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Course Descriptions
APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF THE BABY (3 Day)
This three-day workshop is designed for physical, occupational, and speech therapists working with infants from birth- three years of age who have known or suspected neuromotor disorders such as Cerebral Palsy.
Lecture material will cover:
- motor control and dynamic systems
- assessment and treatment principles
- typical Vs atypical aspects of motor development for postural control, gross motor, upper extremity, and respiration
- sensory issues,
- Also discussed will be family issues relevant to the 0 to 3 year old and parent/caregiver home programming.
A major emphasis will be placed on handling techniques and treatment strategies. These will be presented through labs and patient demonstrations.
At the completion of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify significant aspects of typical/atypical motor control development in the first year
- Identify and incorporate sensory issues in treatment strategies.
- incorporate strategies to support caregivers during this acute phase of their adjustment
- Discuss the multiple dynamic system interactions in typical/atypical motor control
- Utilize this information in assessing infants with neuromotor involvement.
- Incorporate the treatment strategies practiced in labs with your patients.
Treatment labs and demonstrations will be included. Participants should bring comfortable clothing for treatment labs. In addition, much time is spent practicing hand placement and subtle changes in direction of input on a doll. Please bring a doll that is at least 18-24 inches long with motion available in major joints. You will use these dolls for parent training and will be encouraged to use them in your practice. Therapy dolls WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE COURSE.
<18 Clock Hours>
APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF THE BABY (5 Day)
This workshop is designed for professionals working with the 0-3 year population functioning at a 1-12 month developmental level. Specific principles and practical information for the treatment of infants diagnosed or suspected of having developmental problems including CP, and developmental delays will be covered.
Lecture material will cover:
- Typical Vs atypical aspects of motor development for gross motor, upper extremity, fine motor, standing, oral motor, respiration and speech;
- sensory issues,
- motor control and dynamic systems;
- postural control,
- assessment and treatment principles
- Also discussed will be family issues relevant to the 0-3 year old and parent/caregiver home programming.
A major emphasis will be placed on handling techniques and treatment strategies. These will be presented through labs and patient demonstrations.
At the completion of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify significant aspects of typical/atypical motor control development in the first year
- Identify and incorporate sensory issues in treatment strategies.
- incorporate strategies to support caregivers during this acute phase of their adjustment
- Discuss the multiple dynamic system interactions in typical/atypical motor control
- Utilize this information in assessing infants with neuromotor involvement.
- Incorporate the treatment strategies practiced in labs with your patients.
Participants should bring comfortable clothing for treatment labs. In addition, much time is spent practicing hand placement and subtle changes in direction of input on a doll. Bring a doll that is at least 18-24 inches long with motion available in major joints. You will use these dolls for parent training and will be encouraged to use them in your practice. Therapy dolls WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE COURSE.
Some of this material will be review for those certified in NDT.
<31 Clock Hours>
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF TORTICOLLIS
This one-day course is a discussion of current evaluation and treatment of infant torticollis. It is designed for Physical and Occupational Therapists and Assistants. Emphasis is on a problem solving approach to developing an individualized treatment plan for each unique child. The course also includes discussion on research, anatomy and case presentations.
Lecture material will cover:
• Etiology
• Underlying anatomy and kinesiology
• Literature review
• Evaluation and treatment, emphasizing and individualized problem-solving approach
• Discussion of specific cases
At the conclusion of the course participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the etiology of Torticollis
2. Understand the anatomy and kinesiology related to torticollis
3. Review current literature
4. Develop comprehensive evaluation skills and complete a differential diagnosis
5. Implement treatment techniques and develop an individualized home exercise program
NOTE: Participants are invited to bring video of specific cases for discussion.
Treatment labs will be included. Participants should bring comfortable clothing for treatment labs. In addition, some techniques will be practiced on a doll. Please bring a doll that is at least 18-24 inches long. You will use these dolls for parent training and will be encouraged to use them in your practice. Therapy dolls WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE COURSE.
