STARS - Student Therapy and Resource Services

Using Evidence-Based Standardized Tests & Measures - Tucson
2016-01-14 | Using Evidence-Based Standardized Tests & Measures – Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
This workshop will focus on how to use objective, evidence-based, standardized tests & measures to accurately & appropriately document & justify overall function. The use of these standardized measures will improve & substantiate documentation, validating skilled services & justifying continued services by taking patient progress out of the realm of guessing & hypothesis into the world of proven data.

Play Matters: Play as a Therapeutic Modality
2016-01-13 | Play Matters: Play as a Therapeutic Modality, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Using more than 40 years of experience & extensive resources, Catherine Schneider brings attendees a high-energy & exciting program that sees play as an essential therapeutic instrument for children with sensory challenges. Attendees of this one-day seminar will leave with the resources & strategies to enhance the lives of their younger clients.

iPads in the Classroom
2016-01-12 | iPads in the Classroom, Phoenix, AZ, United States
iPads are finding their way into the hands of excited teachers & students since thousands of useful software applications in the App Store & superb accessibility options make these devices popular. Bring your own iPad to get hands-on time with Tony Vincent as he guides you through using some of the best apps around. Tony will share sample activities across various subject areas & grade levels, & you will learn how iPads can personalize learning & engage all students.

Making Sense of Sensory Diets - Phoenix
2015-12-18 | Making Sense of Sensory Diets – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This hands-on workshop will provide participants with the necessary background knowledge & most up-to-date tools & resources to create & implement sensory diets for the children that they serve. Video case studies & make & take will help translate knowledge into practice for immediate & collaborative learning. Special attention will be given on documentation & goal setting for Early Intervention, IEPs, & private practice.

Making Sense of Sensory Diets - Flagstaff
2015-12-17 | Making Sense of Sensory Diets – Flagstaff, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Now You See Me: Visual Rehabilitation in Pediatrics
2015-12-17 | Now You See Me: Visual Rehabilitation in Pediatrics, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This seminar is designed to help professionals understand common visual problems in children, what children are “seeing,” why they are seeing it, & how to fix these visual challenges. Combining research-based lecture & interactive labs, this course provides attendees the proper tools to identify & treat visual neglect, cross dominance, eye teaming, visual processing, & scotopic sensitivity.

Spanish: A Crash Course for Healthcare Providers
2015-12-16 | Spanish: A Crash Course for Healthcare Providers, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Dont miss this opportunity to improve your Spanish skills during this seminar geared for todays busy adult learner & taught in an atmosphere that guarantees rapid language acquisition & valuable cross-cultural awareness.

From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom 2
2015-12-12 | From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom 2, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This new K-5 workshop is designed to teach educators how to navigate the diverse ways students produce written work today with a focus on keyboarding skills & the Keyboarding Without Tears curriculum. This interactive, upbeat workshop provides practical ideas to infuse digital resources into your daily lessons.

Providing Individualized Dementia Treatment: Putting Evidence into Action
2015-12-11 | Providing Individualized Dementia Treatment: Putting Evidence into Action, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This seminar offers a hands-on exploration of the latest evidence-based treatments. Explore effective strategies for restoring impaired function & compensating for deficits that are not amenable to retraining. This course will show you how to think outside the box & design custom therapies using what you have on hand, offering effective take-home solutions for clinicians who are working on a tight budget or are frustrated with the limitations of generalizing products & techniques.

Play & Language: The Roots of Literacy
2015-12-10 | Play & Language: The Roots of Literacy, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Attend this seminar & learn to develop cognitive, language, & social-emotional skills that underlie young childrens effective social interactions & literacy comprehension. Learn current play theories, the development of various dimensions of play, & the interrelationships of these dimensions. Walk away with an effective tool that offers a way to assess young childrens symbolic play skills – organized by developmental level.

Myofascial Release & Other Manual Techniques in Dysphagia Management
2015-12-05 | Myofascial Release & Other Manual Techniques in Dysphagia Management, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This interactive two-day workshop for rehab teams will address evaluation & current treatment techniques appropriate for soft tissue & joint limitations that contribute to an abnormal swallow. The lecture reviews muscular & fascial anatomy tying kinesiology into a discussion that relates specific soft tissue mobilization techniques appropriate to improving all stages of the swallow.

Effective Treatments for Sciatica
2015-12-04 | Effective Treatments for Sciatica, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This course encompasses a variety of soft tissue techniques & self-help therapies used in treating debilitating pain of the lower extremities. These methods will be demonstrated in order for participants to see how they can be substituted as non-surgical alternatives. You will not only be able to immediately experience the results for yourself, but will also be able to apply these techniques with various patients.

Incorporating the Benefits of Pilates Across Rehab Settings
2015-11-20 | Incorporating the Benefits of Pilates Across Rehab Settings, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Pilates offers patients with a wide-range of conditions core muscle strengthening, relaxation for key joints & muscles, pain relief, & mental clarity – all without the need for specialized equipment! Learn strategies to modify exercises for all patient populations, including wheel-chair bound & frail individuals. Incorporate Pilates training in treatment planning for a wide range of patients & learn how to get reimbursed for Pilates training.

The Hands-On Guide to Vestibular Rehab
2015-11-19 | The Hands-On Guide to Vestibular Rehab, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This seminar trains clinicians to develop clinical decision-making skills, determine who can benefit from vestibular rehabilitation, assist in therapy diagnosis & treatment strategies, & provide skilled treatment to improve the lives of many.

Strengthening Your Special Needs Students Executive Function Skills
2015-11-16 | Strengthening Your Special Needs Students Executive Function Skills, Phoenix, AZ, United States
In this fast-paced seminar, Kathryn Phillips will demonstrate how to recognize & assess the impact on behavior & learning & most importantly, give you a toolbox filled with practical strategies to help your students with executive function difficulties. You will not want to miss this day filled with highly effective ideas & interventions to help your students become more independent & develop greater executive control of their time, tasks, & materials.

