April Christopherson, OTR/L has been an Occupational Therapist for almost 20 years and has worked with diverse populations in a variety of settings – including home health, private clinic and in-patient rehabilitation. She is the owner of MaxAchieve, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO where her current clientele range from pediatrics to adults to high performance athletes, both stateside and Internationally. She is the creator of the BrainFirst! neuro based treatment for clients. She believes in a whole, team approach to the client – including various medical professionals and therapists plus the use of functional neurology and metabolic/nutrition counseling. She also works exclusively with the Shandy Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO as the Director of Occupational Therapy providing solutions to families with children suffering from Autism, Asperger’s, ADHD, and other diagnoses. April has worked as a legal consultant and as an expert witness throughout the United States. She sits on the Clinical Advisory Board for Interactive Metronome Corporation. She is a member of both the Advanced Brain Interactive Metronome adjunct faculty and teaches introductory and advanced continuing education courses to professionals.

April was granted her degrees in Occupational Therapy and Psychology from St Ambrose University in Davenport, IA in 1991. She has furthered her education by taking courses and attending conferences that foster her knowledge in helping clients recover neurological functioning from the lowest level to the higher cognitive and executive levels - such as Boehme Approach to Treatment of the Baby, Sensory Integration Clinics (various), The Listening Program, Interactive Metronome, Alert Program, Talk Tools, Treating Drug Affected Children, OT in the Schools, Benbow’s Loops and Other Groups, Marriage and Family Counseling, Nutrition, Studies in Neurology, Traumatic Brain Injury, and various other certification classes. She uses Interactive Metronome in conjunction with The Listening Program as an intensive neurological treatment option for qualified clients and as an introductory functional treatment option for pediatric clients.

Target Audience:
This course welcomes the following professionals who have completed the Interactive Metronome Certification Course.

1. Speech and Language Pathologist
2. Speech and Language Pathology Asst
3. Audiologist
4. Occupational Therapist
5. Certified Occupational Therapy Asst
6. Physical Therapist
7. Physical Therapy Asst
8. Athletic Trainer
9. Licensed Medical, Rehabilitation or Mental Health Professional
10. Music Therapist

Instructional Level:
Advanced

Learning Outcomes:

1. Evaluate candidacy for IM-Home Virtual Training vs Interactive Metronome clients based upon cognitive, communicative, social/behavioral, and/or motor deficits as it pertains to developmental and acquired neurological disorders;
2. Perform & interpret objective IM assessments competently;
3. Create & execute individualized IM-Home treatment plans;
4. Utilize the IM-Home therapy management tool (IM-Home eClinic) to assign training plan to patients, view reports and communicate with patients;
5. Identify opportunities available to facilitate a successful expansion of an existing practice.

Specific Learning Outcomes for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists:

1. Evaluate candidacy for IM-Home Virtual Training vs Interactive Metronome clients based upon cognitive, communicative, social/behavioral, and/or motor deficits as it pertains to developmental and acquired communication disorders;
2. Perform & interpret objective IM assessments competently;
3. Create & execute individualized IM-Home treatment plans for the remediation of speech/language and cognitive-communicative disorders;
4. Utilize the IM-Home therapy management tool (IM-Home eClinic) to assign training plan to patients, view reports and communicate with patients;
5. Identify opportunities available to facilitate a successful expansion of an existing practice.
*Note: This course covers information that pertains to licensed therapists and therapy assistants. SLPA professionals must practice IM under the supervision of a licensed SLP.