Course Description:

The PWR!Moves Therapist Refresher and Recertification Workshop will introduce participants to a new framework for implementing the PWR!Moves as the foundation to “Rebuild and Sustain Functional Mobility” in persons with Parkinson disease (PD) as a lifelong model of care. Participants will first review and practice the Basic 4 PWR!Moves as the building blocks of PD-specific functional skill training and will then integrate those skills into familiar sequences for mobility and functionality. Participants will apply clinical reasoning skills and neuroplasticity principles to systematically progress motor and cognitive challenges to skillfully implement specificity of practice for treating individuals with varying symptoms and varying functional and exercise goals. Live demonstrations, videos, and interactive instruction will be used to illustrate, rehearse, and discuss the implementation of this framework for the retraining of functional mobility goals, as well as its integration into community exercise programs as a means of practicing skills learned in therapy and sustaining the benefits gained in rehabilitation.