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December 2020
Taking Your Practice Digital: Save Time and Make a Great First Impression
In this webinar you will learn more about: What is practice management software (PMS)? How a PMS can save you time and help keep you organized in your private practice. How Telehealth fits in and what parts of your practice you decide to take digital Adopting best practices for documentation and client empowerment, and how Therabyte can help. Presenter Biography: Ashley Reina is an OT, UofA grad'05, as well as CEO and cofounder of Therabyte. In addition to her role…
Find out more »February 2021
Online – Disability, Posture and Kids: Therapeutic Positioning Around the Clock
Presented by: Tamara Kittelson-Aldred, MS, OTR/L, ATP/SMS The bodies of children with chronic motor impairments often distort as they grow, developing joint contractures and dislocations, scoliosis and kyphosis. The problems start early – often related to habitual postures assumed both day and night – and can worsen quickly during growth spurts. Human beings spend their lives in three orientations - lying, sitting and standing - and for children with limited movement this can become complicated! Too often, the foundational orientation…
Find out more »Online – Disability, Posture and Adults: Therapeutic Positioning Around the Clock
Presented by: Tamara Kittelson-Aldred, MS, OTR/L, ATP/SMS Adults with chronic motor impairments often live with secondary complications related to postural deviations – sometimes of longstanding. These often developed as they grew, or with the onset of an injury or disease process in adulthood. Joint contractures, dislocations, scoliosis and kyphosis start early, and are often related to habitual postures assumed both day and night. Human beings spend their lives in three orientations - lying, sitting and standing - and for people…
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