Hot Topics and Innovations
- Current concepts of dual-task training
- Cutting edge clinical and research applications
- Rapidly evolving tech landscape
- Apps
- Smart speakers
- Wearables
Confidently Identify the Underlying Cause of Impairment
- Learn a comprehensive framework for assessing:
- Interference of cognition in movement
- Gait problems
- Falls and balance
- Cognitive problems
- Memory
- Attention
- Executive function
- Communication deficits
- Difficulties with daily activities
- Dressing and bathing
- Cleaning and cooking
- Technology (e.g. computer, phone)
- Transfer issues
- Fatigue, anxiety and depression
- Interference of cognition in movement
- Hands-on Lab
Upgrade Your Rehab Toolbox With the Latest Dual-Task Training Methods
- Cutting-edge techniques to:
- Increase dual-task performance in daily life activities
- Boost cognition, communication, and social interaction
- Challenge, motivate and engage patients
- Enhance gait speed, rhythm, and stride length
- Prevent falls and improve balance
- Enhance carryover outside of the treatment room
- Improve posture
- Restore functional independence
- Reduce load and stress on caretakers
- Hands-on Lab
Combine Multiple Approaches for Better Outcomes
- Synergistic strategies for effectively integrating:
- Dual-task training
- Voice and communication therapies
- Cognitive activities
- ADL training
- Amplitude-based approaches
- Exercise-based interventions
- Dance
- Boxing
- Hydrogymnastics/hydrotherapy
- Pole walking
- Balance training
- Hands-on Lab
Real World Applications for Common Diagnoses and Conditions
- Parkinson’s disease
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Multiple system atrophy
- Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration
- Huntington’s disease
- Stroke
- Brain injury
- Dementia
- Mild cognitive changes related to:
- Medications
- Previous injuries
- “Chemo brain”
- Indications, contraindications, and limitations of research
- Hands-on Lab
Improvise Solutions Using Your New Dual-Task Training Skills
- Case study: Correctly identify the underlying causes of impairment when the patient’s deficits do not readily appear on standardized assessments
- Case study: Use dual-task training to replicate daily activities and improve carryover in the home environment
- Case study: Incorporate everyday tech into practice, using apps and online resources
- Case study: Develop a transdisciplinary treatment plan for a patient with Parkinson’s
- Case study: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation