Stroke-ISIG Virtual Happy Hours 2020-2021

Stroke-ISIG Virtual Happy Hours are live 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! Check out the list below of the latest-greatest recorded webinars from 2020-2021.

Visit the Virtual Happy Hour webpage for upcoming speakers and topics. Visit the ACRM Library to hear more recorded past webinars at your convenience.

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
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.