Applying the Current Changes for the DSM-5 & ICD-10
2015-11-13 | Applying the Current Changes for the DSM-5 & ICD-10, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This workshop acts as a powerful tool to help you effectively apply the methodology of the DSM-5 and ICD-10 into every day practice. You will learn effective interpretation strategies to make sure you diagnose & set treatment plans with the level of accuracy required for the new diagnostic protocol.

Effectively Dealing with Disruptive Students: Practical, Classroom-Proven Techniques
2015-11-12 | Effectively Dealing with Disruptive Students: Practical, Classroom-Proven Techniques, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This outstanding seminar is designed to offer K-12 teachers powerful tools & techniques for dealing with the most challenging students. Ernie Chapin, an exceptional educator & presenter, will share classroom-proven ideas, techniques, & strategies he has successfully used with his own students over his extensive teaching career. His down-to-earth manner & warm humor will excite & motivate you to take a new look at how to successfully teach todays most defiant & challenging students.

Early Childhood Interventions & Autism Spectrum Disorder - Tucson
2015-11-11 | Early Childhood Interventions & Autism Spectrum Disorder – Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
This workshop provides an insight into the diagnostic process that is used with young children who demonstrate atypical developmental patterns. A variety of treatment approaches & the research supporting each approach will be discussed & interventions using the approaches will be practiced in an interactive lab-based format throughout the day. This workshop examines issues regarding emotional regulation, sensory processing, communication, & socialization.

Practical Strategies for OTs to Strengthen Students Functional Vision & Visual Perceptual Skills
2015-11-10 | Practical Strategies for OTs to Strengthen Students Functional Vision & Visual Perceptual Skills, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This outstanding seminar will teach you how to better identify the visual stressors that students experience in classrooms & how to implement practical strategies that address these visual challenges. Kathy Bryte will share interactive learning activities & tips that will strengthen your classroom observations, making you an effective educational team member. This seminar will offer you a global approach to delivering OT services on a student level & also through whole class interventions.

Early Childhood Interventions & Autism Spectrum Disorder - Phoenix
2015-11-10 | Early Childhood Interventions & Autism Spectrum Disorder – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States

TEACCH-STM Autism Seminar for Related Service Professionals
2015-11-09 | TEACCH-STM Autism Seminar for Related Service Professionals, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This seminar is intended to provide training & support in the use of physical structure, visual organization, visual cues, schedules, work systems & tasks, social, ADL, motor &/or vocational skills. Understanding the traits & characteristics of autism & how they impact learning is critical to devising & implementing successful strategies & interventions to improve functioning & performance. This training is presented in a lecture & hands-on, see-it, learn-it, use-it format.

Promoting Paraprofessional Supervision Skills in Pre-Service & In-Service Teacher Prep Programs
2015-11-07 | Promoting Paraprofessional Supervision Skills in Pre-Service & In-Service Teacher Prep Programs, Tempe, AZ, United States
This workshop addresses the issues of working with paraprofessionals with specific suggestions for incorporating supervision of paraprofessionals into pre-service teacher education as well as professional development programs in school districts. Included in the workshop are tools & resources for orientation, planning scheduling, delegation of tasks, coaching, monitoring performance, & managing the workplace.

Advances in Hand Therapy: From Evaluation to Treatment
2015-11-06 | Advances in Hand Therapy: From Evaluation to Treatment, Phoenix, AZ, United States
This 1-day course is designed to give attendees a better understanding of the intricate anatomy of the hand & how to accurately evaluate & treat common hand pathologies. Attendees will discuss commonly mistreated injuries & identify treatment recommendations for dealing with these cases. In addition, this course provides tips & concepts behind different types of splints commonly used for treatment of common hand pathologies.

Yoga & Mindfulness: Interventions for Trauma & Anxiety in Children & Adolescents - Scottsdale
2015-11-06 | Yoga & Mindfulness: Interventions for Trauma & Anxiety in Children & Adolescents – Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
In this engaging seminar, you will learn how to integrate yoga & mindfulness practices in your already established relationships with children & adolescents. You will walk away with concrete methods & techniques to help children & adolescents develop emotional literacy, regulate & soothe their minds & bodies, enhance communication, & develop healthy relationships.

Yoga & Mindfulness: Interventions for Trauma & Anxiety in Children & Adolescents - Phoenix
2015-11-05 | Yoga & Mindfulness: Interventions for Trauma & Anxiety in Children & Adolescents – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Yoga & Mindfulness: Interventions for Trauma & Anxiety in Children & Adolescents - Tucson
2015-11-04 | Yoga & Mindfulness: Interventions for Trauma & Anxiety in Children & Adolescents – Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab - Phoenix
2015-11-03 | The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Through the use of wound care teaching models, wound care expert Kim Saunders will teach you proper wound assessment techniques. The Hands-On Clinical Lab will add a live, hands-on component to learning that will enhance your retention of skills & techniques covered.

The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab - Scottsdale
2015-11-02 | The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab – Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

TEACCH-STM 3-Day Autism Training
2015-11-02 | TEACCH-STM 3-Day Autism Training, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Provide your team with evidence-based strategies such as physical structure, visual cues & organization, social skill building, communication systems, schedules, learning tasks, & other strategies to enable students on the autism spectrum to function with greater independence, less one-to-one adult supervision, more academic proficiency, & improved self-regulation & engagement both in school & at home. This training is presented in a hands-on, see-it, learn-it, use-it format.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy
2015-10-29 | Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Day 1: DBT Skills Training. Day 2: Advanced DBT.
