#7234 Sensory Processing, Regulation, and Function...The Physiology and Clinical Reasoning Behind Skilled Interventions
 
Safe and independent mobility and participation in daily activities depend in part on how the nervous system receives, processes, and responds to sensory information. This course provides physical and occupational therapists with a practical foundation in somatosensory processing, central nervous system integration, and autonomic regulation, including how sympathetic and parasympathetic activity can influence attention, pain, stress, and readiness for movement. 
 
Participants will explore how tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular, and visual input contribute to postural control, balance, and functional performance. Clinical examples will connect these principles to bed mobility, transfers, multidirectional reaching, ambulation, and daily activities such as dressing, grooming, and bathing. Emphasis will be placed on identifying sensory and regulatory barriers, selecting and grading individualized interventions, evaluating functional responses, and documenting skilled care, including considerations for appropriate use of sensory integration per CMS guidelines.
 
The goal is to increase PTs’ and OTs’ confidence in applying sensory-based interventions through sound physiological understanding and clinical reasoning to support meaningful outcomes for older adults in skilled nursing and long-term care.  Course instruction method includes: lecture, demonstration, picture/graphs, videos, group discussion, case studies, question/answer. 
 
Instructor: Ashley Hay OT/L, PT, DPT
 
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SELF-STUDY Available 10-28-26