Transforming Our Practice: Neuro-Developmental Treatment Approach following Stroke

Transforming Our Practice: Neuro-Developmental Treatment Approach following Stroke Workshop Leader: Olivia Tierney-Wilson, Occupational Therapy Department, Sacred Heart Hospital, Mayo, E-mail: liviatierney@hotmail.com ... [ view full abstract ]

Transforming Our Practice:
Neuro-Developmental Treatment Approach following Stroke

Workshop Leader: Olivia Tierney-Wilson, Occupational Therapy Department, Sacred Heart Hospital, Mayo, E-mail: liviatierney@hotmail.com


Olivia Tierney-Wilson1

1 Occupational Therapy Department, Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo, liviatierney@hotmail.com

Summary of the Workshop:
The authors were inspired to transform their Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Stroke rehabilitation services in Mayo following completion of a ‘Neuro Developmental Treatment (NDT) Course in the Management and Treatment of Adults with Hemiplegia’. Advanced NDT training was subsequently completed by the authors and has triggered further changes in our stroke service.
The workshop proposed for the conference aims to demonstrate the transformation of our services through practical demonstration and discussion.

A similar workshop was run by the authors at the AOTI conference in 2013 and was well attended and received.
Workshop outline:
• Overview of the current stroke practice in Mayo including changes made to client rehabilitation programmes and the overall rehabilitation service
• Introduction to NDT approach
• Case study presentations including examples of rehabilitation programmes, photos and videos.
• Groupwork task to explore how the NDT approach was integral to our service transformation and to share ideas with participants regarding rehabilitation with this client group
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Maximum number of participants: 20

Brief description of intended participants: therapists with an interest in neuro-rehabilitation

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