In this dynamic 4-hour pre-conference lab, Ralph Dehner, COTA, CPT, guides you through the research, the benefits, and the movements of Tai Chi. Using a combination of his clinical therapy skills, personal training experience, and expertise in Tai Chi, Dehner equips you with the relevant tools and techniques to incorporate into your patients’ treatment plans. Such a plan reduces the fall risks in your clients, decreases arthritic pain, and leads to improved functional outcomes and goal achievement. Adding this reimbursable therapy to your toolbox will immediately enable you to provide an additional modality to enhance patients’ stability, flexibility, core strength, posture, balance, and coordination.
is an approved provider #50-466 with the Florida Department of Health Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. This course is approved for 4 contact hour(s) for Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistants.
This educational offering qualifies for 4 continuing education hour(s) as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements.
is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #:216.000309. This course qualifies for 4 CE Credit Hour(s).
This program has been submitted to the Maryland Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for pre-approval of 4 continuing education hour(s).
This educational offering consists of 4 clock hour(s) of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this offering and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
This program has been submitted to the NV State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for approval of CEU(s).
This program has been submitted for 4 continuing education credit(s) to the New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants.
is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapist assistant continuing education. This seminar is awarded 4.8 contact hour(s).
NCBPTE approval by virtue of approval by The New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Physical Therapy licensure board or state APTA chapter Approval good through 8/31/2021. This course qualifies for 4 continuing education hours.
This course has been submitted to the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 4 continuing competence unit(s) for PTs and PTAs.
This program has been submitted to the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy for 4 Continuing Education hour(s).
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| Course Manual_Restoring Balance Through Tai Chi (0.76 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Course Handout_Restoring Balance Through Tai Chi (0.08 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Ralph Dehner, COTA, CPT, is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) and a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), his clinical experience includes rehabilitation and injury prevention through behavior modification, exercise, work simplification, and functional activity. Mr. Dehner started studying internal martial arts in the early 1970s and is a Certified Master/Trainer for Dr. Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Health programs in the USA. In addition, he is certified as an instructor for such courses as Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, Tai Chi for Diabetes, Tai Chi for Osteoporosis, Tai Chi for Back Pain, and Tai Chi for Balance. Mr. Dehner has taught both Qi Gong and Tai Chi in hospitals, cancer centers, nursing homes, integrative medicine centers, and mental health facilities. He is a two time past recipient of a merit award from the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association for “Excellence in Continuing Education,” and he has presented at several conferences, such as the National Autism Conference, National Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Conference, and the Inaugural International Tai Chi for Health Conference (Seoul, So. Korea).
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