✔ 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 Upright VR to Activator Poles to BlazePod to Gibbon Slackboard, test and learn how to apply multiple rehab tools safely and effectively for every patient.

✔ Food, Fun & Giveaways: Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and a little laughter to recharge your brain and body. Get a chance to win super cool rehab equipment you've been wanting but your department won't buy!

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

Day 1: Friday, October 17, 2025

Hands-On Falls Training (4.0 Contact Hours)

Optional Morning Session (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

Kick off the weekend with an inviting outdoor experience! Incorporate restorative activities and a little vitamin sea to kick off the weekend.

• Highlights include:
  Beach meditation, stretches, walking and functional activities. 
• Note - This session is optional and non-CEU. Come meet us whenever you arrive! We're meeting at the beach to have some nerdy neuro fun until Rogue classes are finished and we can begin the afternoon session. 

Hands-on Falls Training Course with Naomi Casiro, BSc (Kin), MPT.  Afternoon Session and official start to DED! (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM) 

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.

• By the end of the session you will be able to teach your clients how to fall well
• Practice on each other and with patient volunteers

Day 2: Saturday, October 18, 2025 

Handle with Skill: Up Your Neuro Handling Practice (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; Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT, NCS, Chris McElderry, PT, DPT, NCS and guests.

Rotate through interactive stations featuring:

• Equipment demonstrations
• Patient volunteers
• Hands-on practice
• Breaks and food included

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

Reactive and Cognitive-Motor Training in Neuro Rehab (4.0 Contact Hours)

End your Dendrite Expansion Day weekend by diving into the exciting world of reaction-based, high-intensity neuro-motor training incorporating research, motivation, and dual task. 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:

• Create assessments and activities that engage your clients more than ever!  
• Incorporate BlazePod technology and other clinical tools to target reflexes, speed, reaction time, and cognitive-motor integration.
• Gain practical skills to design individualized neuromotor training programs for neuro clients of all functional levels.
• Explore creative drills and exercises that improve agility, coordination, and overall functional performance while keeping therapy fun and motivating for patients.

Only 10 7 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. Sign up now before they sell out!