NEURO-IFRAH® Certification Course in the Treatment and Management of Adults with Hemiplegia from a Stroke or Brain Injury

Upon completion of the course participants will be able to:
1. Identify the impact of the stroke/brain injury on the patient’s life roles and the functional limitations interfering with his/her ability to resume/assume those roles.
2. Identify the primary and secondary impairments, movement or otherwise, underlying the functional limitations in various postures including function in upright posture.
3. Select functional activities that will assess the patient’s functional limitations and underlying impairments in various postures including function in upright posture.
4. Identify concepts related to musculoskeletal biomechanics and function of the trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities, and head/neck and overall body coordination.
5. Differentiate between normal and abnormal movement throughout the body in various postures and transition in functional activities including activities in upright posture.
6. Identify concepts related to the impact of whole body alignment and control as well as other mobility and control variables on respiration.
7. Identify missing components/processes necessary for interaction with the environment, effective learning, and generalization of skills/carry over.
8. Identify concepts related to facilitation of upper extremity and lower extremity us/function and whole body use for support, manipulation, balance, expression, sensory and functional tools, emotional release, comfort, containment, protection and propulsion.
9. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan that will include preparation of mobility and control and facilitation of normal movement during functional activities in all postures, and ideas for carry over.
10. Develop strategies to: facilitate the patient’s increased awareness of the rehab process, improve self image and confidence, and improve adaptation, planning, and pacing skills.
11. Apply management strategies to help patients obtain missing components of movement throughout the body that are interfering with functioning at a higher level in all postures including function in upright posture.
12. Modify management strategies effectively based on the patient’s response to maximize use of more normal and efficient movement patterns in functional activities.
13. Demonstrate effective application of handling concepts in developing upper extremity and lower extremity use/function and whole body use for support, manipulation, balance, expression, sensory and functional tools, emotional release, comfort, containment, protection and propulsion.
14. Integrate concepts related to normal movement, musculoskeletal biomechanics and function, sensory, cognitive, communicative, perceptual-motor, and emotional considerations into activities of daily living and other functional activities.
15. Identify concepts related to the restoration of automaticity throughout the whole body, and carryover in functional use during activities of daily living and other functional activities.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be Neuro-IFRAH Certified®
Required Reading: “Back to the Summit” by Sen. Omer Rains