Sex and Sexuality in Spinal Cord Injury: Important Details

Important details about Sex and Sexuality in SCI

1. After careful review of the Facebook Live Rules, we will no longer offer the SCI and Sexuality Course via Facebook Live this Wednesday, March 20, 2019.  Facebook has restrictions around sexual language and while this language will strictly be in the clinical context, we do not want to risk our Facebook account being shut down, even temporarily.  We plan to convert this course to digital content available to members, so stay tuned for when that will be available.   We apologize for this change.  Thank you for your understanding and patience with this matter.

 2. Location is in Trauma Building, not Main Hospital.  Room is now the Providence Suite. 

3.  Best to park by trauma garage in“Visitor Parking” on Tonopah and Goldring. 

Join us at UMC for a free CEU

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

University Medical Center, 1800 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89102

Trauma Building, 5th Floor Providence Suite

6pm-7pm

NOTA Board Meeting to follow.

"Sex and Sexuality in Spinal Cord Injury"

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will:

1.       To gain an understanding of the role of the occupational therapy practitioner in addressing sex and sexuality in clients with spinal cord injury in the acute and post-acute setting

2.       To identify and address psychogenic and physical barriers to sexual ADL performance and sexuality 

3.       To identify intervention and assessment strategies for addressing limitations

The purpose of this presentation is to educate and empower occupational therapy practitioners to feel comfortable and knowledgeable addressing sex as an ADL for clients with spinal cord injury. Participants will gain knowledge on the health implications of sex, be able to identify psychological and physical barriers, and implement intervention strategies to address sexual ADL performance limitations.

Breanna Dickson, MS, OTR/L earned a Master of Science Degree from Touro University Nevada in 2015. She has four years’ experience as an occupational therapist in acute care, long-term acute care, and home health settings. Her clinical experience is in the areas of physical disabilities, traumatic brain injury, poly-trauma and medically complex adult and geriatric patients. Breanna hopes to continue her growth as an occupational therapist and pursue clinical learning and practice opportunities in the areas of spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, and cognitive and mindfulness based OT.

Contact nevadaota@gmail.com with questions.  Hope to see you there!