Upcoming Medical Conferences in Madison

Assessing and Reducing Risk in the Chiropractic Family Practice is organized by International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and will be held from Nov 23 - 24, 2019 at Spring Creek Family Chiropractic, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education credits. Description: Today’s family chiropractor is exposed to a unique set of risks in the day-to-day operations of the business of chiropractic healthcare and within the clinical setting of patient evaluation and care. In this class, we will explore the risk associated with current trends in chiropractic education, scope of practice, standard of care, documentation, patient communication and third party pay systems. Expect to delve into critical thinking relative to differential diagnosis and patient safety. Course Goal: This course will provide attendees with an overview of the aggravating and mitigating factors inherent in all aspects of chiropractic practice. A thorough discussion of the therapeutic care model and the associated stages will take place along with the analysis and management of vertebral subluxation within a salutogenic model of healthcare. At a Glance • 16 Modules: 14 seminars and 2 in-office research projects • Open to chiropractors and students: 5th quarter/4th trimester or higher • Attend individual seminars or entire series • CE credit offered for approved states Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

OB 1 - Physiologic & Psychosocial Stresses in Pregnancy is organized by UnityPoint Health - Meriter and will be held on Nov 25, 2019 at Center for Healthcare Education and Simulation, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. Course Description: Trauma-informed care & pregnancy stressors, management of hypertensive states, placental problems, multiple gestational pregnancies, obesity in pregnancy & care after bariatric surgery, diabetes, preterm labor, obstetric complications, trauma in pregnancy and Maternal Early Warning Signs (MEWS).  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Disruptive Behaviors in the Classroom: Quick "On the Spot" Social-Emotional Learning and Behavior Interventions That Get Big Results! is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 05, 2019 at Radisson Hotel Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours or .6 CEUs / 6.25 clock hours of continuing education / 6.25 hours of continuing education credit. Target Audience: • General Education Teachers • Special Education Teachers • School Administration • School Social Workers • School Counselors • School Psychologists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapist Assistants • School Paraprofessionals • Other Helping Professionals who Work with School-Age Children Conference Description: Too often, students walk into our classrooms lacking the self-awareness and emotional management skills necessary to meet academic expectations. Without effective self-management strategies, students may respond impulsively and negatively to challenging and anxiety producing situations, impeding the learning of themselves and others. With most of our time focused on academics, there’s rarely enough time left for building student’s character and supporting their social-emotional needs. However, we know that building emotional intelligence is just as important as building academic skills. Attend this comprehensive one-day workshop and learn quick “on the spot” social-emotional learning (SEL) and behavioral strategies that are easy to incorporate in your classroom with ALL your students. When students internalize SEL practices they will …. • Self-regulate their own emotions and behaviors • Resolve conflicts and develop resilience • Use critical thinking skills and make wise choices • Persevere in the face of rigorous tasks • Initiate/maintain positive relationships • Take responsibility for their behavior and learning • Actively engage in learning and improving their grades • Contribute to a positive classroom environment Through interactive activities and video demonstrations you will leave this workshop inspired with a wealth of highly proactive and effective strategies to transform the social-emotional health of your classroom! Conference Objectives are: • Utilize best practices in the classroom to create a positive learning environment that fosters teamwork and helps students to develop prosocial behavior and relationships with peers and adults. • Implement instructional intervention strategies to support students’ social-emotional learning as it relates to frustration management, impulse control and perseverance to achieve personal and educational goals. • Differentiate between a growth versus fixed mindset and implement interventions to support the development of a perseverance and grit in students. • Analyze common challenging student behaviors and demonstrate the application of a positive behavioral strategy to facilitate social-emotional learning skills. • Implement both proactive and reactive strategies for the most challenging disruptive and explosive student behavior. • Develop a SEL or behavior plan that can be used to support challenging student behavior across all settings. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

