Neurodivergent OT Coaching

Neurodivergent OT Coaching

Neurodivergent OT Coaching – Being Neurodivergent (e.g. ADHD, Tourette’s, autism, anxiety etc.) can impact all areas of life, and for some, can make what “should” be simple seem unbearable. 

CVE’s Neurodivergent Occupational Therapy Coaching is helpful for clients who have difficulty functioning and want evidence-based support to help improve their day-to-day. 

The services are individually tailored to each client’s needs and goals to help build a life that suits their brain.

The coaching will help get started on the tasks clients find challenging to do, focus on what matters to them, and make a clear difference in daily work-life activities. 

Supported by a neurodivergent Registered Occupational Therapist who offers trauma-informed services, this program will explore being Neurodivergent and identify strengths while building self-compassion.

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapists use the science of human movement to help promote, restore and improve health and function in their patients. Many individuals will work with a physiotherapist to enhance physical performance, reduce pain with activities or rehabilitate an injury and recover from various surgical procedures.

The primary method of treatment employed by a physiotherapist includes exercise rehabilitation, which is directed and focused exercise designed to restore mobility, improve balance and proprioception as well as to strengthen and condition areas of concern or restore muscular imbalance.

In addition, they may employ a wide range of modalities to help control pain and restore movement to restricted areas. Such modalities may include acupuncture, soft tissue therapy, joint mobilizations, taping, electrical stimulation such as TENS, heat and cold compresses.

CVE’s physiotherapists will work with you and coach you on how to achieve your health goals and give you the tools to achieve success, whether you are looking to improve athletic performance, reduce pain from day-to-day life or rehabilitate yourself after an injury.

Occupational Reactivation

Occupational Reactivation

Occupational reactivation

CVE’s team of Occupational Therapists will perform specific evaluations to create programs which can help prevent relapse as well as assist individuals to return to gainful employment, volunteer work, school or activities of daily living utilizing a variety of tools and intervention techniques.

Strategies and interventions used include:

  • Psycho-educational
  • Develop a master of illness (self-management skills and recovery)
  • Pain management and coping
  • Training with stigma countering and disclosure strategies
  • Context-specific social skills and skills in social networking development
  • Help maintain communication with family and peers

Help develop a health and wellness daily routine

 

Occupational Therapy Services also include:

  • In Home Activities of Daily Living Assessments (both Section 44 & 25)
  • Housekeeping and Home Maintenance Benefits
  • Caregiving Benefits
  • Non-Earner benefits
  • Attendant Care/Form 1 Completion
  • Hospital Discharge Planning
  • Pre-claim Evaluations
  • Gradual/Modified Return to Work Planning
  • Assistive Device Implementation and Education
  • Driving Assessment
  • OCF 18/22 Dispute Assessments

Occupational Therapy Services

Occupational Therapy Services

CVE’s team of Occupational Therapists utilizes a systematic approach based on evidence and professional reasoning to enable individuals, groups and communities to develop the means and opportunities to identify, engage in and improve their function in the occupations of life. 

The process involves assessment, intervention and evaluation of the individual related to occupational performance in self-care, work, study, volunteerism, and leisure.

Occupational therapy intervention typically includes:

  • Customized treatment programs to improve one’s ability to perform daily activities
  • Comprehensive home and job site evaluations with adaptation recommendations
  • Performance skills assessments and treatment
  • Adaptive equipment recommendations and usage training

PTSD Pre-Vocational Program

PTSD Pre-Vocational Program

Directed by an Occupational Therapist, CVE’s PTSD Pre-Vocational Program addresses trauma triggers and warning signs, by exploring coping mechanisms and symptom stabilization, as well as providing education and implementation of health and wellness strategies in order to improve the overall level of function. 

Using a multi-disciplinary approach including a review and collection of medical/vocational documentation along with consultation and collaboration with other health care professionals as well as the referral source to facilitate recovery, emphasis is placed on the progress towards the individual’s functional goals using evidence-based strategies.

The intensive program provides sufficient support and ongoing evaluation and has proven to be effective in improving PTSD symptoms and reduction in depression over a shorter period of time.

The flexible program structure has been developed based on the current successful application of Occupational Therapy methods and techniques in improving client function and mental health and can be provided in the clinic or in the community to best meet the client’s needs and interests.

