Instructor:

Caroline Ubben, PT, DPT, PCS, CSCS

Course Description:

Spasticity and tone are often identified as impairments affecting function in children and adults with neurologic involvement. Often confused, this course will review the descriptions and presentations of both tone and spasticity as well as describe a team approach designed to maximize functional gains and independence. The course will utilize an evidence-based review of the current treatment recommendations for spasticity management as well as laboratory components for application of serial casting as a tool for managing decreased range of motion related to spasticity or tone.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, all participants will be able to:
• Describe the difference between tone and spasticity
• Describe evidence for medical, surgical, and therapeutic interventions for tone and spasticity
• Discuss appropriate ways to measure tone and spasticity
• Compare outcomes of interventions related to function
• Apply serial casting application to upper and lower extremities
• Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate patient and after care for casting application

PT and OT participants will also be able to:
• Accurately assess a patient with abnormal tone or reflexes
• Develop appropriate treatment goals for a patient with tone or spasticity
• Assess for appropriateness of serial casting in a patient with tone or spasticity

Intended Audience:

The information presented in this course is clinically relevant for, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists, Speech Language Pathologist Assistants, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses and Social Workers

Disclaimer: Registrations from individuals with clinical designations not listed in the intended audience for this course may be subject to removal from the course roster without a full refund. See Brooks IHL Course Policies and Procedures for details at Brooksihl.org. If you are unsure or have questions related to the intended audience, please email CEU@BrooksIHL.org
and we will be happy to help clarify!

Contact Hours:

This course has been approved for 9 contact hours by the following boards:
• Florida Physical Therapy Association
• Florida Board of Occupational Therapy

Continuing Education credit for each participant who meets the satisfactory course completion requirements (licensed in FL) will be automatically uploaded to CE Broker, which means the Florida Boards will have record of your attendance, even if you do not have your own personal CE Broker account. Course certificates will be provided at the completion of the course for those that meet the course completion requirements. Certificates will be mailed for courses that include a post-course test.

Enrollment:
If you are a Brooks Clinician and want to pay by cost center, please fill out this registration form and return the check and form to the Brooks IHL.

Satisfactory Course Completion:
Full course attendance (including signing the attendance sheet each day), performance demonstrations and question and answer session.

Course Evaluation/Survey:
Within 48 hours of course completion, you will receive a post course survey. The IHL values your feedback and we thank you in advance for taking the survey.