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Trauma-Informed Meditation, Breathwork, and Yoga for Concussion and TBI

Recorded On: 02/29/2024

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This course is one of six courses in the Brain Injury Certificate and is available for individual purchase. Interested in the full certificate experience? Click here to explore the complete series.

This course teaches clinicians how to use research-informed mindfulness, breathing, and movement strategies to support recovery after traumatic brain injury. Participants will learn practical techniques to improve attention, balance, nervous system regulation, and cognitive function, along with trauma-informed communication and cueing strategies that can be applied across rehabilitation settings.

Key Features

  • Format: Asynchronous, on-demand webinar
  • Cost:
    • $109 for Members
    • $59 for Students
    • $149 for Non-members
  • Earn CEU: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

Kyla Pearce

MPH, PhD, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher

Dr. Pearce (she/her) is the Senior Director of Programs and Research at LoveYourBrain, a national nonprofit that delivers evidence-based holistic health programs for the brain injury community. She oversees the design, implementation, and evaluation of LoveYourBrain Yoga, Mindset, and Retreats programs on a large scale. She has trained over 2,500 clinicians, yoga teachers, brain injury advocates, people with brain injury, and caregivers in how to adapt yoga, mindfulness, and psychoeducation for this population. She has developed a range of TBI-specific evidence-based yoga and mindfulness program curricula and integrated them into 60+ community and 30+ clinical contexts and online. She recently completed a NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Dartmouth College investigating the impact of yoga and meditation for people with neurological conditions, including traumatic brain injury, and has published in several peer-reviewed scientific journals on these topics. She lives in Vermont with her husband, the Executive Director of LoveYourBrain Foundation, and their three children. You can learn more about her here.

Course Instructions

  1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
  2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
  3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
  4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

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Webinar
02/29/2024 at 12:00 PM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 02/29/2024  |  120 minutes
02/29/2024 at 12:00 PM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 02/29/2024  |  120 minutes
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Assessment
10 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  15/22 points to pass
10 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  15/22 points to pass Please complete the post-course assessment with a sore of 70% or better. You have three attempts to obtain a passing score.
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Course Evaluation
9 Questions
9 Questions
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CEU Certificate
Up to 0.20 contact hours available  |  Certificate available
Up to 0.20 contact hours available  |  Certificate available
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