<8 Credit Hours>
BALL TECHNIQUES
This two day lab experience focuses on the use of gymnastic balls in therapy to promote development and function in patients. Posture and balance reactions are evaluated as well as motor planning transitions and movement on the ball. This is a participatory workshop so comfortable clothing is suggested. Each participant is encouraged to bring an appropriately sized therapy ball that allows them to sit comfortable with their hips and knees at 90 degrees.
A variety of techniques will be practiced using the balls to:
- elicit muscle elongation
- joint mobility
- muscle strengthening
- synergistic muscle activation and overall movement control.
<13 Credit Hours>
BALL TECHNIQUES IN THE TREATMENT OF THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
This two day lab experience focuses on the use of gymnastic balls in therapy to promote development and function in patients.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Evaluation of various postures and movements of patients observed on videotapes.
2. Evaluate effectiveness of ball techniques to obtain functional goals on videotape demonstrations.
3. Observe sequencing of treatment session both on and off the ball on videotape demonstrations.
4. Discuss variety of activities that can be addressed using ball therapy.
GOALS:
Participants will be able to:
1. Describe differences of weight shifting on stable vs.. mobile surface.
2. Describe significance of extension and flexion with rotation for balance an equilibrium reactions.
3. Demonstrate on partners techniques to elicit weight shifting with control on the ball.
4. Demonstrate two techniques each for mobility elongation, activity and control using the ball.
5. Demonstrate transitions for sequencing therapy activities on the ball.
<13 Credit Hours>
CORE DYNAMICS FOR POSTURAL CONTROL AND FUNCTION (2 day)
(Formerly Postural Control)
Structural alignment and joint mobility are critical for motor function. They become even more important when a child has a neurological impairment. In this course we will study the mechanics of the hip joints, pelvis, spine and rib cage. The amount of mobility necessary for proper alignment and transitions in and out of sitting and standing will be reviewed. Specific muscles will be addressed as they relate to decreased mobility in the pediatric neurological population. The muscles of the inner and outer units responsible for core stability will also be discussed.
Gentle manual therapy and Neurodevelopmental Treatment strategies will be utilized to increase mobility in the rib cage, spine and hips. With optimal alignment and mobility, less effort is required to move. (Increased effort often leads to recruitment of abnormal muscle tone.) NDT facilitation, stabilization exercises and ball and band exercises will be utilized to increase activity in the musculature of the ribcage, spine, pelvis and hips. Your patients will gain greater ease of movement and increased motor control.
This course is designed for physical, occupational and speech therapists and assistants who wish to improve their handling skills and have beginning to intermediate level experience in pediatrics. It would be appropriate for therapists working with children in outpatient, home care or school settings. The majority of time in this course is spent handling and treating other participants. Please dress comfortably. Clothing which allows your lab partner to observe the rib cage, spine and lower extremities is important for optimal learning.
Objectives:
- Understand the relationship between the hips, pelvis, rib cage and spine in upright posture
- Identify muscles commonly involved in poor alignment in the pediatric neurological population
- Discuss biomechanics of the hip, pelvis and lumbar spine
- Describe the impact of anterior or posterior rotation of the pelvis on alignment of the spine and rib cage
- Identify the components of the inner and outer unit which stabilize the trunk, pelvis and spine
- Understand the role of the pelvic floor and diaphragm in stabilizing the trunk and rib cage
<13 Clock Hours>
CREATING A ROADMAP TO FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems for Children with Neuromotor Impairments
Course Description
This three-day course will focus on critical thinking skills necessary to identify and build “achievable functional skills” in the typical daily routines. The focus will be preschool to school age children, with varying degrees of neuromotor involvement. Assessment of the essential components for each routine, followed by the creation and execution of therapeutic intervention that assures success will be discussed and demonstrated. A combination of didactic and laboratory learning will emphasize NDT, SI, and Motor Learning frameworks as the foundation for intervention in the home, clinic, and school.
Learning Objectives
The participants will be able to:
- Select appropriate functional goals for children, and identify the “typical” components necessary for performance.
- Use a multi systems perspective to identify barriers to performance and prioritize the essential elements for intervention.
- Understand and implement the contributions of NDT, SI, and Motor Learning frameworks in intervention programs
Create a road map for intervention including preparation, simulation, practice, carry over, and infusion for mobility, self care, and leisure time activities.