A Complete Guide to Ethical & Legal Technology Challenges for Mental Health Professionals is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 11, 2019 at Hilton Madison Monona Terrace, Madison Wisconsin, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Marriage & Family Therapists • Psychologists • Psychiatrists • Case Managers • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: The challenges you face are clear … If you are going to be successful in your practice, you need to adapt to your clients’ growing expectations of your technological competence. The problem is, technology is the most likely way you’ll get caught up in a legal and ethical nightmare! Technology is changing fast. How can you keep up while protecting your professional liability and personal reputation? Join technology wellness expert Dr. Melissa Westendorf for this essential and must-see seminar. As a psychologist, attorney and technology wellness expert, Dr. Westendorf is uniquely suited to handle the toughest questions about the legal and ethical challenges in technology today! At this seminar, you’ll learn: • Strategies to effectively use social media while navigating the numerous ethical challenges it poses • How to avoid the serious legal landmines that are associated with email and text • Best practices for your website and online advertising to attract customers and stay ethical • How to have an effective distance therapy practice that is legally and ethically compliant • Top legal mistakes to avoid with electronic record keeping • Sign up today! This is one seminar that no mental health professional can afford to miss! Objectives: • Establish how to maintain ethical standards and compliance while utilizing social media technology. • Consider the legal and ethical challenges posed by communicating via email and text for mental health professionals. • Specify the threats that technology poses to the confidentiality and privacy of clients. • Explain the legal aspects of HIPAA and how to safeguard against violations of laws. • Discuss the ethical and legal issues that are unique to distance therapy and how to stay compliant • Explore the ethical boundary challenges that arise when using technology.

Techniques: Thompson and Logan with Infant Exam is organized by International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and will be held from Jan 25 - 26, 2020 at Spring Creek Family Chiropractic, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.  The target audience for this medical event is open to chiropractors and students: 5th quarter/4th trimester or higher. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education credits.​ Course Description: This course was previously titled "Techniques: Thompson and Logan".  Get hands-on experience in the application of techniques with an in-depth consultation and demonstration of the chiropractic pediatric full spine exam and evaluation procedures: Thompson and Logan. Neurological assessment and examination of the infant. Contraindications and safety. Course Goal: To provide the attendees with increased knowledge, skills, and confidence in providing chiropractic care to children. You will learn through explanation, demonstration and hands-on training specifically focused on the areas of initial examination and also on the chiropractic adjustment (Thompson Terminal Point and Logan Basic approaches). Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Doctor Day 2020 is organized by Badger Bay Management Company (BBMC) and will be held on Jan 29, 2020 at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Self-Regulation in Children: Keeping the Body, Mind and Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jan 30, 2020 at Hilton Madison Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. This course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours / 0.6 CEUs / 6.25 hours of continuing education credit. Target Audience: • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Educators • Speech-Language Pathologists • Counselors • Psychologists • Social Workers • Marriage & Family Therapists • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants Course Description: Children with Sensory Processing Disorders, ADHD or autism have much in common. They are challenged with physical problems that affect their ability to focus and can also cause them to be emotionally reactive. Children who have trouble self-regulating throughout the day are missing out on typical childhood experiences in school, on the playground and with their families. They have difficulty making and keeping friends. This workshop looks at the underlying factors of poor self-regulation and how they affect the child. The course emphasizes practical interventions! You will walk away with effective strategies for creating simple but effective programs in clinical, school and home settings: • Sensory therapy techniques • Simple self-management and video modeling programs • Sensory lifestyle programs • First-person stories • Energy regulation techniques • Communication methods • Transition strategies • Behavioral strategies Clinical programs such as Interactive Metronome® (IM), brushing, sensory diets, and MeMoves™ will be discussed, as will timely topics such as medication vs. non-medication for ADHD and new insights from research into biomedical aspects of autism. You will receive written handouts and a list of resources. Objectives: • Differentiate between symptoms of sensory modulation disorder, ADHD and autism to determine appropriate self-regulation interventions. • Modify clinical treatments for Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) to be utilized in school or home settings. • Design a sensory lifestyle program using readily-found items to improve self-regulation skills in your young clients. • Incorporate elements of first-person stories and transitional activities into your SPD intervention plan. • Recommend cognitive strategies to address symptoms of ADHD, including hyperactivity and impulsivity. • Implement role plays and video modeling interventions to target appropriate self-management skills.

