual’s overall portrait of health and daily life function including health management and maintenance, rest and sleep. 

  5:15pm Deep relaxation. Calming the mind and body and impacts on health maintenance, attention, and self-regulation affecting life skills. 

  5:30pm End of the day

Day 3:

  9:00am Gentle/pre-natal Hatha yoga class, including digestive practices: rotations/bandhas/kriyas. Participants practice and experience motor skills required in asana routine, calming and self-regulatory aspects of class, attention and imitative skills for chanting, and this gives opportunity for participants to integrate skills for discussions throughout course of how they can incorporate these practices into their work with individuals with Arthritis and Scleroderma.  Specific focus on health maintenance and health management for digestive practices.

10:00am Questions and answers about the morning practice and digestive practices during breakfast/snack.

10:30am The use of digestive practices to relieve digestive issues in Scleroderma, safety issues, choosing the right technique for each case, how to teach the digestive practices. Specific focus on health maintenance and health management for digestive practices.

10:45am The use of meditation in chronic pain management and stress reduction.  How to teach simple and practical meditation practices. Calming the mind and body and impacts on health maintenance, attention, and self-regulation affecting life skills.

11:00am Hands-on: volunteer with Arthritis or Scleroderma – practicum by participants. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through observation of hands-on demonstration of a yoga class with an individual who has Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will also have opportunity to participate demonstrating mastery of techniques in these hands-on demonstrations under the guidance of the trainers.

12:00pm Hands-on: volunteer with Scleroderma or Arthritis – practicum by participants. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through observation of hands-on demonstration of a yoga class with an individual who has Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate demonstrating mastery of techniques in these hands-on demonstrations under the guidance of the trainers.

12:45pm Designing the right hatha yoga class for each volunteer, questions and answers. Group discussion to delve further into each aspect of the class including motor skills, process skills, self-regulatory aspects, and impacts of these skills on the individual’s overall portrait of health and daily life function including health management and maintenance, rest, and sleep. 

  1:00pm Break for lunch

  2:00pm Prepare for group class, questions and answers

  2:30pm Hands-on: Group or private classes of volunteers with Arthritis or Scleroderma – practicum by participants. Specific ways to evaluate and adapt postures to suit the motor skills, process skills, and occupational performance skills of the individual with Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will learn how to adapt poses as necessary through observation of hands-on demonstration of a yoga class with an individual who has Arthritis or Scleroderma. Participants will also have opportunity to participate demonstrating mastery of techniques in these hands-on demonstrations under the guidance of the trainers.

  4:45pm Group discussion, questions, and answers

  5:00pm Closing

  5:15pm Deep relaxation

  5:30pm End of the Program

We will be working with people of any age who have Scleroderma or Arthritis. Please contact kathy@yogaforscleroderma.com if you know a person who would like to participate in our program as a Volunteer. Trainers and/or participants will design a yoga program for each volunteer in a private class, on Day 2 we have two private classes in the afternoon.  On Day 3: two 2 private classes in the morning and a group class or private classes in the afternoon. We really appreciate your help in arranging volunteers as they are the highlights of our program.


Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to: 

-Identify the appropriate techniques for use as outlined by the Sonia Sumar Method when working with students with Scleroderma or Arthritis.

-Demonstrate proficiency in the techniques they have been taught via supervised group work with other participants.

-Discuss the live class demonstrations given by the course instructors and participants supervised/guided by the instructors, using the Sonia Sumar Method while working with a student with Scleroderma or Arthritis.

-Demonstrate that they are proficient in the intermediate techniques that are associated with the domains of OT that include aspects of Motor Skills, Specific Mental Functions, and Occupational Performance skills through demonstration and discussion in class.  Participants will be able to make explicit connections between activities, methods, and training from this course and occupational performance for activities of daily living for a variety of populations and across a variety of settings.  


Assessment Criteria and Methods: Participants will demonstrate that they are proficient in the intermediate techniques that are associated with the domains of OT that include aspects of Motor Skills, Specific Mental Functions, and Occupational Performance skills. This will be assessed through pass/fail designation given to participants in the discussion and individual program design which follows each demonstration with a volunteer by the instructors or by participants supervised and guided by the instructor. Explicit connections between activities, methods, and training from this course and occupational performance for activities of daily living for a variety of populations and across a variety of settings will be demonstrated.


Policies:

Provider cancellation:  All payments made are non-refundable, unless the program is canceled by Yoga for the Special Child®, LLC, in which case you will receive a full refund. However, Yoga for the Special Child®, LLC, shall not be responsible for refunding airline tickets or hotels under any circumstances.

Participant cancellation: If participant cancels 10 or more days before the program start date by notifying YSC, the sum of $80 shall be deducted by YSC as an expense of administration.  Any balance paid in excess of $80 shall be held for registrant without interest and may be applied by registrant to another program within one year of cancellation.  If not applied within one year, all monies paid shall be forfeited.  If registrant cancels less than 10 days before the program start date, the sum of $300 shall be deducted by YSC as an expense of administration.  Any balance paid in excess of $300 shall be held by YSC without interest and may be applied by registrant to another program within one year of cancellation.  If not applied within one year, all monies paid shall be forfeited. Barring a medical emergency, no refund will be issued to participants after the Program begins.

Special needs requests:  If you have special needs or have questions about the activities included in this hands-on course, please contact us by phone, Kathy Randolph, (775) 322-4600 or email  kathy@yogaforscleroderma.com as soon as possible.  We will make every effort to accommodate your needs in a safe manner.  Yoga for the Special Child conducts its programs, services, and activities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and orders and in conformance with the procedures and limitations as set forth by Federal Laws governing Equal Opportunity, Equal Access and Affirmative Action policy.  

Locations, dates and contact info: https://www.yogaforscleroderma.com/education