- Identify and demonstrate multiple strategies, techniques, and activities to use individually and with groups in therapy, school, home, and community environments.
<17 Clock Hours>
GAINING DYNAMIC STABILITY OF THE SHOULDER GIRDLE FOR FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES
Treatment of the Shoulder Girdle for Functional Outcomes
The shoulder girdle complex is a floating system that is influenced by the biomechanics, kinesiological aspects and active postural control of the axial skeleton. This seminar is designed to assist therapists in developing a comprehensive understanding of the shoulder girdle and the relationship to postural control and functional outcomes. This hands-on course will emphasize the selection, rationale and practice of treatment strategies used to gain dynamic shoulder girdle stability for functional outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this course the participant will be able:
- Understand the complexity of the shoulder girdle
- Identify significant aspects of the shoulder girdle
- Evaluate structural alignment of the shoulder girdle at rest
- Identify components of movement that have a direct influence on shoulder girdle mobility and stability
- Evaluate and identify compensatory strategies used for shoulder girdle stability/mobility
- Select and demonstrate shoulder girdle treatment strategies using a Neuro-Developmental Framework.
This course is designed for PT, PTA, OT, OTA and SLP therapists that are currently treating individuals with central nervous system dysfunction resulting in system impairments.
This seminar is primarily a hands-on course requiring participants to bring/wear clothing that exposes the posterior trunk and shoulder girdle region for observation and treatment labs.
<14 Credit Hours>
HANDLING OF THE ADULT NEUROLOGICAL PATIENT
As therapists, we need to be aware of how our own nervous systems and movement preferences impact the way we handle our clients and the effectiveness of our treatments. This hands-on seminar emphasizes the development of your proprioceptive senses for assessment and treatment of the neurologically challenged patient as well as providing a framework and model for the use of these hands-on techniques. You will learn to feel, see and control counter-productive central nervous system reactions to facilitate more efficient movement adaptations with smooth and graded responses. While this material is geared toward the Neurologic population, it has significant application to the Orthopedic population as well.
You will learn:
1. Assessment of patterns of movement and structural components (ROM, tone,
joint mobility, soft tissue mobility) to determine missing components necessary to improve function.
2. Additional handling skills and hand placement and their applications to specific populations with goals to:
a) decrease spasticity
b) increase balanced muscle activity
c) facilitate joint and postural alignment
d) facilitate more efficient movement patterns
e) decrease pain
Our experience shows that this material is introductory to intermediate level.
<12 Credit Hours>
HANDS ON THE HAND
This two-day workshop is designed for therapists who work with individual’s diagnosed with central nervous system dysfunction, and wish to expand on their problem solving abilities and handling strategies when assess and treating the lower arm and hand. Labs will focus on therapeutic handling strategies and techniques that will optimize postural control as related to the forearm, wrist and hand, minimize impairments and enhance overall function. Basic taping techniques will be demonstrated and practiced. This course will be primarily handling labs, therefore understanding of the biomechanics of upper body and the shoulder girdle will be helpful.
Who Should Attend
Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists who work with individuals with central nervous system dysfunction, such as Cerebral Palsy, CVA and Sensory Integrative Problems. The course would be appropriate for therapists working in the clinic, home health, hospital and/or school setting.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Assess and understand the patterns of approach reach and grasp in individuals with central nervous system dysfunction.
- Identify critical impairments interfering with motor function related to functional outcomes.
- Define treatment techniques for neurological impairment(s) and problem solve when to use which technique(s) and why.
- Apply treatment techniques and strategies to increase mobility and enhance stability of the forearm, wrist and hand.
- Integrate handling strategies learned in lab into daily practice.
<13 Credit Hours>
IMPLEMENTING TERAPY IN THE CLASSROOM (3 Day)
Course Description
This three-day course will focus on functional assessment of performance in school environments, focusing on the preschool and school age child. There will be a thorough examination of school-based routines essential for school success in lecture and laboratory format. Postural control and movement, sensory processing, and environmental adaptation will be used as the foundation for applying “practical principles” to therapeutic intervention. Participants are welcome to bring videotapes of children for problem solving discussions.
