Chronic Stroke Rehab

Earn 1 hour of continuing education by joining OT Potential after taking this course.

This course is scheduled to be released on May 1st, 2025.

Stroke rehab is an area where we have some of the most abundant research to draw on as occupational therapists. 

But, this can also make it feel difficult to synthesize it all into the right actions steps for your clients. 

In this Ask Me Anything style episode, we will be answering your questions on chronic stroke assessment, goal-setting and treatment. We’ll have a full clinical decision support for you reference during the episode, and then plan to keep it up to date. 

Our guest Christopher Gaskins, PhD, OTR/L, CSRS is uniquely poised to tackle this topic. Not only has he worked at Walter Reed as a neuro OT, run his one neuro private practice, and consulted with US military as a health consultant. He has also has a particular interest in mental workload…both in understanding what our patients can take on…but also how to ease your mental workload as a therapist as you tackle this complex topic.

Learning Objectives

1. You will recognize occupational-based assessments of chronic stroke. 
2. You will be able to identify which OT interventions for chronic stroke have the highest level of evidence supporting them. 

Agenda

Intro (5 minutes)

Discussion (45 minutes)

• How Chris’s thinking about chronic stroke has evolved over the years. 
• Chris’s process for choosing the right assessment
• Chris’s process for goals setting
• Chris’ process or choosing the right intervention 
• Considerations for patient education
• How can technology reduce the mental workload for therapists and patients? 

Live AMA (10 minutes)

Closing (5 min)

Target Audience/Educational Level

Our target audience is occupational therapy practitioners who are looking to learn about OT and chronic stroke.  The educational level is introductory.

Financial and Non-financial Disclosures

It is the policy of OT Potential to disclose any financial and non-financial interest the provider or instructor may have in a product or service mentioned during an activity. This is to ensure that the audience is made aware of any bias of the speaker.

We here at OT Potential have no financial stake in this topic.

Speakers

Christopher Gaskins, PhD, OTR/L, CSRS

Christopher has over 13 years of experience working as an occupational therapist (OT). He developed a passion for neurorehabilitation while working at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from 2011-2017. As his love for neurorehabilitation deepened, he noticed there was a shortage of neurorehabilitation specialists. To address this issue, he created Neurosuite in 2019, neurorehabilitation company that provides neurorehabilitation, health technology consultation and neurorehabilitation education and research services.

Christopher earned his B.S. in Exercise Science from the University of South Carolina in 2007, M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Howard University in 2010 and PhD in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Maryland-College Park.  Christopher is currently CEO of Neurosuite and adjunct professor at various educational institutions.

Sarah Lyon, OTR/L

Sarah’s passion is helping fellow OT practitioners translate evidence into daily practice. Sarah earned her BA in religion from St. Olaf College, then earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy from New York University in 2011.

Since then, she’s worked in numerous facilities, including a critical access hospital, an acute trauma hospital, and a state inpatient psychiatric hospital. Sarah is the founder/owner of OT Potential. Read more about OT Potential here.

Alan Linic

Alan Linic is an LA-based writer and performer. He is an alumnus of the Second City resident stages in Chicago, and earned an Emmy nomination while writing for Saturday Night Live. He’s got a dog and some really good hot sauce recipes.

This course was designed to meet your continuing education requirements

We designed the courses in the Club to meet the requirements for “online” and “independent/self-study” courses. To verify the requirements from your specific state (within the US), check out our post, OT Continuing Education Requirements. If you are outside of the United States and have questions, please contact us.

We are proud to be an AOTA Approved Provider and to meet the requirements for your NBCOT renewal.

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