✔ Immersive Learning: Stop sitting in lectures all day. Try interventions, test equipment, and practice with patient volunteers and peers.

✔ Mentorship on Demand: Learn directly from PT and OT leaders while collaborating with other therapists.

✔ Hands-On Equipment Trials: From Activator Poles to BlazePod and Meditouch Balance Tutors, test and learn how to apply tools safely and effectively.

✔ Food & Fun: Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and a little laughter to recharge your brain and body.

✔ CEUs That Count: Up to 14 contact hours available.

Day 1: Friday, October 17, 2025

AM Beach Session & PM Falls Training (4.0 Contact Hours)

Optional Morning Session (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM)

Kick off the weekend with an invigorating outdoor experience! Incorporate functional treatment approaches in a fresh, open-air environment. Practice movement strategies, obstacle courses, and equipment-based exercises while integrating meditation for body awareness and mindfulness.

• Highlights include:
  Activator Poles with Joy Cochran
• Obstacle Course with Jamie Haines

Afternoon Session (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM) 

Hands-on Falls Training Course with Naomi Castro, BSc (Kin), MPT. Learn safe falling techniques and effective methods to teach these skills to your patients. Gain confidence in applying fall prevention strategies and hands-on interventions in a controlled clinical setting.

Day 2: Saturday, October 18, 2025 

Integration Day (6.0 Contact Hours)

Spend a full day in immersive, hands-on learning with our expert instructors: JJ Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD, NCS; Briana Elson, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, CBIS; and Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT.

Rotate through interactive stations featuring:

• Equipment demonstrations
• Patient volunteers
• Hands-on practice

Apply the techniques immediately, receive mentorship from leaders in the field, and collaborate with fellow therapists to tackle complex neuro and vestibular cases in real-time.

Day 3: Sunday, October 19, 2025

BlazePod Master Trainer Course (4.0 Contact Hours)

End your Dendrite Expansion Day weekend by diving into the exciting world of reaction-based, high-intensity neuromotor training with the BlazePod system. This course is perfect for therapists eager to bring dynamic, engaging, and measurable interventions into their balance, coordination, and functional mobility sessions.

In this hands-on session, you’ll:

• Learn how to leverage BlazePod technology to target reflexes, speed, reaction time, and cognitive-motor integration.
• Gain practical skills to design individualized neuromotor training programs for patients of all functional levels—from chronic neurological conditions to orthopedic rehabilitation.
• Explore creative drills and exercises that improve agility, coordination, and overall functional performance while keeping therapy fun and motivating for patients.

Only 10 Spots Available for Non-Members!

DED is initially exclusive to NeuroSpark members, but due to high demand, we’re opening just 10 slots for non-members this year.