You will Learn:
- Identify and prioritize therapist vs. educator roles, core functional routines basic to all educational environments, and therapist delieverables.
- Critical thinking skills necessary in identifying foundations for function.
- To present a “top down” functionally based model of therapeutic intervention that removes barriers and improves the classroom performance of children.
- To identify effective consultation, direct treatment, and infusion tactics to bring therapy into the classroom.
- To demonstrate how to extend the impact of therapy in the daily routines of an educational environment.
- Strategies for evaluating and impacting seating, mobility, feeding, dressing, tool usage, playground and gym activities.
<17 Clock Hours>
IMPLEMENTING THERAPY IN THE CLASSROOM ( 2 Day)
This two-day course will focus on the critical thinking skills that therapists must use to help children achieve academic success. Functional routines essential to academic routines will be identified. The essential elements for performance for each routine will be identified, the tasks will be broken down into essential components, and strategies to produce measurable changes children will be presented. Through a combination of didactic and laboratory learning, we will use the sensory, motor, and cognitive foundations of the neurodevelopmental, sensory integrative and motor learning theoretical frameworks to build classroom based intervention.
Learning Objectives:
- The participants will be able to:
- Identify academic routines common to all classroom environments.
- Identify postural and sensory components essential for performance
- Use a systems perspective to identify barriers to performance, prioritize the essential elements for intervention to close the gap for function
- Select appropriate functional goals for children, and identify the “typical” components necessary for performance.
- Create classroom based intervention including preparation, simulation, practice, carry over, and infusion.
- Identify multiple strategies, techniques, and activities to use individually and with groups.
- Identify the most effective methodologies to initiate and sustain learning.
<12 Clock Hours or 1.2 CEU’s>
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE AND IT'S APPLICATION TO NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL TREATMENT (2 Day)
You will learn basic myofascial release as it applies to inhibition, elongation and facilitation. Our experience shows that this material is useful for therapists working with either adult or pediatric populations.
Fascia is a web of thin elastic tissue, which exists, in continuous layers throughout the body. Muscles, bones and all other structures inside the body are organized and supported in this web. When abnormal posture and motion alter the natural and efficient alignment of the skeleton, the fascial system adapts by contracting and bonding. It will shorten, thicken and attach itself to neighboring structures in an effort to support the current alignment of the individual.
Learn to:
- lengthen the fascial system as you inhibit spasticity,
- elongate muscle groups,
- facilitate new responses to increase the effectiveness of treatment.
Some familiarity with NDT terminology will be helpful.
<17 Clock Hours>
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE AND IT'S APPLICATION TO NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL TREATMENT TECHNIQUES (3 Day)
You will learn basic myofascial release as it applies to inhibition, elongation and facilitation. Our experience shows that this material is useful for therapists working with either adult or pediatric populations.
Fascia is a web of thin elastic tissue, which exists, in continuous layers throughout the body. Muscles, bones and all other structures inside the body are organized and supported in this web. When abnormal posture and motion alter the natural and efficient alignment of the skeleton, the fascial system adapts by contracting and bonding. It will shorten, thicken and attach itself to neighboring structures in an effort to support the current alignment of the individual.
Learn to:
- lengthen the fascial system as you inhibit spasticity,
- elongate muscle groups,
- facilitate new responses to increase the effectiveness of treatment.
Some familiarity with NDT terminology will be helpful.
<21 Clock Hours>
NDT and Sensory (2Day):
Integrating NDT and Sensory Strategies in Pediatrics
Clinical decision making using an integrated treatment approach for children diagnosed with neuromotor and sensory impairments will be discussed. The importance of understanding the pathiophysiology as well as the impact of body systems on postural control will be emphasized. An overview of postural control, sensory systems, and treatment strategies emphasizing graded sensory information with NDT handling techniques will be presented. Handling labs, case study, videos and discussion will be utilized to integrate this information.
As therapists treating children diagnosed with multiple system impairments such as cerebral palsy, congenital hypotonicity, other neuromotor impairments, and medically fragile conditions, we can improve our clinical decision making skills by forming and testing hypotheses regarding critical impairments. This will provide us with the opportunity to evaluate our treatment effectiveness.
