8:00-8:30       Intro, pre-test,activity
8:30-9:30       What is a normal stress response, definition of stress, stress hormones, what stress does in the brain and stress studies & difference of stress responses by gender, feelings your patients might describe to cue you in to the need to address their stress along with their primary diagnosis, stress related illnesses, assessment tool to help patients identify their stressors.
9:30-9:35       Mini stretch break
9:35-10:00     Diabetes- types, risk factors, studies, intervention techniques with cognitive therapy, progressive muscular relaxation, exercise, safe exercise parameters with diabetes, triad of control.
10:00-10:30  Cardiovascular Disease- risk factors, visceral fat, sleep deprivation with intervention, seasonal stress disorder , diet, exercise, other interventions.
10:30-10:40  Break
10:40-11:20  Cont. Cardiovascular disease
11:20-12:00  Exercises
12:00-1:00     Lunch on your own
1:00-1:35       Exercises continued
1:35-1:50       Music and geri dance interventions
1:50-2:15       Asthma, how stress affects asthma and intervention techniques
2:15-2:30       Fibromyalgia, incidence, possible causes, interventions
2:30-2:35       Mini break
2:35-3:15       Therapeutic manual massage as intervention modality with indications, precautions, contraindications, as a possible intervention to decrease meds in elderly population, opportunity to experience self-hand massage
3:15-3:35       Break
3:35-4:25       Additional intervention techniques, thinking outside the box for wound care cancer, osteoporosis patients, etc.
4:25-4:30       Post test  and class evaluation instruction for certificate of completion