Yorick received his Physical Therapy degree in the Netherlands and his DPT at the University of St. Augustine, Florida. He has extensive training and practical experience in biophysical agents and teaches nationally and internationally to medical professionals on their therapeutic use. Yorick has been instrumental in developing the use of electrical stimulation by Speech Language Pathologists in the treatment of dysphagia. Yorick currently lives in California and runs his private practice in Gilroy, CA.
Financial Disclosure: Yorick receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of his live course(s) and royalties for the sale of his recorded course(s). Yorick is the author and an instructor for the VitalStim Therapy Specialty Program.
Non-Financial Disclosure: no relevant relationships exist
CIAO is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). CIAO complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, CIAO is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area)
CIAO Automatically reports to CE Broker for Florida Occupational and Physical Therapists and Assistants. Florida SLPs can either use the ASHA CE Participant Form (Bubble Sheet) or self-submit through CE Broker.
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"it is great"
- Yangon, AL / Jul 2022
"This was a good review as I have been NMES certified for several years and using this modality of treatment with many of my patients, in conjunction with traditional Dysphagia therapies. "
- Springfield, IL / Jul 2022
"The presenter did a nice job of presenting this topic. I did not learn this depth of dysphagia and treatment in my school coursework and was very pleased to learn new things. I thought he had a very nice pace, and I found that a lot of information was still fairly relevant despite this video being 10+ years old now. Thank you!"
- Campbell, CA / Feb 2022
"Well presented!"
- Naples, FL / Jul 2021
"Very Informative"
- DILLON, SC / Mar 2021
"Very knowledgable instructor... Instructor was easy to listen to and follow Instructor made information easy to understand"
- Ormond Beach, FL / Mar 2021
"Very informative and well supported information"
- Cheney, WA / Mar 2020
"Great overview and information"
- Searcy, AR / Mar 2020
"Great info"
- Valparaiso, IN / Dec 2019
"Good information for working in long term care settings."
- St.. Louis, MO / Sep 2019
"This is new information for me as my experience is in early intervention."
- Gulfport, MS / Feb 2019
"Yorick was a fantastic presenter! I always learn information better with his approach because he is skillful at taking cumbersome or complex information and simplifying it down to a level that is more easily understood. However, two of the test questions were unfair or structured unfairly. For example one of the questions asked about the cost of a PEG tube for one year and this information was never discussed during the presentation whatsoever nor was there a slide for it on my course manual."
- Rupert, ID / Dec 2018
"Great reinforcement for use of NMES"
- Lake View, NY / Dec 2018
"Great review of Dysphagia and NMES"
- Milton, FL / Nov 2018
"Great course!"
- Euless, TX / Dec 2017
"Great information! I enjoyed the statistics included in this lecture. "
- Jackson, MS / Dec 2017
"I am convinced that NMES is effective and safe in adults with dysphagia."
- Arlington, TX / Sep 2017