Upcoming Courses
TIRR Memorial Hermann Education Academy Offers Virtual and In-Person Courses
Continually recognized as one of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, TIRR Memorial Hermann is committed to educating current and future rehabilitation specialists. Through the TIRR Memorial Hermann Education Academy, medical professionals have access to the latest techniques and research to better serve their patients, care partners and community.
Courses through the Academy are offered either in-person, prerecorded for on-demand viewing, live streamed or a combination of these options.
The following are active courses that TIRR Memorial Hermann is offering for Continuing Education.
Upcoming Courses
Advancing Clinical Practice: Translating the Science to Practice: Neuroplasticity & Motor Learning in Neurological Rehabilitation
Friday, July 25, 2025
TIRR Memorial Hermann, In-Person
This course will provide a brief focused review of current literature of neuroplasticity and the clinical research demonstrating the occurrence of neuroplastic changes following injury. In this course, participants will review the models of motor learning along with the supporting and contradictory evidence related to each model. Current treatment approaches will be discussed in the light of the motor control and motor learning models. Pertinent evidence related to feedback, practice, motivation, attentional focus, and other contributors to motor learning will be discussed. This course will review the necessary ingredients to drive neuroplastic changes and offer practical examples of creating rehabilitation interventions integrate these into a plan of care that is evidence based to maximize recovery. Participants will have an opportunity to apply this knowledge through written and video case studies.
Advancing Clinical Practice: Pediatric Rehabilitation for the Neurologic Clinician
Friday, August 15, 2025
TIRR Memorial Hermann, In-Person
This course will support the learning needs of the neurologic therapist treating pediatric patients by engaging the learner in application and analysis of content related to pediatric spasticity management and interventions, orthotic management and intervention, treatment techniques. The variety of topics in this course are uniquely woven together to meet the overall needs for pediatric clients with neurologic health conditions who seek rehabilitation services.
Inclusive Recreation: Common Skills and Adaptation
Saturday, August 16, 2025
TIRR Memorial Hermann, In-Person
This course will provide participants with a clear understanding of the difference between inclusive recreation and adaptive recreation and sports. Participants will learn key features of developing an inclusive recreation program through the context of inclusive pickleball. Key points will include common activity modifications and adaptations needed to meet the needs of a variety of participants. These modifications will include tools and devices, physical and environmental modifications. Modifications will be inclusive of a variety of player types with a variety of needs. Time will be spent introducing participants to mobility needed for inclusive recreation including wheelchair skills and safety considerations with both ambulatory and wheelchair players. This course will introduce para-pickleball rules and regulations and considerations for mixed ability teams in inclusive recreation. Common barriers and facilitators to participation in recreation will also be reviewed. The lab portion of learning will focus on common practice drills used in inclusive pickleball and how to run and adapt these drills and skills for a variety of learners and abilities. This portion will focus on basic pickleball skills including court wheelchair mobility, serve/rally techniques for participants with limb loss and/or hemiplegia, activity modifications for those with increased fall risk and how to progress/regress skills in session.
TIRR Memorial Hermann Advancing Clinical Practice (ACP) Series: Treating Clients with a Stroke in the Post-Acute Setting (Pre-Conference Spotlight Lectures)
Friday, September 26, 2025
TIRR Memorial Hermann, In-Person
A person who has a Stroke may have long-term problems affecting body structures and functions such as thinking, memory, movement, coordination, speech, swallowing, vision, activities of daily living, and emotions. As every stroke and every person are different and turn to physical medicine and rehabilitation professionals who use a wide variety of knowledge and skills to treat these clients throughout stages of their recovery. This course will focus on foundational knowledge and quality of life factors related to sleep, nutrition, depression, and health disparities common for clients with a Stroke for improved rehabilitation process and recovery.
Advancing Clinical Practice Stroke 2025: Treating Adult Clients with a Stroke in the Post-Acute Setting - Medical Implications & Therapy Interventions
Saturday & Sunday, September 27-28, 2025
TIRR Memorial Hermann, In-Person
A person who has a Stroke may have long-term problems affecting body structures and functions such as executive functioning, movement, muscle coordination, speech, swallowing, vision, activities of daily living, and emotions. As every stroke and every person are different, clients turn to physical medicine and rehabilitation professionals who use a wide variety of knowledge and skills to treat these client’s needs throughout stages of their recovery. This course will focus on foundational knowledge and therapeutic interventions for clients surviving a stroke who are receiving treatment in the post-acute setting. Clinicians from interdisciplinary teams will benefit by learning current practice for clients with a Stroke for improved rehabilitation process and recovery.
Pre-Recorded Courses
Neuroplasticity for the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
This course will focus on neuroplasticity as it relates to speech, language, and dysphagia. The participant will learn the ten principles of neuroplasticity that help distinguish between compensatory strategies and re-training. Evidence-based treatment approaches for management of adult neurologic rehabilitation will be discussed.
The Missing Factor of Quality Outcomes: Managing Nutrition Risk
At least 30% of hospitalized patients are diagnosed with malnutrition when discharged from the hospital. Populations at greater risk of malnutrition include the elderly, low income, and minorities. The development of malnutrition is multifactorial and requires an interdisciplinary approach from providers throughout the care continuum to promote better outcomes. Early identification of nutrition risk includes the evaluation of factors associated with the development of malnutrition—including food insecurity, other social and environmental factors, disease progression, and aging.
Autonomic Dysreflexia After Spinal Cord Injury: Myth and Reality
The focus of this lecture is on autonomic dysreflexia and orthostatic hypotension following a spinal cord injury. Clinical evidence on the impact of abnormal blood pressure control and latest advances in the management of cardiovascular control after spinal cord injury will be presented.
Pediatric Rehabilitation For the Neurologic Clinician
This set of pre-recorded lectures will to introduce the neurologic therapist and expose them to pediatric diagnoses in the NICU and early developmental stages. They will take into special consideration the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) interventions and understanding motor development. The lectures will to introduce the neurologic therapist and expose them to special consideration with neuropsychological development and behavioral considerations, the unique role of the therapist in the school settings, and an overview of Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) in Texas.
Advancing Clinical Practice in Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation
The prevalence of brain injuries and strokes continue to increase each year. There often are long lasting sequelae from these injuries including physical, cognitive, language, and behavioral deficits. The growth and development of clinical treatment programs will depend on enhancing the skills of clinical staff for the next generation of expert clinicians. The objective of these pre-recorded lectures is to provide clinicians with an advanced overview of special topics, skills, and strategies for treatment teams working with those who have a brain injury or stroke in order to facilitate the growth of clinical programs of a comprehensive treatment team.
DoC 2021: Translating Knowledge into Practice
TIRR Memorial Hermann, Virtual, Pre-Recorded
The goal of this virtual education is to introduce individuals to the most recent developments in the field, with an emphasis on translating this knowledge into clinical practice.
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