STROKE ISIG Virtual Happy Hour

It’s fun, it’s informative — Join us!

Virtual Happy Hours are webinars featuring expert speakers in all areas of stroke rehabilitation. This is an opportunity to learn from and interact with the best in our field!

UPCOMING VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR

30 SEPTEMBER // 4:00 PM ET

Meeting people with stroke where they are: Virtual and technology-based practice

With guest speaker, Tim Dionne, PhD, OTR/L

To learn more about supporting the mental health needs of people with aphasia

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the webinar, learners will be able to:

1. Explore Technological Innovations: Attendees will be able to identify the latest technological advancements, including AI-driven tools and virtual treatment platforms, designed to provide remote therapy. Examples will include conducting evaluations and interventions.
2. Evaluate Practical Applications: Attendees will be able to discuss how various technologies can be effectively integrated into the daily lives of people recovering from stroke, focusing on enhancing their independence, communication, and overall quality of life.
3. Facilitate Collaboration and Support: Attendees will be able to describe how to foster a collaborative environment where healthcare professionals, caregivers, and tech developers can share insights and experiences with virtual platforms and AI technologies, aiming to improve support systems and innovative solutions for stroke survivors.

PAST WEBINARS

• It Takes All of Us: The Role of Rehabilitation Professionals in Supporting Mental Health in Patients with Aphasia
  With guest speaker, Katie Strong, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
• Introduction to AAC and Aphasia for the Rehabilitation Professional
  With guest speakers, Sarah E. Wallace, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow and Elena Donoso Brown, PhD, OTR/L
  
• Discharge Planning for People With Aphasia Post Stroke: The LEAVING Checklist
  With guest speaker, Deborah Hersh, PhD, FSPA, CPSP
  The webinar will discuss how to best support the needs of people with aphasia upon discharge.
• Creating a Telehealth Program in Metropolitan and Rural Environments while Responding to a Pandemic: The Lessons Learned
  With guest speakers Brian Hull, PT, DPT, MBA and Bryan Kolberg, PsyD, ABPP
  This webinar will continue the discussion on maximizing benefits of telehealth as a viable medium. Participants can expect to learn the essential steps of creating a telehealth program and how to apply lessons learned during the pandemic to future practice.
• Addressing the Needs of Individuals with Stroke during the Transition from Hospital to Home through Problem-Solving Training
  With guest speaker, Candice L. Osborne, PhD, MPH, OTR
  Dr. Osborne will discuss the needs of patients with stroke, the supports currently available, and introduce participants to Problem-Solving Training. She will discuss the evidence supporting the use of Problem-Solving Training and how it can be used clinically, and share the results of a pilot study of early Problem-Solving Training for patients with stroke.
• Disparities in Stroke Outcomes: Looking Upstream and Downstream for Solutions
  With guest speaker, Charles Ellis Jr., PhD, CCC-SLP
  This webinar will examine the known contributors to disparities in stroke outcomes, including social determinants of health.
• Health Promoting Behaviors that Improve Quality of Life for Individuals Post-Stroke
  with Leanna W. Katz, MS, OTD, OTR/L
  This webinar discusses the social, emotional, and physical components impacting health outcomes and quality of life and how to apply a strengths-based approach to support health-promoting behaviors post-stroke.
• Language Intervention in Multilingual Speakers with Aphasia
  with Mira Goral, PhD, CCC-SLP
• Just the Way You Are: Intimacy & Sex After Stroke
  with Alexandra L. Terrill, PhD and Paige Salinas, LCSW, CBIS
  Presenters discuss issues pertinent to intimacy and sexuality after a stroke with a focus on strategies for addressing these concerns that are important in the recovery of the stroke survivor.
• A Paradigm Shift: Rehabilitation Robotics, Cognitive Skills Training and Transfer to Function
  with Susan Fasoli, ScD OTR/L
• Cannabinoids for Neurologic Conditions
  with Natalie Schmitz, MPA, PharmD, PhD
• Optimizing Intensity in Aphasia Rehabilitation
  with Swathi Kiran, PhD, CCC-SLP
• Addressing Return to Work after Stroke: The Practice Patterns of Occupational Therapy Practitioners and Implications for Inter-disciplinary Practice
  with Shannon L. Scott, OTD, OTR/L
• Practical Treatment Approaches for Double Vision in Acquired Brain Injury: Emphasis on Cranial
  with Amy Berryman, OTR, MSHSA

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