Aqua Therapy

Aqua Therapy

Aqua Therapy program

CVE’s Aqua Therapy program is a customized program designed to help individuals who suffer from mental or physical conditions increase energy levels, improve range of motion and joint function, overall fitness levels, and reduce stress. 

The program is suitable for people of all abilities and can be adapted to various client’s needs. 

It is administered one-on-one by an Occupational Therapist or a Registered Kinesiologist and is carried out in local community pools within proximity to the individual.

Exercise Therapy

Exercise Therapy

Exercise Therapy program is an individualized exercise program designed to restore specific strength, flexibility, and endurance to meet the needs and goals of every individual, provided by a Registered Kinesiologist or Certified Personal Trainer who is a member of the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology. 

Health-related fitness appraisals based on individual goals and needs are completed, baseline measures are taken and barriers to physical activity are identified all within the initial assessment, either in the clinic or in the individual’s home.

 An exercise program unique to the individual is then created, designed to improve impairments and weaknesses in order to enhance physical performance at work or home, and is implemented at a frequency and duration determined within the initial assessment.

Chiropractic Treatment Services

Chiropractic Treatment Services

Chiropractors specialize in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal pain and disorders with a specialized focus on rehabilitation of the spine. 

Chiropractors at CVE use an evidence-based approach to the care of injured individuals and those suffering long-standing chronic pain that focuses on education, pain-control methods, functional improvement of the joint complexes and soft tissues as well as active re-training and rehabilitation of the injured individual.

Chiropractic intervention typically includes:

  • The diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders
  • Soft tissue therapy
  • Spinal and joint mobilization and/or manipulation
  • Rehabilitation via home-based exercises
  • Functional strength and conditioning training in the gym, including education on training principles, programming and periodization for lifelong progression and maintenance of physical strength and ability

Cognitive Work Hardening Program

Cognitive Work Hardening Program

CVE’s Cognitive Work Hardening Programs refer to conditioning programs for injured individuals who are out of work, or who are working at less than full capacity.  CVE has two types of Cognitive Work Hardening Programs:

  • Clinically Based Work Hardening Program
  • Community-Based Work Hardening Program

Clinically Based Work Hardening Program

Highly specialized cognitive conditioning program that transitions the individual from standard rehabilitation to return to work by simulating workplace activities and surroundings in a structured, supportive and monitored environment. 

Best suited for individuals who have received physical or psychological services and need further practice or strategies learnt in therapy in a controlled, simulated workplace environment.

An initial assessment is completed by an occupational therapist to determine activity tolerances and workplace barriers.

A customized program is then formulated which includes a systematic program of gradually progressive, work-related activities performed with the goal of psychologically reconditioning the individual in order to facilitate future return to employment in a competitive workplace setting. 

The program can be adapted to individuals requiring specialized equipment or assistive devices.

Clinically Based Work Hardening Program

Highly specialized cognitive conditioning program that transitions the individual from standard rehabilitation to return to work by simulating workplace activities and surroundings in a structured, supportive and monitored environment. 

Best suited for individuals who have received physical or psychological services and need further practice or strategies learnt in therapy in a controlled, simulated workplace environment.

An initial assessment is completed by an occupational therapist to determine activity tolerances and workplace barriers.

A customized program is then formulated which includes a systematic program of gradually progressive, work-related activities performed with the goal of psychologically reconditioning the individual in order to facilitate future return to employment in a competitive workplace setting. 

The program can be adapted to individuals requiring specialized equipment or assistive devices.

Concussion Management Services

Concussion Management Services

Concussion Management Services

CVE’s Concussion Management Services incorporate a multi-disciplinary approach using both Chiropractic and Occupational Therapy services, dependent on the client’s needs and the stage of injury, offering an individualized management plan to assist with a return to regular day-to-day function.

 Treatment would focus on the management of symptoms and may include treatment of cervical spine dysfunction, vestibular rehabilitation, visual training, improvement of cognitive functions, and issues with planning and organization.

May also include assistance with navigation of resources, address concerns with sleep hygiene and energy conservation, and provide strategies to cope with changes in identity and sense of self. 

All would be completed in an effort to enable the client to return to meaningful activities of daily living.

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