Jessica Rinaldi, OTR/L, a Vivistim Therapist at Burke Rehabilitation in New York, will discuss patient selection considerations for potential Vivistim candidates and highlight two of her patients who were lower functioning when they started their Vivistim Therapy sessions.
Topics of Discussion
- What to look for when determining potential candidates
- Creating a plan to improve function to meet candidacy requirements
- Setting expectations based on client’s functional levels
- Treatment strategies for lower-level functioning patients
- Live Q&A
Guest Speaker:
Jessica Rinaldi, OTR/L Occupational Therapist Burke Rehabilitation White Plains, NY
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