Lifestyle Redesign® Special Topics: Mental Health - Stress, Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD 
May 19, 2025 - June 27, 2025

The Special Topics: Mental Health course is designed for participants to obtain understanding of Lifestyle Redesign intervention for the specific mental health populations including stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD. Module 1 of the course will address population demographics and relevant statistics; pathophysiology, symptoms, and diagnostics for highlighted diagnoses; common comorbidities and/or precursors to diagnosis; functional and occupational impacts of diagnoses; and typical medical management of diagnoses, including multidisciplinary care. Module 2 of the course will address the application of Lifestyle Redesign core characteristics and core domains to the evaluation, assessment, and intervention care process for highlighted diagnoses within the mental health population. Module 3 of the course will address program development and resources specific to supporting this population (e.g., national organizations, patient programs, support groups, etc.). The learning activity will provide the opportunity to apply Lifestyle Redesign concepts to a case study.

Learning Objectives: 
Following the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the relevance of occupational therapy and Lifestyle Redesign in meeting the occupational and functional needs of the mental health population, specifically stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD.
• Classify the role occupational therapy serves on the multidisciplinary team in serving the mental health population, specifically stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD.
• Interpret the impact of health disparities and inequities, and social determinants of health on care access, diagnostic processes, condition prognosis, and health in the mental health population, specifically stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD.
• Prioritize special considerations during Lifestyle Redesign informed occupational therapy assessment and evaluation process for the mental health population, specifically stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD.
• Determine applicable Lifestyle Redesign interventions when providing care for individuals with mental health conditions, specifically stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD.
• Apply clinical skills relevant to implementing Lifestyle Redesign interventions for mental health conditions, specifically stress, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD, through completion of relevant learning activity.

Schedule: 
This course utilizes a self-paced asynchronous format, meaning that participants are expected to set their own pacing for completing the course requirements within the 6-week period that the course is active. Participants should plan to spend approximately 3-4 hours on the entire course, including reviewing course lectures and completing the course assignment (“learning activity”). 

The course is divided into 3 modules, however, participants will only have access to a given module once the previous module has been completed (e.g. lectures have been viewed). All course requirements (i.e. learning activity and course evaluation) must be completed by June 27, 2025.

While synchronous (“live”) participation is not required, there will be 1 optional synchronous discussion session scheduled  to provide the opportunity for participants to ask questions, seek clarification regarding course concepts and terminology, and engage in problem solving for application of Lifestyle Redesign to varied practice settings.

Modules:

• Module 1: Diagnosis/Conditions/Population Introduction
• Module 2: Evaluation and Intervention 
• Module 3: Intervention, Program Development, Case Study 

Instructors* (Click on instructor name to view bio):
Rebecca Cunningham OTD, OTR/L, MSCS

Tracy Jalaba, OTD, OTR/L, PEERS

Marissa Marchioni, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS, LRC, earned both her master's and doctoral degrees at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Dr. Marchioni  is a clinician with expertise in helping individuals manage a range of chronic conditions, including obesity, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, sleep disturbances, and mental health challenges. With a focus on preventive health, she is passionate about promoting employee well-being in diverse workplace settings, from small businesses to large corporations. Dr. Marchioni has completed specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).
*subject to change 

Financial Disclosure: Instructor receives financial compensation as employees of USC Chan. Non Financial Disclosure: There are no non-financial relationships to the content of this course.

Cancellation Policy: A refund, less $50 administrative fee, will be made if a cancellation notice is received 10 business days prior to the course start date.  Cancellation by instructor/USC will result in full refund. 

Audience: This is an intermediate level course designed for OT practitioners who are interested in acquiring Lifestyle Redesign certification or accruing Lifestyle Redesign CEUs. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Core Course 1: Lifestyle Redesign Foundations in Lifestyle Redesign, Core Course 2: Lifestyle Redesign Intervention Delivery, and Core Course 3: Lifestyle Redesign Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Special Needs Requests: If you require ADA accommodations, please email details of request(s) to  [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the course start date so that arrangements can be made.

CEU Credit: This course is 3 contact hours. Participants must login and logout of the online platform to access course material(s).Participants must successfully complete the  learning activity and course evaluation in order to receive a certificate of completion. Certificates will be available within 2 - 3 weeks after the course end date..

USC Chan is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID #09582. This distance learning-independent activity is offered at 0.3CEUs, Intermediate, OT Service Delivery and Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.