Management of Attention Disorders

Description: Brain Injuries can impact our patients’ ability to pay attention ranging from simply sitting in a room and focusing on a speaker to multi-tasking in a busy environment. This course will review various deficits associated with attention and examine how these deficits may affect our patients both in a therapeutic setting and outside in the community. The course will review the current assessments available to identify attention deficits. Finally, we will discuss evidence-based research available and best practice techniques associated with the treatment of attention deficits Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Identify different types of attention deficits associated with brain injury Recognize current assessments used to identify attention deficits Discuss current evidence based practice and implement best practice techniques for attention deficits Instructor: Lauren Wineburgh, MA, CCC-SLP Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Ther