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Instructional Course

Neurodegenerative Disease

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IC2: Rehabilitation for Functional Neurological Disorder—the Works 5552

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
Location:  ROOM: Cortez C REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms to the end of the hall and turn right. Proceed down the corridor on the left. Cortez C is the last room on the right.
This Instructional Course will provide attendees the knowledge and skills to evaluate and manage the rehabilitation of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). Until recent years FND was underdiagnosed and overlooked for physical rehabilitation programs. However, recent studies indicate the neuroscientific findings of FND that implicate neurological disease. Moreover, clinical trials for FND have shown that neurological rehabilitation (PT, OT, SLP) combined with psychological training can rapidly and substantially overcome the disability. Our presenters will detail the scientific foundation for FND, methods to diagnose and triage FND in the acute hospital, foundation for developing an outpatient FND rehabilitation program, and the evidence basis for improving FND with psychological training combined with PT, OT, or SLP. This course will be supplemented by video illustrations of techniques for ruling-in FND and individual case presentations in response to rehabilitation. At the conclusion of this course, attendees will be able to understand and manage FND.
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Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the origin of medical understanding for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
  • Define the assessment of FND
  • Define the method of psychologic training for FND
  • Describe physical and communication training methods for FND
  • Explain the mechanisms for managing FND in the inpatient, outpatient, and telehealth settings
Disclosure(s):
Victor W. Mark, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Amy J. Knight, PhD ABPP-CN: No financial relationships to disclose
Stacey Zalanowski, PT, DPT, NCS: No financial relationships to disclose
Nicole Mannion, MA, OTR/L: No financial relationships to disclose
Ginger Polich, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Rene L. Utianski, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS: No financial relationships to disclose