Learning objectives:
1. Identify critical impairments, and establish and test hypotheses to evaluate effectiveness of clinical decision making and intervention.
2. Identify and describe sensory system contributions to the posture and movement systems.
3. Define NDT/sensory strategies that are appropriate for use with children who have neurological impairments.
4. Refine handling skills.
(Some familiarity with NDT handling is helpful)
<13.5 Clock Hours>
NDT AND SENSORY: (3Day)
Integrating NDT and Sensory Strategies in Pediatrics
Clinical decision making using an integrated treatment approach for children diagnosed with neuromotor and sensory impairments will be discussed. The importance of understanding the pathiophysiology as well as the impact of body systems on postural control will be emphasized. An overview of postural control, sensory systems, and treatment strategies emphasizing graded sensory information with NDT handling techniques will be presented. Handling labs, case study, videos and discussion will be utilized to integrate this information.
As therapists treating children diagnosed with multiple system impairments such as cerebral palsy, congenital hypotonicity, other neuromotor impairments, and medically fragile conditions, we can improve our clinical decision making skills by forming and testing hypotheses regarding critical impairments. This will provide us with the opportunity to evaluate our treatment effectiveness.
Learning objectives:
1. Identify critical impairments, and establish and test hypotheses to evaluate effectiveness of clinical decision making and intervention.
2. Identify and describe sensory system contributions to the posture and movement systems.
3. Define NDT/sensory strategies that are appropriate for use with children who have neurological impairments.
4. Refine handling skills.
(Some familiarity with NDT handling is helpful)
<17 Clock Hours>
NDT and Taping: Facilitating Upper Extremity Function
This two-day course is designed to provide pediatric therapists with hands-on experience that will improve the alignment and function of the upper extremity through the principles of NDT and the incorporation of taping. In pediatric practice one of our primary responsibilities as occupational therapists is to improve arm and hand use to facilitate the child’s ability to engage in day to day activities. The children we work with often demonstrate functional limitations in many performance areas due to pathophysiology that affects the postural and movement systems. Inactivity in the postural system musculature impacts range of reach. Often distal misalignment occurs, resulting in varying degrees of disuse, weakness, and decreased coordination of the hand.
Attendees will review theory, learn handling and basic taping skills, and develop clinical reasoning skills. Didactic information, labs, videos and patient demonstration will be used to accomplish the course objectives
Course Objectives:
The Participants will be able to:
1. Assess and articulate atypical UE motor development.
2. Make effective clinical decisions regarding treatment sequences that will efficiently address alignment, activation, and function.
3. Refine handling skills specific to treatment of the shoulder girdle, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand.
4. Understand the principles of taping as an adjunct to treatment for the client with alignment issues.
5. Develop good knowledge of basic taping principles, properties, and techniques
6. Explain the use of tape as a way to improve neuromuscular re-education through improved alignment in functional activities.
7. Explain skin care and use of tape to clients and families.
8. Participants will be able to identify treatment adjuncts to utilize with particular diagnostic groups.
<16>
NDT PEDIATRIC HANDLING (2 Day)
Learn to see and feel the subtle barriers during your assessment process. Learn to grade sensory motor input that is strategically timed to obtain predictable changes in your patient's movement repertoire. This hands-on seminar emphasizes the development of your proprioceptive senses for assessment and treatment of the neurologically challenged patient as well as providing a framework and model for the use of these hands-on techniques.
You will learn:
- Refinement in your current level of assessment and treatment skills.
- Selective key points of control based on the quality and characteristics of your patient's motor control.
- Sustained and intermittent touch of varying pressures with graded movement, joint compression and traction.
- You will learn to feel, see and control counter-productive central nervous system reactions to facilitate more efficient movement adaptations with smooth and graded responses.
Our experience shows that this material is introductory to intermediate and is useful in working with either adult or pediatric populations.
<14 Clock Hours>
NDT PEDIATRIC HANDLING (3 Day)
Learn to see and feel the subtle barriers during your assessment process. Learn to grade sensory motor input that is strategically timed to obtain predictable changes in your patient's movement repertoire. This hands-on seminar emphasizes the development of your proprioceptive senses for assessment and treatment of the neurologically challenged patient as well as providing a framework and model for the use of these hands-on techniques.
