OTD-603: NeuroRehabilitation

Advanced course integrating previously learned and new skills/techniques into the comprehensive rehabilitation of selected neurological disorders. Time management, creative thinking, decision-making, problem-solving and reasoning abilities as they relate to progressing the plan of care are emphasized. Sections of study will include selexted progressive disabilities, traumatic brain injury, cerebral vascular accident, cognition, perceptual deficits, spinal cord injury, movement disorder secondary to neurologic injury or disease and periatric neurological conditions. Medical information will include disease description, etiology, pathology, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, medical management, and precautions or special considerations pertinent to occupational therapist. Laboratory sessions provide students with the opportunity to develop competency in formal and informal assessment use in neuro-rehabilitation including cognitive and perceptual evaluations. Prerequisites: OTD-534, OTD-551 and OTD-552. Corequisite: OTD-601. [ 3 credits ]