OUR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
We believe in one environment for all. Children and adults with disabilities and those without should learn, work, and play together. This kind of inclusivity cuts across societal boundaries. It requires education to realize. With education; cultures, beliefs, behaviors, and standard practices can be changed. As a group of multidisciplinary experts; we teach, serve, and support persons with disabilities and those who support them. We practice inclusivity daily, and we work with everyone — families, caregivers, teachers, employers, friends, beneficiaries!
MAC’s occupational therapy experts perform individual evaluations and make recommendations on children and adults that encourage independence. Recommendations include positive health activities that benefit persons with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers. These activities also promote health and address the negative effects of injury, illness, and disability. Our ultimate goal is to enable and empower our beneficiaries to acquire or regain skills. We support every individual in making physical and cognitive changes that allow for their maximum participation in school, employment, athletics, art, play and whatever else their heart desires.
For more information on MAC's training classes and/or to register:
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Call our Hotline: 0 801 200 202.
TRAININGS
FOR PROFESSIONALS
Functional Skills and Rehabilitation
Number of days/hours: 6 days; 4½ hours/day (This training includes four staged modules that are tailored for individual needs.)
Description: MAC Georgia's OT Department is introducing a new training program that focuses on strengthening the skills of massage and physiotherapists using relevant and applicable clinical skills and strategies. The course includes an introduction to anatomy and muscles/joints before providing hands-on instruction in areas including range of motion exercises and activities. Prior to each course, the candidates take a pretest, and the content of the course is based on the results of the pretest and individual group needs. Each trainee goes through a series of practical hand-on trainings.
Certification: Certification will be awarded to those who attend the full training, score a minimum of 80% on the final test, and complete a final case study.
Geriatric Fall Prevention and Age-Related Difficulties
Number of days/Hours: 2 days; 4½ hours/day
Description: This course reviews age-related challenges/difficulties faced by the elderly and introduces effective strategies and techniques to support them. Training topics include the following: Fall Prevention, Stroke, Diabetes, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Prevention of Pressure Sores, Feeding Techniques, Transfers, and Ambulation Devices.
Certification: Certification will be awarded to those who fully attend 90% of the total training and score a minimum of 80% on the final test.
Importance of Play
Number of days/hours: 1 day; 4½ hours
Description: This training provides an overview of the purpose and importance of play and the effective intervention strategies for professionals working with children. This hands-on training teaches professionals the types of play, intervention strategies to encourage and foster creative play, and how to develop play activities.
Certification: Certification will be awarded to those who attend the full day of training and score a minimum of 80% on the final exam.
Independent Living Skills
Number of days/hours: 3 days; 4½ hours/day
Description: This training is designed for pediatric daycare professionals and other direct care providers. It focuses on the importance of promoting independence and functional skill development with children who have disabilities. The goal of the training is to strengthen the care provider's skills/knowledge, so that they are better equipped to improve the child's ability to participate in everyday activities. Training topics include Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, Posture, Play, Independent Living Skills, Activities of Daily Living, Range of Motion, and Functional Transfers.
Certification: Certification will be awarded to those who attend each day of training and score a minimum of 80% on the final test.
Independent Living and Social Skills, Train the Trainer
Number of days/hours: 3 days; 4½ hours/day
Description: This training is designed for daycare professionals. Our flexible and client-centered approach allows us to train and certify a designated member of an established day center to present our Independent Living training to day center staff. The course includes: Learning about course content and materials, how to present and facilitate a course using the handouts/materials of the Independent Living course, and how to address challenging participants and behaviors. The training is actively hands-on, with the potential for homework outside class hours.
Certification: Certification will be awarded to those who attend each day of training and score a minimum of 80% on the final test.
Infant/Child Feeding/Swallowing Issues
Number of days/hours: 1 day; 4½ hours
Description: This training provides professionals an overview of the anatomy and body systems responsible for feeding/swallowing, various feeding/swallowing issues, and interventions such as simple oral stimulations, proper positioning, and the incorporation of adaptive technology to encourage the initiation of oral feeding.
Certification: Certification will be awarded to those who attend the full day of training and score a minimum of 80% on the final exam.
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Number of days/hours: 2 days;