You will learn:
- Refinement in your current level of assessment and treatment skills.
- Selective key points of control based on the quality and characteristics of your patient's motor control,
- Sustained and intermittent touch of varying pressures with graded movement, joint compression and traction,
- You will learn to feel, see and control counter-productive central nervous system reactions to facilitate more efficient movement adaptations with smooth and graded responses.
Our experience shows that this material is introductory to intermediate and is useful in working with either adult or pediatric populations.
<17 Clock Hours>
PREPARATION AND ACTIVATION:
ORIENTING THE HAND FOR FUNCTION (1 Day)
In pediatric practice one of our primary responsibilities as occupational therapists is to improve hand use. The children we work with often demonstrate functional limitations in daily living skills due to pathiophysiology that affects the postural and movement systems. Inactivity in the postural system musculature impacts range of reach. Often distal misalignment occurs, resulting in varying degrees of disuse, weakness, and decreased coordination of the hand.
The purpose of this one day workshop is to explore hands on and task strategies that will improve alignment and facilitate activation of the elbow, forearm, wrist and hand. Didactic material, treatment labs and video will be used to convey this information. Adjuncts to support treatment results, as well as carry over suggestions will be discussed.
Course Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to assess and articulate atypical UE motor development.
2. Participants will learn to make effective clinical decisions regarding treatment sequences that will efficiently address alignment and activation.
3. Participants will refine their handling skills specific to treatment of the elbow, forearm, wrist and hand.
4. Participants will identify a minimum of 5 carry-over strategies that can be incorporated into a family’s daily routine.
5. Participants will be able to identify treatment adjuncts to utilize with particular diagnostic groups.
<8 Credit Hours>
STRATEGIES FOR TREATING THE CHILD WITH NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS
This lecture style course is designed to help the participants become more effective therapists. Presenter and participants will discuss treatment strategies and goal setting for patients with varying types of neurological deficits.
Videotaped treatment sessions will cover topics including:
- Spasticity
- Hypotonia- Athetosis
- Ataxia
Group discussions will allow critical analysis of treatment techniques as well as brainstorming sessions to set appropriate goals for each patient shown. The information shared in this course is
intended to be added to the participant's existing knowledge base to continue the learning of clinical strategies and the overall understanding of patients who present with movement deficits.
Upon completion of the course the participants will be able to:
- Define treatment techniques for use with children who have neurological impairment, and
problem solve about what to do when.
- Develop treatment strategies and goals for a variety of different children.
- Break skills down into component parts to work toward skills with a variety of children.
- Determine which treatment strategies will work with different types of neurological impairment.
- Understand how to use treatment strategies to enhance the variety of treatment skills used and improve problem solving for treating children with neurological impairment.
- Identify and describe movement strategies different children use for stability, mobility,
postural security and independence.
- Identify which muscles may need to be lengthened or strengthened or facilitated to work with other muscles.
This course is designed for therapists from beginners to advanced who want to enhance their clinical problem solving and treatment skills. Material is applicable to children from infancy through adolescence.
<12 Clock Hours>
THE HYPOTONIC CHILD (3 Day)
Treatment for Postural Control, Endurance, Strength, and Sensory Organization
This 3 day intensive workshop on treating the child with hypotonia focuses on specific strategies to improve motor control in this population. Techniques to improve proximal control, sustained postural movements against gravity, and symmetrical alignment will be demonstrated through use of videotapes, as well as patient demonstrations and practice labs. Lecture material will cover key deficits in the motor and sensory development of the child who has hypotonia.
You Will Learn:
- A basic knowledge of the hypotonic child's problem.
- Treatment strategies for the hypotonic child.
- General information on sensory stimulation for the hypotonic child.
- The atypical development of the hypotonic child.
- To plan and implement a therapy program for the hypotonic child.
- To analyze movement patterns of the hypotonic child.
- To determine which muscles the hypotonic child overuses for stability.
- To practice a variety of facilitation techniques for head control, upper and lower extremity control, and general posture.
Enrollment size is limited since this is a lecture and lab experience.
