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Therapeutic Tai Chi Continuing Education Workshop

One Day Therapeutic Tai Chi Continuing Education Workshop and Certification

Connecticut Physical Therapy Assn 8 CEH’s     American Fitness Professionals and Ass. 8 CEC’s

American Therapeutic Recreation Association (IACET  Provider # 406) up to .70CEU’s

Learn a clinically proven individual and small group therapeutic activity, mostly lab based training: learn a brief tai chi form, learn to implement reliable program.

  • Workshop Objectives

  • Understand tai chi as physical therapy, therapeutic recreation, (injury) fall prevention training, and wellness programming.

  • Learn how to use therapeutic tai chi  for balance, strength, posture and gait training in the clinical and community setting.

  •  Learn how therapeutic tai chi helps ease symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease,  as reported in the current(Feb 2012) New England Journal of Medicine.

  •  Learn how therapeutic tai chi can improve the outcomes of treating depression in older adults.

  • Be able to start a clinical or community based Therapeutic Tai Chi Training  Program.

Workshop Activities

Learn and practice & demonstrate the 8 tai chi “exercises” and modifications for persons with disability.

Conduct a Review of Contemporary Literature:

Deflate the hype, debunk the junk science.

Analyze 2 PT developed therapeutic tai chi for fall prevention balance training models.

Use tai chi movement to address specific patient posture, gait, and balance deficits.

Examine tai chi program protocol:

Use this method to assess community tai chi wellness and fall prevention training, or start your own practice-based program.

Be confident in referral decision making.

Expected Outcomes:

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Course approval by the Connecticut Physical Therapy Association (CPTA) means that:

This course has been reviewed by an expert panel
Qualifications of the presenter have been reviewed
This course has measurable behavior objectives that are adequately addressed by the course material
This course is consistent with the APTA Code of Ethics and the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 

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