Reducing Fall Risk Beyond Just Gait & Balance

Miami, FL September 14, 2025

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Registration will begin at 8:15 am. Class will be from 8:30 am until 3:30 am with breaks.

Location: Miami, FL

About the Course

This course will offer practical solutions to some of the most challenging real-life situations you face with patients who fall or are at risk of falling. We will review how to better predict and prevent falls with effective fall prevention tools and strategies. We will also introduce the latest advances in fall prevention, including details from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and their detailed fall prevention initiative, STEADI (Stop Elderly Accidents and Injuries). 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:

  • Investigate the latest advances in fall prevention and the most up-to-date information from the CDC STEADI initiative.
  • Practice comprehensive assessments to identify issues with balance, visual-spatial functioning, proprioception, and other root causes of fall risk.
  • Inspect available interventions and choose appropriate ones for safely restoring balance, functional mobility, and occupational performance in patients with varying root causes of fall risk.
  • Demonstrate home exercise programs that build strength and coordination in patients with limited mobility and function.
  • Investigate ideas and plans that will protect older adults and others at high risk of injury from falling.
  • Debate home-based risk factors that contribute to falls and determine how these risk factors can be reduced in daily activities. 

About the Presenter

Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP is an expert in fall prevention and neuro-rehab with more than 25 years of experience treating patients with hemiplegia and neuromuscular disorders.  She has been involved extensively with neuroprosthetic devices, lower extremity orthotics, and exoskeletons at the Rehab Institute of Michigan. She helped create the certifications of ”Fall Prevention Specialist” and “Geriatric Care Professional” with the Evergreen Certifications, has the certifications herself, and sits on their advisory boards.  

Course Timed Outline  

  • Reducing Fall Risk (40 minutes) 
  • Comprehensive Fall Risk Assessments (60 minutes) 
  • 10-minute break 
  • Reduce Fall Risk and Restore Mobility and Function (60 minutes)
  • 10-minute break 
  • Multifactor Approaches and Exercise Programs for Fall Reduction (60 minutes)
  • 60-minute lunch break 
  • High-Risk Patient Solutions (40 minutes) 
  • Patient Education Toolbox (40 minutes)  
  • 10-minute break 
  • Practice and Case Studies (60 minutes) 

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Disclaimer

The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.  

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Accreditations and Approvals

AOTA logo Colibri Healthcare, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 9503. This Live course is offered at 0.6 CEUs, Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.