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Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist (CSRS)

The CSRS™ enables physical and occupational therapists to become preeminent stroke clinicians through a rigorous set of courses culminating in a written examination and internationally-recognized credential.

Overview

The program consists of a four-tiered, stroke educational program. The certification begins with 9-hours of foundational content, delivered via an online learning management system. This content includes foundational concepts in stroke and neurorehabilitation (e.g., motor learning; neuroanatomy), and lays the groundwork for live labs and didactics. Required “knowledge checks” are delivered after each online learning module.

After completing all of the online learning content, attendees take part in live didactics and labs which build on this core knowledge, occurring in a Friday-Saturday-Sunday format on a single weekend.

The four-course series culminates in an online test administered via a secure website. Successful test completion with a score of 80% or above grants the CSRS™ certification, which are placed behind one’s professional credentials.

Schedule

All online content must be completed before the in-person seminars begin.

Evidence-Informed Practice: Process and Resources
45 minutes
Basic Neuroanatomy
45 minutes
Introduction to Neuroplasticity
30 minutes
Introduction to Motor Learning
20 minutes
Vision Anatomy and Visual Deficits
30 minutes
Perceptual Processes and Disorders
45 minutes
Shoulder Anatomy and Posture
30 minutes
Pain
40 minutes
Edema
20 minutes
Introduction to Balance Impairments
30 minutes
Fundamentals of Gait
20 minutes
Kinesiology Taping
20 minutes
Fundamentals of Electrical Stimulation
30 minutes
Mental Practice, Action Observation, and Mirror Therapy
30 minutes
Modified Constraint Induced Therapies
30 minutes
Psychosocial Conditions and Techniques
30 minutes
Pusher Syndrome
30 minutes

All times are local to the seminar location.

Introduction
8:00 am–8:15 am
Neuroanatomy
8:15 am–8:30 am
Upper Extremity Assessment with Video Lab
8:30 am–9:15 am
BREAK
9:15 am–9:30 am
Lower Extremity Assessment with Video Lab
9:30 am–10:30 am
Motor Learning
10:30 am–11:30 am
LUNCH
11:30 am–12:15 pm
Balance
12:15 pm–2:45 pm
BREAK
2:45 pm–3:00 pm
Vision
3:00 pm–4:30 pm
Perceptual Cases and Assessments
4:30 pm–5:00 pm

All times are local to the seminar location.

The Trunk, Core, and Hemiparetic Upper Extremity
8:00 am–12:15 pm
LUNCH
12:15 pm–1:00 pm
LE Spasticity
1:00 pm–1:15 pm
Electrical Stimulation/Biofeedback Lab
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
BREAK
2:15 pm–2:30 pm
Executive Function
2:30 pm–3:45 pm
Intervention Lab
3:45 pm–5:00 pm

All times are local to the seminar location.

Bed Mobility/Sit to Stand/Gait Lab (Break is integrated)
8:00 am–11:00 am
Orthotics
11:00 am–12:00 pm
LUNCH
12:00 pm–12:45 pm
Kinesiology Taping
12:45 pm–1:45 pm
BREAK
1:45 pm–2:00 pm
Case Studies
2:00 pm–2:30 pm
CSRS Testing Information
2:30 pm–3:00 pm

Venue

Yale New Haven Hospital
55 Park Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511

This course will be held at Yale New Haven Hospital located at 55 Park Street New Haven, CT 06511. The course will be in the Park Street Auditorium. For attendees that will be driving to the course and parking their own vehicles, they should park in the Air Rights Garage, which is directly attached to the Park Street Building/Auditorium (Park on the 4th, 6th, or 8th floor and access Park Street via the 3rd floor bridge). The garage is $1/hour and any parking from 7-24 hours is $20. Very limited street parking is available and typically the meters have a 2 hour maximum in the area- parking on the street is free on Sundays only. A map will be provided to participants later. The GPS address for the garage is: 60 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511.

The facility will provide a light breakfast and a snack at the afternoon break. Lunch is on your own. There is a cafeteria located in the main hospital that is adjacent to 55 Park Street. Anyone who may be entering the main hospital for lunch in the cafeteria will be screen via the hospital’s current visitor policy. There is also a large food trunk presence outside the hospital on a daily basis that boast a wide variety of offerings for very reasonable prices. Many downtown food offerings that are a short distance walk and/or quick delivery via uber eats or other means of delivery. An additional option is “Gennaro’s Pizza” which is across the street from the hospital.

There are currently no covid restrictions at the facility where training will be held. Individuals will not be entering the hospital directly as there is immediate access to Park street directly from the Air Rights Garage for those who are parking and ground access through the main Park Street entrance. For anyone who may be entering the main hospital for lunch in the cafeteria, these individuals will be screened via our current visitor policy (require visitor sticker at all times and subjective screening for signs and symptoms of respiratory illness); at present, the health system is not requiring proof of vaccination for visitors. While there is no dress code for the course, we do recommend you wear comfortable clothing (e.g. athletic wear).

While we do not make hotel recommendations or pre-block any rooms, the hosting facility has shared some information about hotels in the area. The closet hotel to 55 Park Street is “Cambria Hotel New Haven University Area” at 20 Dwight Street, New Haven, CT 06511. This hotel is new but is not located in the downtown New Haven area.
Additional options below that are more immersed in the New Haven downtown arts and restaurant culture but are a walk or quick uber ride away:
* The Study at Yale- 1157 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511
* Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale- 155 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06511
* The Blake Hotel- 9 High Street, New Haven, CT 06510
* Graduate New Haven- 1151 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Nearby Airports:
The Tweed New Haven Airport is the closest airport from a proximity perspective but a single commercial air company utilizes this airport (Avelo). The facility has informed us that they have not used this airline, but they have heard “mixed” reviews about the airline. The larger-scale commercial airports are listed below with the distance to the facility indicated. The hosting facility indicated that they have found the Bradley International Airport to be quite convenient to avoid the traffic into/out of New York.
* Bradley International Airport (Windsor Locks, CT- very close to Hartford Capital): ~50 miles away
* Westchester County Airport (White Plains, NY): ~55 miles away
* JFK International Airport (Jamaica, NY): ~80 miles away

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Registration

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