This course explores up-to-date, clinically relevant interventions for improving balance in geriatric and neurologic patients. A key focus is learning to select and use the most appropriate tools for assessing balance/risk of falls and evaluating function. Participants will examine the relationship between cognition, the sensory system and balance control problems and will apply motor control interventions and motor learning concepts to specific conditions. Learning to differentiate between normal aging and pathology informs the development of effective evidence-based treatment strategies to improve functional balance and optimize the environment for patients with balance problems, including the elderly, those with stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and medically complex conditions.