Date: May 14, 2026
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom Webinar
This registration is linked to Zoom and will automatically register you in Zoom for the webinar. You will receive your personal link, via email, to enter the webinar.
This will allow tracking of each person's time in the webinar to record attendance.
Those not using their personal link and or not attending the entire event, will NOT receive credit
Course Description:
This presentation equips outpatient rehabilitation clinicians with practical tools to recognize, understand, and respond to common behavioral health presentations encountered in clinical practice. Participants will explore how mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, and behavioral dysregulation impact patient engagement, adherence, and functional outcomes. The session emphasizes real-world application, including communication strategies, de-escalation techniques, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Clinicians will leave with increased confidence in navigating complex patient interactions while maintaining therapeutic rapport, safety, and scope of practice.
Open to: OT, OTA, PT, PTA, LAT, ATC, SLP
Speaker:
Sepideh Nash, LMFT
Sepideh Nash, LMFT, is the Behavioral Health Educator at Memorial Hermann Health System, where she leads system-wide initiatives to advance behavioral health integration across clinical settings. Her work focuses on equipping interdisciplinary teams with the skills and confidence to effectively manage behavioral health needs, with an emphasis on psychological safety, trauma-informed care, and clinical workforce development.
Speakers Disclosures & Conflicts of Interest
Financial: Memorial Hermann Employee
Non-financial: none
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify common behavioral health conditions encountered in outpatient rehabilitation settings.
Explain how mental health symptoms impact patient engagement and treatment outcomes.
Apply practical communication and de-escalation strategies in patient interactions.
Differentiate when to manage within scope versus escalate or refer for behavioral health support.
This course is presented at an Intermediate level.
Assessment of Learning Objectives: Learning will be assessed via self-report course evaluations, via Q&A section of the webinar, and post webinar quiz.
Minutes in this Webinar will be automatically recorded to your personal zoom link you will receive. If you were logged in for the required time you will receive a course eval and attendance certficate.
Webinar will begin at 12 p.m. and end at 1 p.m. you will need to be logged in and present for the entire time.
Course participants must complete any & all formal assessments, procedures, and criteria required for credit or certification. As per Memorial Hermann policy, participants must attend the entire course in order to receive CCUs and course certificate. No partial credits will be given.
OT/OTA CEUs:
Memorial Hermann Health System is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 14647. This virtual synchronous webinar activity is offered at .1 CEUs (1 contact hour) as a beinner level, in the OT Service Delivery and Foundational Knowledge categories. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. Participants MUST ATTEND ENTIRE COURSE in order to receive CEUs / CCUs and course certificate. OTs/COTAs MUST ATTTEND ENTIRE COURSE in order to receive CEU/CCU credit. No partial credits given.
PT/PTA CCUs:
ACCREDITED PROVIDER
PT: Memorial Hermann Health System is a Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) Accredited Provider of continuing education. This activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider 2807019TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE.
This course has been approve in Texas / TPTA f for CCUs: 1.0
TPTA requires PT Participants MUST ATTEND ENTIRE COURSE in order to receive CEU/CCU credit. No partial credits given.
AT CEUs:
Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine (BOC AP# P10187) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program is eligible for a maximum of 1.0 hour/CEU. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
