( HS Valdes 065681 2026) Your Clinical Guide to Upper Limb Apraxia: Identification, Differential Diagnosis & Evidence-Based T
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Course overview
Youve seen them before. Patients who should be able to brush their teeth, use a spoon, or get dressed. But somethings just not clicking. Its not weakness. Its not confusion. Its not memory loss. Its apraxia. And its more common and more overlooked than you think. If you cant differentiate it from more common conditions like stroke, dementia, ataxia, or brain injury apraxia will continue to disrupt your patients motor planning, tool use, sequencing, executive functioning and coordination which makes it hard for them to get dressed, groom themselves, cook, or perform basic self-care. Good news: You can build the clinical skills you need to elevate your clinical reasoning, unlock recovery where others see roadblocks, and confidently treat any type of apraxia. Youll learn to Confidently recognize when apraxia is disrupting your patients function, and know exactly what to do about! Break down the cognitive-motor disconnect limiting your patients potential and turn it into an action plan for recovery Customize evidence-informed interventions to rebuild purposeful movement your patient is desperate to get back Move beyond basic neuro approaches with strategies to address the core connection between intention and execution Youre not just restoring movement youre restoring agency. Purchase today!
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Disclosure statements
Financial: Kristin Valdes has employment relationships with Touro University and Dignity Health Physical Therapy. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kristin Valdes is a member of the American Association for Hand Surgery and the American Society of Hand Therapists. She is a peer reviewer and editor for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.