PTA 261 - Neurological Rehabilitation Lab

1. Describe, develop, implement and progress comprehensive interventions per the plan of care as identified by the Physical Therapist in the following:
   • 1. spinal cord injuries (SCI)
     2. traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
     3. cerebrovascular accidents (CVA)
     4. selected neurological disorders
2. Teach a prescribed intervention effectively and safely to a patient/family member/caregiver.
3. Apply the principles of motor learning and motor control theories and gather data relating to an individual’s motor control level.
4. Demonstrate ventilation strategies and secretion management for neuro impairments.
5. Implement the ICF to describe patient status as it relates to neurorehabilitation.
6. Demonstrate the ability to monitor and adjust therapeutic interventions in response to changes in patients’ status, and to communicate appropriately with the supervising PT.
7. Use of neurological assessment scale of mental function in therapeutic intervention with the neuro population.
8. Safely implement therapeutic interventions for those with neuromuscular dysfunction per the Physical Therapist Plan of Care including:
   1. Principles of facilitation and inhibition techniques using Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
   2. Facilitation of the developmental sequence, and apply development sequence to the progression of treatment plans
   3. Principles of facilitation and inhibition techniques using Neurodevelopmental Treatment Approach (NDT)
   4. application of assistive adaptive equipment
   5. application of the principles of Functional Training and Task Oriented Strategies.  This is to include the most recent treatment approach for neuro.
   6. improvement of balance and gait addressing atypical development
9. Interview patients/caregivers regarding prior level of function and present health conditions.

1. Implement plans of care developed by physical therapists.
2. Provide care in a safe, legal and ethical manner.
3. Communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, families, physical therapists and other care providers both verbally and non‐verbally including accurate written communication and documentation.
4. Instruct patients, families and other health care providers using techniques consistent with the level of the audience.
5. Function as integral team members and participate in the team process.
6. Transition to successful employment as PTAs.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.