The following is the TENTATIVE program and schedule for the 2024 ATRA Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO. Presentations, times and other details are subject to change between now and the start of the conference in October.
Regarding CEUs, please note: NCTRC CE Pre-approval will be pending; all sessions may not have been approved by NCTRC. We will post an update when approval for sessions has been received and sessions appropriate for specialty certification as identified by NCTRC.
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Clinical Reasoning: Making Assessment & Treatment Decisions (VIRTUAL)
Primary Presenter
Heather Porter, PhD, CTRS, FDRT, Temple University
Credentials
PhD, CTRS, FDRT
Biographical Information
Dr. Heather Porter is a professor in the recreational therapy (RT) program at Temple University, a fellow in the National Academy of Recreational Therapists, and the owner of RecThera. Her area of specialization is inpatient and outpatient physical rehabilitation. She created and organizes the annual RT Evidence-Based Practice Conference at Temple University and created and maintains RT Wise Owls (rtwiseowls.temple.edu) to disseminate RT-related research and evidence-based practice information. She has been teaching RT assessment and documentation for 15+ years and has recently developed an RT assessment and treatment framework that blends evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) and the Rehab Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to support and facilitate critical thinking in making assessment and treatment decisions.