Occupational Therapy Iv

- Occupational therapy in the patient with spinal cord injury
The framing of problems and definition of the neurological level of the person with spinal cord injury; Global Rehabilitation in Unipolar Spinal Unit; Occupational Therapy in the patient with paraplegia; Occupational Therapy in the patient with quadriplegia; Transfer techniques for the paraplegic and quadriplegic patient: practical tests with assistive devices and simulation; Wheelchair training for the patient with paraplegia: practical tests of the main pushing techniques, balancing on the rear wheels and overcoming small obstacles in the wheelchair.
- Motor learning after stroke
Overall aims and programme: Learning of human movemnt in neurological impairments; Pathological reflexes and motor patterns; The hemiplegic patient in Occupational Therapy (OT); Neglect in OT; The Bobath approach with the neurological patient in OT: theoretical assumptions of the Bobath approach; Identifying the modality of the therapeutic approach in rehabilitation; Acquisition of pathological patterns in the hemiplegic patient: how to deal with the symptoms during the treatment; Postural passages, balance and track release; Guiding in daily life activities; Movement simulation and movement guidance.
I.C.F. (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health)

- Occupational therapy and hand rehabilitation in adults and children
Introduction to hand rehabilitation: an educational innovative professional approach; Introduction to thermoplastic materials: characteristics and properties, indications, contraindications, choice of materials, anatomical elements to be considered; The role of OT in pediatric rehabilitation of the hand; The role of OT in impairments of the peripheral nervous system; OT in burns; Correct immobilisation and early mobilisation: the basic assumption in the rehabilitation of fractures and ligament injuries of the wrist and fingers.

- Occupational therapy in acquired brain injuries and cognitive problems
Acquired Brain Injuries: what the Consensus Conference establishes for the definition, classification, prognostic factors, response to needs; Vegetative State and Minimum Consciousness State (SMC); Promote learning after a brain injury: get back in touch with the environment through OT; factors that limit / slow down the recovery of contact (memory, attention, motivation, behavior); therapeutic guide in activities; The phase of the outcomes of the brain injuries: methodology of taking the person into charge: discussion with case studies.
Encounting the patient with frontal behavior problems in the OT setting (excess, lack, awareness).
Occupational therapy and cognitive disorders.

- Occupational therapy in the elderly with cognitive impairment
Analysis of the different brain areas in progressive diseases and functional and behavioral deficiency; evaluation of persons with dementia inherent to the cognitive, perception , behavioral and functional areas; Guidelines for functional activities; Requirements for the selection and application of OT activities with the patient; Activities in order of gravity: levels of activity, logical sequences, adaptation of activities; Verbal non Verbal communication; OT activities in various levels of the disease: mild, moderate and severe level;
The meaning and selection of the play in the various levels of the disease; Cognitive therapy for the patient with memory, social, perception, and behavioral deficiency: The patient and the caregiver at home: planning of activities; evaluation of methods to analyze behavioral, functional and environmental problems; Guidelines for ADL; Factors that influence home activities; Presentation, description, solution and compensatory strategies in the ADL: feeding, clothing, hygiene and domestic activities; Analysis of the home environment regarding abnormal behaviors: solutions, strategies and caregiver education.