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Overcoming Challenges When Treating Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Course Description:

Adults with developmental disabilities are a challenging population in the rehab world. They typically have deficits in sensory motor, visual perceptual and communication skills that impact every aspect of daily living and present with maladaptive behaviors such as agitation or self injury which impacts safety and learning functional skills.

This premium Seminar-on-Demand course provides insight on the impairments associated with the most common types of intellectual and developmental disabilities, and introduces assessments and interventions that promote engagement, skill development and quality of life. In-depth case studies, photographs and videos are provided to enhance the learning experience. The information gained from this course is invaluable for therapists who provide consultation or direct  services either in residential or adult day programs.  The course concludes with an examination of the special needs of individuals ranging in age from adolescence to geriatric, including those with dementia, visual impairments and the deaf-blind population.

This Seminar-On-Demand is 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Contact Hours: 4
Video Course Format: Video
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: Intermediate

Accreditation Information:

State Discipline Approval StatusProvider CodeExpiration Date

Course Outline

Hour 1

  • Adapting activities and teaching strategies to increase
  • Defining "Developmental Disability"
  • Overview of common development disability
  • Discussion of common coexisting health conditions in development disability
  • Specialized Need Areas
  • The role of PT and OT
  • The Functional Communication Profile-Revised (FCP-R)

Hour 2

  • Generalized VS Splinter skills
  • Remedial VS Adaptive models
  • Overview of behavioral based therapies and interventions
  • Grading activities
  • Sensory reinforcement

Hour 3

  • Adding sensory components and stimulation
  • Success only activities
  • Multisensory or best sensory approach

Hour 4

  • Training tips
  • Strategies to promote functional grasp
  • Visual challenges and developmental disabilities
  • Medical-based interventions
  • Intervention strategies
  • Raised/angled activities
  • Dementia symptoms in general population
  • Developing prevocational skills
  • Social skill challenges: Autism and other DXs

Course Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional on a study of working with adults with developmental disabilities.

Professional Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course the participant will be able to:

  1. List the three domains in the DSM5 diagnostic criteria for Intellectual Disabilities
  2. List seven disorders that frequently coexist with developmental disabilities
  3. Identify eight diagnoses considered to be developmental disabilities
  4. List eight assessment tools appropriate to use with the developmentally disabled population
  5. Identify five intervention models or approaches used with adults with developmental disabilities
  6. Recognize the difference between “sensory reinforcement” and “sensory diet”.
  7. List nine general teaching or training strategies used with the developmentally disabled population
  8. List eight strategies to slow down an individual’s eating pace
  9. Identify five environmental adaptations for individuals with visual impairments
  10. List nine common symptoms of visual impairment seen in individuals with  autism spectrum disorders.
  11. Identify three visual impairments that are occur in higher rates in individuals with down Syndrome and three others that occur in higher rates in individuals with cerebral palsy
  12. List five apps that promote communication, social, motor or functional skills
  13. Identify five symptoms of dementia
  14. Identify five benefits of animal assisted therapies
  15. Identify five types of adaptive dining equipment that promote safety and function for individuals who have decreased coordination, a weak grasp, tremors, or visual impairment.
  16. List five activity adaptations that promote upright sitting posture
  17. List four behavioral or skill changes that suggest a person with IDD is developing dementia

 

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. A current version of Adobe Flashplayer is also required when viewing on a desktop or laptop computer. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Speech-Language Pathologists, Recreation/Activities Director, Nursing Home Admins, Social Workers.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

ASHA Brand Block 

This course is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial - Barbara Smith is employed by Shore Educational Collaborative and receives a salary. Baraba Smith receives payments ffrom HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No revelant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure:

This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service.

Authors:

Barbara A. Smith. M.S., O.T.R.

Barbara Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in English; a Master’s of Science from Tufts University’s Boston School of Occupational Therapy and is certified in Sensory Integration and Hippotherapy. She has decades of experience working with clients in varied settings. Her website, RecyclingOT.com, includes articles, videos, activity ideas as well as her presentation schedule.

Barbara Smith has also written "Still Giving Kisses: A Guide to Helping and Enjoying the Alzheimer’s Victim You Love" and "From Rattles to Writing: A Parent’s Guide to Hand Skills". Barbara is currently providing hippotherapy treatment to children through Ironstone Farm in Andover, MA.

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