Educational Credits. Certificates will be awarded.
<18 Clock hours>
THE HYPOTONIC CHILD (2 Day)
Treatment for Postural Control, Endurance, Strength, and Sensory Organization
Treatment for Postural Control, Endurance, Strength, and Sensory Organization
This two intensive workshop on treating the child with hypotonia focuses on specific strategies
to improve motor control in this population. Techniques to improve proximal control, sustained
postural movements against gravity, and symmetrical alignment will be demonstrated through
use of videotapes, as well as patient demonstrations and practice labs. Lecture material will
cover key deficits in the motor and sensory development of the child who has hypotonia.
You Will Learn:
- A basic knowledge of the hypotonic child's problem.
- Treatment strategies for the hypotonic child.
- General information on sensory stimulation for the hypotonic child.
- The abnormal development of the hypotonic child.
- To plan and implement a therapy program for the hypotonic child.
- To analyze movement patterns of the hypotonic child.
- To determine which muscles the hypotonic child overuses for stability.
- To practice a variety of facilitation techniques for head control, upper and lower extremity control, and general posture.
Enrollment size is limited since this is a lecture and lab experience.
Educational Credits 12 contact hours. Certificates will be awarded.
<12 Clock hours>
TREATMENT OF THE CHILD WITH QUADRIPLEGIC CP
Enhancing the Function of Children with Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy
This three-day workshop focuses on assessment and treatment planning strategies for children with
Cerebral palsy, including spastic, athetoid and mixed quadriplegias. The specific pathophysiology, impairments and functional activity limitations that children with these diagnoses present with will be covered.
Treament planning which includes short and long-term functional outcomes related to participation in home, school and community, emphasizing children aged 3-adolescence will be presented through demonstration, video and group problem solving sessions. Treatment techniques aimed at minimizing specific impairments, and facilitating postural components necessary for achieving functional use of vision upper extremities and assisted mobility will be presented through patient demonstration and lab.
Carryover through home programs, classroom strategies, community based programs, and use of adaptive equipment will also be discussed.
Objectives:
At the completion of this three-day workshop participants will be able to:
- Recognize and differentiate problems with posture and movement and specific impairments seen in children with diagnoses of spastic quadriplegia, athetoid quadriplegia and mixed spastic/athetoid quadriplegia.
- Describe the relationship of specific impairments to functional activity limitations commonly seen in children with these diagnoses, particularly related to visual control UE control and assisted mobility.
- Utilize treatment techniques practiced in labs in treating patients with these types of diagnoses.
- Develop treatment plans which include short and long-term functional outcomes impairment related treatment objectives and specific carryover strategies.
<18 Clock Hours>
TREATMENT OF THE INFANT 2 DAY PROBLEM SOLVING WORKSHOP
Utilizing a problem-solving format, this 2-day workshop is designed to build on information received in previous courses on Treatment of the Infant. Participants will experience aspects of the treatment planning process from an NDT perspective.
This will include;
- analysis of problems with posture and movement from system impairments and understand the relationship of these problems to functional activity,
- correlate these functional limitations and participation limitations,
- setting measurable functional outcomes.
Video analysis of patients contributed by participants, patient demonstration and group problem solving will be used to cover the above topics. Labs will emphasize specific treatment techniques discussed in problem solving sessions.
Course objectives: participants will be able to:
Recognize problems with posture and movement and their relationship to system impairments. Correlate these problems to the functional activity limitations and participation limitations seen in infants.
- Develop treatment plans that build on the strengths (system integrity) of the individual infant while prioritizing and addressing specific impairments that relate to functional outcomes. Apply these plans within both the family and in other appropriate environments.
- Utilize specific treatment techniques demonstrated in course
Please bring a doll that is at least 18-24 inches long with motion available in major joints (such as hips, knees, shoulders and elbows. You will use these dolls for parent training and will be encouraged to use them in your practice. Therapy dolls WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE COURSE. Participants should wear loose comfortable clothing.
Pre-requisite: It is strongly suggested that participants have previously taken a 3 day or 5 day introductory course on treatment of the infant or an Intro to NDT course.
<13 Clock Hours>
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