The ARK-J Program is going online!
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We will no longer offer our 2-day, live course. We have decided to make this information more easily accessible to rehabilitation therapists by moving to an online course model with the option to offer future 1-day, hands-on course for therapists who have taken one of our course webinars and wish to obtain additional training with certification.
The first part of our webinar series, The ARK-J Program Trismus Intervention Online Short Course in Head and Neck Cancer-Induced Trismus, is scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (EST). This 3-hour webinar will prepare Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) for providing therapeutic, progressive treatment to adult patients who suffer from speech intelligibility deficits, oral dysphagia, and a diminished quality of life because of head and neck cancer-induced trismus. |
Are you providing skilled or unskilled trismus therapy?
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Skilled trismus therapy means the clinician uses progressive, safe, and tailored exercise prescriptions, rather than than the general jaw mobility device instructions (7-7-7 or 5-5-30). Anyone can read those general instructions and figure it out without a therapist.
A skilled therapist takes into account the patient's individual needs, as well as the pitfalls and dangers of trismus therapy, uses standardized assessment tools, and evidence-based therapeutic techniques. |
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The online course is offered for .3 ASHA CEU (Advanced Area, Professional Content).