Comprehensive Treatment of the Shoulder is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held from Feb 08 - 09, 2020 at Stoughton Hospital, Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States of America.  Course Description: ​This course shows the clinician an entirely new and unique way to treat the shoulder girdle complex. It focuses on the concept of hypo-hyper compensation. While symptoms in the shoulder are commonly in the glenohumeral joint, the driver of the symptoms is commonly elsewhere in the shoulder girdle complex. The class incorporates joint mobilization in ways not often shown along with myofascial release, taping techniques and a fresh way to look at muscle re-education and strengthening of the shoulder.  As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting. Course Objectives: At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to: • Accurately describe anatomical structures covered in the manual and their application to shoulder joint complex mechanics, shoulder movement and shoulder dysfunction. • Accurately describe the treatment concepts for shoulder joint mobilizations and myofascial release of the shoulder as discussed in the manual. • State the 5 treatment principles for shoulder taping. • Independently discuss strengthening and movement re-education. • Demonstrate each of the 8 joint mobilizations, 5 taping techniques, and 7 myofascial release techniques as shown in the course manual with proficiency and skill.   Topics Covered: • Introduction to a comprehensive approach to treatment of the shoulder • Overview of anatomy of the shoulder complex and its effect on mobs, MFR, etc • Introduction and review of the concepts of functional joint mobilization, MFR, joint taping and muscular re-education • Mobilization: S-C joint, A-C joint, scap-thor joint, G-H joint • MFR: Crossed-hand techniques, extremity release techniques, cervical-thoracic releases, scar releases • Taping: posterior humeral head relocation, MDI stabilization, UT inhibition, LT • facilitation, A-C joint stabilization • Muscular re-education of the shoulder complex • Application to specific clinical situations Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Legislative Day is organized by Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) and will be held on Feb 12, 2020 at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Art Therapy: Creative Interventions for Kids with Trauma, Anxiety, ADHD and More! is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 12, 2020 at Hilton Madison Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ / 6.25 hours of continuing education credit. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Case Managers • Psychiatrists • School Psychologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • School Counselors • Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants • Educators • Speech-Language Pathologists • Creative Arts Therapists Course Description: Do you have clients who are stuck, repeating the same patterns over and over and you feel like you’re powerless to help them? You know, the ones who repeatedly refuse to listen and don’t stop to think before they act. Or those who refuse to take responsibility for their behaviors and constantly pass blame onto others. Do they leave you feeling stagnant and burnt out in your practice? Do you work with challenging children, teens and families who seem absolutely resistant to every intention you offer? Let me help you, like I have helped other therapists Attend this seminar and learn new innovative interventions to help even your most resistant clients become unstuck. Your day will consist of creative, interactive, hands-on training that will re-energize your work. You will leave with fresh new art strategies and approaches that you can use immediately to engage even your most difficult and challenging clients. No art experience is necessary, just an openness to try something creative. Objectives: • Explore art therapy directives to immediately implement into therapy practice to help children regulate their emotions and behavior. • Consider the ethical implications and clinical limitations of using selected art therapy in clinical practice. • Determine the stages of a child's normative development, and identify the indicators suggesting a need for additional clinical support. • Summarize the benefits of utilizing an art therapy approach in assessment, diagnosis, and clinical treatment of mental health disorders. • Develop a plan for introducing art into clinical practice for treatment resistant and challenging children and families. • Determine the neurobiological implications of using art therapy among clients with various diagnoses.