Sensory Brain Development: Theory and Application for Therapy Practitioners
Course Overview
This course offers a comprehensive overview of the neurological foundations of sensory processing and integration, designed specifically for therapy professionals seeking to enhance their clinical practice. This course bridges neuroscience with practical therapeutic interventions, examining how sensory experiences shape brain development across the lifespan and influence cognitive, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Participants will gain in-depth knowledge of sensory assessment techniques, evidence-based treatment approaches, and strategies for addressing sensory processing challenges in diverse populations, empowering practitioners to develop more effective, personalized therapeutic protocols that harness the brain's neuroplasticity for optimal client outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Review detailed anatomy and physiological processes involved in sensory brain development across the lifespan.
- Analyze how sensory brain development relates to individual sensory systems.
- Differentiate sensory brain development abnormalities at a physiological level.
- Relate internal stimuli, their communication with the brain, and responses.
- Differentiate between typical and atypical internal sensory processes and their impacts on overall function.
- Predict, through case studies, how internal sensory processes theoretically affect function.
- Solve how environmental stimuli affect function via communication with individual sensory systems and the brain.
- Analyze how environmental and internal stimuli collaborate in sensory brain development.
- Predict how environmental stimuli theoretically impact functional performance.
- Analyze theoretical frameworks that establish healthy assumptions about sensory brain development.
- Compare theory and neuroanatomical aspects of sensory brain development.
- Predict how the application of theoretical frameworks can explain sensory brain development and functional performance.
- Review individual sensory systems and the brain at peak development.
- Assess how age and degeneration affect sensory brain development.
- Construct case studies and case study discussions regarding the effects of the aging process on sensory systems can impact functional performance.
- Differentiate assessment tools utilized therapy professionals to evaluate sensory brain development.
- Analyze how assessment results can be interpreted per discipline for intervention planning.
- Predict therapeutic interventions based on assessment results.
About the Author/Presenter
Meredith Chandler, OTR/L has worked as an occupational therapist for a little over 12 years, graduating from the University of Utah in 2013. Currently, she works clinically in rural Idaho, writes coursework for fellow practitioners, and researches areas, including (but not limited to) sensory integration, ASD, ergonomics/AE, substance use, NDT, dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions, and psychosocial health. Meredith loves participating in her local theater productions, playing multiple instruments, painting for local arts communities, and binge-watching her favorite shows from the comforts of her own mattress.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Counselor, Psychology, Social Work
Colibri Healthcare
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy
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