Love Your Brain Yoga: A Recreation Therapy Approach
*This course has been pre-approved by NCTRC for 5 clock hours.
This course will allow the CTRS to learn about the history of Love Your Brain Yoga and how to develop and facilitate this interdisciplinary program. The clinician will have the opportunity to review the etiology of adults with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), explore how the individual is impacted functionally and learn how to implement Love your Brain, a neurological rehabilitation yoga program within your facility. The CTRS will learn about implications of practice and planning considerations as well as modifications for varied level of practice. At the completion of this course, participants will need to pass an exam with a minimum score of 70%. Participants must complete the course within 365 days of starting the course to receive a completion certificate.
NCTRC Specialty Certification Eligible
Course Objectives
CTRS will gain knowledge about the basics of TBI, the history of Love Your Brain Yoga and Interdisciplinary approaches to use in counseling techniques.
CTRS will be able to identify benefits of love your brain yoga practice throughout the domain areas.
CTRS will be able to identify the steps for incorporating love your brain yoga into your facility.
CTRS will be able to identify the roles each discipline can partake in.
CTRS will learn about the appropriate assessment/outcome scale and how to apply and document it based on patient skills levels.
CTRS will learn how to adapt yoga practice toward different levels of ability and how to facilitate groups based on those ability areas within an interdisciplinary setting.