Accelerated Balance Treatment - With Time to Practice, Progress, and Use

October 11, 2025 – 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

Balance and falls prevention are such important areas of our practice. We must be experts and be so comfortable in our ability to deliver the most effective and recent care in this area. We also need to be able to choose, progress, and integrate these programs into our patients’ daily lives.

This course will briefly go over some of the top quick, but effective, assessment tools for balance. Then the rest of the course will be focused on learning, practicing, and progressing some of the most effective balance protocols. You will not do too many but just enough to feel like you can choose from one or two that are appropriate for your clients/patients. Protocols from Hauer to Taylor’s that can even be used with people in chairs.

Not only will this course be interactive, but it will also be fun.

  • Introduction – Elevating our role, how much is too much or too little? (10 minutes)

  • Quick Tools to evaluate – High, medium, low level. (50 minutes)

  • Fall prevention in a chair – YES THERE IS EVIDENCE AND PROTOCOLS TO WORK ON BALANCE WHILE SEATED- Practice it, progress it, and use it. (30 minutes)

  • Protocols for higher level patients/clients – Hauer, I-Stronger, Proprioceptive –      practice it, progress it, and use it (60 minutes)

  • Safe Landing and Fall Arrest Strategies – Practice, progress and use them. (20 minutes)

  • Sustainability. (10 minutes)

After taking this course, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the role of PT and OT in Falls Prevention.
  2. Compare balance evaluation tools.
  3. Describe protocols for improving balance.
  4. Demonstrate protocols for improving balance.
  5. Analyze ways of progressing and monitoring balance programs.

EDUCATIONAL CREDIT: A certificate of attendance for 3 contact hours of educational activity (20 CEUs or 2.0 CEUs depending on how your Practice Act determines CEUs in your state) will be awarded to registrants upon completion of the Live Webinar.

Great Seminars and Books is an Approved CE Provider for PTs and PTAs in OK, NY, IL, CA, TX, NM, and KY and this Live Webinar provides 3 contact hours of continuing education. Have applied for CEU Approval for PTs/PTAs in FL, NJ, LA, MD, OK, and OH. This course meets the guidelines for approval in NC, TN, CT, ID, IO, KS, ME, MA, NH, NE, SC, SD. This course is accepted for CEUs in: AK, AL, AR, DE, GA, HA, IN, MI, MT, ND, OR, PA, RI, UT, VT, VA, WI, WY, WA.

Have applied for approval with AOTA. This course is not approved by ASHA or Board of Certification.

Any reference to or mention of state rules or regulations concerning continuing education requirements are true and accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of print. If you have questions, please contact your board or regulating body.

If you do not see your state listed, please give our office a call at 877 794 7328.

WEBINAR 

A webinar is live, interactive video course delivered over the Internet to your computer. You will be able to see, hear and interact with the course presenter.  This live, webinar will utilize live instruction, demonstrative videos, power point slides and more. You will have an opportunity to ask questions during the seminar. A comprehensive handout will be made available to you after you register for the webinar. In many courses, demonstrative video will be used to further enhance your learning experience. All written content used in the presentation will also be made available to you for your personal use (Power Point Slides, Reference Materials etc.).

Financial Disclosure: Carole B. Lewis, PT, DPT, GCS, GTCCS, CCOEE, MSG, MPT, PhD, FSOAE, FAPTA is a lecturer for GREAT Seminars. She receives payment from GREAT Seminars for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial Disclosure: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service.

Platform for Webinar: We will use a ZOOM platform for conducting this webinar.

Your Instructor

Dr. Carole B. Lewis, , PT, DPT, GCS, GTCCS, CCOEE, MSG, MPT, PhD, FSOAE, FAPTA

October 11, 2025 - 12:00pm-3:00pm EST - $99.00

Accessing the Live Webinar:
You will receive a separate email closer to December 9 which will contain the link to the Live Zoom Webinar. You will also be able to find the link on the course page. You will be asked to provide a username and password to access this page when you register. In order to verify that your device works with Zoom you may click here to test your device.
Accessing Course Materials/Handouts:
When registering you will be asked to provide a username and password and then you will receive an email with the information to access the online course page where you will receive these materials as well as take your tests and receive your certificate.
Course Format: Live Webinar
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant.
Instructional Level:Intermediate
Refund Policy: Cancellations must be received in writing at least two weeks prior to the seminar date for tuition refund less a $25 administration fee. NO refunds will be made after this date or if any of the course materials are downloaded.
Criteria for Completion:

A post-test will be given at the end of the Webinar. A post-test score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved. You will receive a certificate of completion for 3 contact hours.