Upcoming Events
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April 2, 2026Pulmonary Essentials Assessment and Intervention
Cardiopulmonary Professional EventsRespiratory diseases are a prevalent cause of death and disability in the United States. They are frequently encountered in every therapy setting, requiring proper assessment and interventions to optimize function. This 90 minute intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of the ACP Accelerated Clinical Practice Series. Through instruction and lab demonstration, this course provides the essential information necessary for clinicians to understand how to assess breathing rate and pattern and how to perform evidence-based pulmonary rehab interventions to geriatric patients in a safe, efficacious, and time-efficient manner.
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April 7, 2026
Lower Quadrant PENS
Geriatric Essentials Professional EventsThis intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs on patterned electrical neuromuscular stimulation (PENS) is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a didactic lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the attention necessary to achieve proficiency in the use and application of functional and neuro re-education PENS to muscles in the Lower Quadrant. The course includes a review of literature regarding muscle activation, physiology research, and functional outcomes associated with PENS applications. Additionally, the course covers the impact of PENS on physiological impairments and how it contributes to improved patient participation, activity, and functional performance.
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April 9, 2026
Fall Prevention
Fall and Balance Professional EventsThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information with respect to fall prevention, assessment and treatment using biophysical agents in conjunction with therapeutic exercises, balance and ADL training. The course materials and clinical protocols prepare the clinician to design and implement skilled, evidence-based rehabilitation programs for the patient populations at risk for falls.
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April 14, 2026
Progressive Resistive Exercises for Aging Adults
Fall and Balance Professional EventsElastic bands and free weights are common modes of resistance exercise. They are used in virtually every therapy setting and frequently in patient home exercise programs. This one and one half hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of lecture and lab demonstration this course provides the attention necessary for clinicians to understand how to apply optimal progressive resistance exercise (PRE) protocols using elastic bands and other tools to geriatric patients in a safe, efficacious, and time-efficient manner.
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April 16, 2026
Contracture Management
Neuro Rehab Professional EventsThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information with respect to contracture assessment and treatment using biophysical agents in conjunction with orthotics. The course materials and clinical protocols prepare the clinician to design and implement skilled, evidence-based rehabilitation programs for the treatment of contractures and their impact on patient participation, activity, and functional performance.
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April 21, 2026
Nutrition and Altered Diets in Dysphagia Therapy
Dysphagia Advanced Professional EventsThis intermediate level course offered via National Webinar Series presents an overview of concepts regarding how altered diets may impact nutrition and overall health. The course reviews possible negative consequences to altered diets, physical consequences of malnutrition and diet-based interventions to achieve the most optimal nutrition and hydration outcomes.
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April 23, 2026
Frailty Series – Frailty Overview
Geriatric Essentials Professional EventsFrailty is a geriatric syndrome which leads to increased vulnerability to stressors, affects overall health and quality of life, and limits functional mobility and ADL/IADL. Clinical Practice Guidelines recommend interdisciplinary team management to prevent or reverse frailty. Incorporating frailty interventions and leveraging existing evidence-based strategies will facilitate optimal outcomes for residents with frailty. This course provides a review of frailty definitions, risk factors, pathophysiology, screening and assessment tools, and emphasizes the relationship between frailty and other geriatric syndromes and chronic diseases.
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April 28, 2026
Pain Management after Limb Amputation
Pain Management Professional EventsThis one hour CE course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about pain management after limb amputation. The lecture will reinforce concepts and information related to the prevalence of amputation, importance of collaborative care, physiology and characteristics of pain including types of pain following amputation and treatment options. The course content and clinical protocols are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical applications impacting patient activity performance and participation in mobility and social roles.
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April 30, 2026
Wound Healing
Professional Events Wound ManagementThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about chronic wounds and their treatment. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application for standard and skilled therapy for chronic wound healing. The lab demonstration will reinforce concepts and techniques integrating biophysical agents to accelerate wound healing and positively impact participation, activity, and functional performance.
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May 5, 2026
Biophysical Agent Essentials- Shortwave Diathermy
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThis one and one-half hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about shortwave diathermy. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application of therapeutic shortwave diathermy. The lab demonstration reinforces concepts and techniques using shortwave diathermy for common treatment indications in rehab.
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May 7, 2026
Continence Improvement
Continence Improvement Professional EventsThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information with respect to normal and compromised continence, and its assessment and treatment using electro-stimulation, therapeutic exercise and ADLs. Through a combination of didactic lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the individual attention necessary for clinicians to understand the unique, potential clinical benefits provided by specific therapy interventions.
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May 12, 2026
Ethics for Speech Language Pathologist
Geriatric Essentials Professional EventsThis one-hour, introductory level course provides an overview of the principles and values of ethics in healthcare. The course encompasses specific examples and guidelines for application of ethics to the field of speech-language pathology, with an emphasis on considerations in dysphagia assessment and treatment and use of modified diets on nutritional needs.
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May 14, 2026
Biophysical Agent Essentials – Ultrasound
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThis two hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about ultrasound. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application of therapeutic ultrasound. The lab demonstration provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for common treatment indications in rehab.
