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1. Discover how yoga can enhance the muscular, nervous, and cognitive systems for both pediatric and adult clients.
2. Practice restorative and active poses, outlining what props to use for various poses and why.
3. Describe how yogic breathing can influence pulmonary and immune systems.
4. Convey how yoga therapy is able to alleviate pain.
5. Cite ways that yoga can provide therapeutic benefits to improve muscular and joint stability.
6. Explain the difference between active and restorative poses and list the therapeutic benefits of each.
7. Correctly determine how to position a client with a disability using restorative poses.
8. Identify how positioning and pranayama can improve your clients' overall wellness.
9. Demonstrate how to use basic yoga poses, sequences, and deep relaxation using props for modification depending on client's diagnosis.
10. Create customized client treatment plans that incorporate yoga.

Why Yoga as a Therapeutic Modality?

• What is yoga?
• Understand Integrative Medicine
• Review body systems and how they work together
• Understand types of yoga and how yoga therapy aids body systems
• Neuroplasticity of the brain and eye, and brain exercises for adults and kids
• The Nervous System and pain control
• How yoga comforts pain clients

Anatomy of Therapeutic Yoga: Cardiopulmonary System

• Review pulmonary anatomy (case study)
• Proper breathing and its benefits
• Types of pranayama
• Breathing exercises
• Therapeutic breathing and your adults and kids
• When to use pranayama for adults and kids
• Define breathing and positioning
  • upright
  • side-lying in bed
  • wheelchair
  • standing
• Case study with group practice of pranayama, seated and standing pose demo

Anatomy of Therapeutic Yoga: Musculoskeletal System

• Posture and nerve and muscle communication
• Anatomy of the shoulder and hip joints
• Opening the joint door: muscle and body balance
• Practical applications for diagnoses
• Secondary disabilities and their consequences, dissecting the mechanics of movement
  • spasticity
  • hypotonicity
  • muscle imbalance
• Yoga as medicine for adults and kids from dependent clients to active clients

Asana Application and Treatment

• Asana poses
• The science of restorative vs. active poses and the body's response
• Decide between restorative vs. active poses for treatment
• Case studies in a variety of settings from hospitals to schools
• Perform active poses

Poses: Props and Our Patients

• Perform restorative poses
• How do resting poses help clients with disabilities? (client with cancer case study)
• The importance of elongation and extension of the body and how props assist your clients
• Pictures of supported and active yoga poses for clients with a variety of disabilities
• Props for therapeutic use with spasticity, abnormal tone, weakness, or imbalance
• How do you decide if your client needs resting or active poses and how much?
• Is the client prone, supine, or in a wheelchair?

Pose Lab and Case Study Presentations

• Practice poses and experience the therapeutic benefits of a restorative pose vs. an active pose
• Using props through visuals and poses
• Examine 5 different case studies and determine what poses are best for your clients
• Therapeutic benefits of each pose for each diagnosis and their contraindications
• What props to use for each pose and why

Yoga and Expanding Client Treatment

• In your setting: acute care, inpatient, outpatient, home health, and hospice
• Throughout the lifespan
• Giving the client a gift in the community
• Recent studies in medicine and yoga
• Yoga and its future in health care
• Yoga and the Integrative Medicine team

Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT, AWC, is a holistic occupational therapist and has worked as a clinician, educator and supervisor in rehabilitation, community re-entry and the school setting. Her extensive knowledge of disease and disability with adults and children in a variety of settings combines with her complementary holistic treatments to provide a new level of understanding of how the brain and the immune system work together for natural and therapeutic healing. Betsy teaches clients to empower themselves to prevent injury, heal an existing injury and help with pain management and trauma throughout the lifespan. she works with individuals and families helping to find balance in their minds and bodies by using Ayurveda, yoga therapy, meditation and mindfulness for healing.

Betsy is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is certified as a yoga kids' teacher and trainer by Yoga Kids International. She has advanced training in trauma through The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. and is a Level I Reiki practitioner. She recently completed her Ayurvedic Medicine Training for wellness coaching and this past year authored a chapter on Meditation in an Integrative Medicine Textbook for Rehab Professionals.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Betsy Shandalov maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Betsy Shandalov has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
No CE available for this board.

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistant: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.1 continuing education credits.

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Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This self-study course consists of 6.0 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This self-study lecture qualifies for 6.0 continuing competency hours.

Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 CE credit hours.

New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This self-study course qualifies for 7.3 contact hours.

Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This self-study activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2106032TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. This activity will provide 6.0 CCUs. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

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Social Workers - National ASWB ACE
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 Clinical continuing education credits.

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

Canadian Social Workers: PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this self-study course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.0 Clinical continuing education credits. Course Level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.

California Social Workers: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.

Colorado Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This course has been approved for 6.1 continuing education hours.

Florida Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.

Illinois Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 contact hours.

Kansas Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours.

Minnesota Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study course has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of a post-test.

New York Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 7.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

Pennsylvania Social Workers: The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate self-study activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.

Ohio Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance at this course meets the qualifications for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education credit. TBD

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

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