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Annual Conference

APTA CT 2024 Annual Conference

October 5, 2024

We are excited to have UCONN Storrs host our conference this year.

We will be at the Student Union on the 3rd floor.

Programming Schedule

Schedule subject to change.
Continental breakfast and lunch provided.

7:00 AM

Registration, Exhibitors, Breakfast, & Poster Setup

Room

Room 304C

Room 310

Room 325

Room 104

8:00 – 9:30am

 

If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu:  How State Laws Dictate  Physical Therapist practice and What You  Can Do About It

Maryclaire Capetta, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT        
Michael Gans, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT 

Introduction to Advanced  Strain and Counterstrain for  the Autonomic Nervous System – An Integrated Systems Approach from Integrative Manual Therapy  (IMT)

Thomas A. Giammatteo, DC, PT, Ph.D., IMTC

Is it Autism: Differential  Diagnosis and Management  from a Physical Therapy Perspective

Mary Elizabeth Parker, PT, PhD, PCS

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Physical Therapist: Theory and Clinical  Application

Andrew Sullivan, PT, DPT, ScD, OCS, SCS, FAAOMPT
Dustin Willis, PT, DPT, PhD(c), OCS, FAAOMPT, TPS
Ryan Solorzano, SPT
Sabrina Balducci, SPT

9:30 – 11:00am

Exhibitor Hour & Posters
Room 304AB / Ballroom
(Chair Yoga Offered 10:30-10:45- SU 318/319

11:00 – 12:00pm

Pathway to Wellness:  Enough Talk, Take Action

Michelle E. Wormley, MPT, PhD, CLT
Kristin A. Schweizer PT, DPT
Joanne Johnson Krasnow PT, MA, DPT, CLT-LANA

High Intensity Gait Training  and Exercise with individuals  with neurologic dysfunction  and significant motor impairment

Mary Gannotti, PT, PhD, Jill Kossbiel, PT, DPT, Erika Ozdemirer, PT, DPT, Chase Cole, SPT, Bethany Ladd, SPT, Leila Miller, SPT

Closing the Gap: Revolutionizing Our Approach  to Diastasis Recti

Danielle Dunn, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC

It May Be Their Meds: The  Role of the Physical Therapist  in Deprescribing

Karen Blood, PT, DPT, DHSc

12:15 – 1:00pm

Katherine Harris Keynote Address:
Stepping Up to the Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment
Vic Vaughan, PT, DPT
Ballroom

1:00 – 2:30pm

Lunch, Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Presentation
Ballroom

2:30 – 3:30pm

 

Optimizing Patient  Care: How AI is Transforming Physical  Therapy

Neeraj Baheti, PT, DPT, SCS, OCS
Chaitali Ahya, PT, DPT

The Golden Years of Shoulder Care: Balancing Interventions for Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Tears in Seniors

Kaleigh Chen PT, DPT
Thomas Cunningham PT, DPT

Differential Diagnosis in Children with Multisystem Involvement: A Physical  Therapy Perspective

Mary Elizabeth Parker, PT, PhD, PCS

Managing the Unique Challenges Associated with  Recovery from Critical Illness

Jim Smith, PT, DPT, MA, FAPTA
Aysia Starr Comins-Sporbert, SPT

3:30 – 3:45pm

Afternoon Break and Snack
(Chair Yoga Offered 3:30-3:45- SU 318/319)

3:45 – 4:45pm                                                                                                  

 

Is it Harassment or the  Disease Process?

Rebecca Slocum, PT, DPT, RAC-CTA, CDP and Jennifer Rucci, MA, CCC-SLP

Engagement and Motivation  in Rehabilitation Across the  Lifespan

Cristina Colon-Semenza, PT, MPT, PhD
Sudha Srinivasan, PT, PhD
Vaishnavi Shahane, PT
Paria Darbandsari, PT

Physical Therapy as a  Catalyst to Address Health  Disparities Experienced by  Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Mary Gannotti, PT, PhD

Integrating Mindfulness in  Post op Surgery Patients

Monica Jain, PT, DPT

For each educational session attended, the attendee will receive approved contact hours for that session.

The attendee may receive up to 5 competency points (contact hours) if they attend the entire day.

During the last session, a document with a QR code to a verification form will be shared.  Please complete this form for the certificate of completion.  Not a fan of QR codes? You may list your name on this document to receive the form link via email.

If you need to leave prior to the last session, please stop by the registration table for the link.

Parking

Attendees should park in the South Garage.  All early bird registrations will receive a parking voucher

Park in South Garage and walk to the Student Union on Hillside Rd.  Registration will be on the third floor

Thank you to our sponsors