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May 19, 2026
Neuro Rehab Task Anaylysis
Neuro Rehab Professional EventsThis one-hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Neurological disorders increase with age and are the leading cause of disability across the world. The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) can be used as a framework for the neurorehabilitation process to facilitate assessment, set goals, and select appropriate outcome measures and interventions. This course reviews the ICF model, with a focus on the qualitative measure of movement/task analysis for neurological conditions in order to support comprehensive assessment of activities of daily living (ADLs) and function. Several core tasks will be discussed, emphasizing analysis of observable constructs and application of task and environmental variations. The course includes a case study incorporating task analysis to reinforce the course content and support the therapist’s critical thinking.
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May 21, 2026
Biophysical Agent Essentials- Electrotherapy
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThis two hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about ultrasound. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application of therapeutic ultrasound. The lab demonstration provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for common treatment indications in rehab.
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May 26, 2026
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Cardiopulmonary Professional EventsThis one hour CE Course intermediate level course on COPD is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the individual attention necessary to achieve proficiency in the use and application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for COPD.
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May 28, 2026
Upper Quadrant PENS
Geriatric Essentials Professional EventsThis intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs on patterned electrical neuromuscular stimulation (PENS) is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of lecture and lab demonstration this course provides the attention necessary to achieve proficiency in the use and application of functional and neuro re-education PENS to muscles in the Upper Quadrant. The course includes a review of literature regarding muscle activation, physiology research, and functional outcomes associated with PENS applications. Additionally, the course covers the impact of PENS on physiological impairments and how it contributes to improved patient participation, activity, and functional performance.
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June 2, 2026
Advanced Pulsed Shortwave Diathermy
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThis 1.5 hour course provides clinicians with in-depth information on pulsed shortwave diathermy and clinical applications. It reviews electromagnetic energy, mechanisms of action, and evidence-based research for common patient conditions. The case studies lab provides active engagement to reinforce concepts and techniques using pulsed shortwave diathermy for evidence-based indications across the healthcare continuum.
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June 4, 2026
Chronic Heart Failure and Rehab
Cardiopulmonary Professional EventsThis two hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the evidence regarding the clinical benefits of electrical stimulation, aerobic exercise, and resistive exercise to treat patient with chronic heart failure. This course is a part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of didactic lecture and lab demonstrations, this course provides the individual attention necessary for clinicians to understand the unique, potential clinical benefits provided by specific therapy interventions.
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June 9, 2026
Impact of Nutrition and Pharmacology on Frailty
Dysphagia Dadvanced Professional EventsFrailty is a syndrome affecting overall health and quality of life in the geriatric population. Deficiencies in nutrient, energy, and protein intake, coupled with use of modified diets can lead to malnutrition in persons with frailty. The use of multiple medications to address this decline in function is common, with many of these medications causing symptoms of or inducing dysphagia. This course provides an overview of risk factors and the pathophysiology involved in frailty, common medications causing clinical symptoms of dysphagia, consequences of altered diets on nutrition, and the key role speech-language pathologists play in leveraging existing evidence-based interventions to facilitate optimal outcomes for persons with frailty.
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June 11, 2026
Biophysical Agents in Subacute Rehab
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThis two hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the treatment of subacute patients and is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of didactic lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the individual attention necessary for clinicians to understand the unique, potential clinical benefits provided by specific therapy interventions.
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June 16, 2026
Pain Management
Pain Management Professional EventsThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about pain management and its treatment. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application for standard and skilled therapy for pain management. The lecture and lab demonstration reinforces concepts and techniques using biophysical agents for pain management and the impact on participation, activity, and functional performance for patients across the healthcare continuum.
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June 18, 2026
Electrode Application and Safety
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThrough a combination of didactic lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the attention necessary for clinicians to understand the use and safe application of electrodes for pain management and neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
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June 24, 2026
Frailty Series- Preventing Adverse Outcomes
Geriatric Essentials Professional EventsThis course provides an overview of available interdisciplinary team (IDT) best practice to improve quality of care and prevent adverse outcomes for frail older adults. IDT approaches include comprehensive geriatric assessment, evidence-based practice and best practice tools, expanded rehab services, strong communication among IDT members, and resident and caregiver education. Clinicians should be aware of unique patient goals in order to integrate timely palliative and hospice care as well as a comprehensive plan for transitions of care.
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June 25, 2026
Virtual Reality Augmented Therapy
Geriatric Essentials Professional EventsThis two hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the evidence regarding the clinical benefits of virtual reality as an adjunctive component of therapy programs to address a variety of clinical presentations. This course is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of small class size and lab activities, this course provides the individual attention necessary for clinicians to understand the unique clinical benefits provided by virtual reality systems as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program.
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June 30, 2026
Advanced Therapeutic Ultrasound
Biophysical Agent Essentials Professional EventsThis two-hour course provides clinicians with in-depth information on ultrasound research and clinical applications. It reviews contributing factors influencing ultrasound efficacy, physiologic effects of the clinical protocols, and evidence-based research for common patient conditions. The hands-on case studies lab provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for evidence-based indications across the healthcare continuum. The lab demonstration provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for common treatment indications in rehab.
