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Problem Solving for Function - An NDT/Bobath Pediatric Handling


9/11/2009 9:00am - 4:30pm

"Problem Solving for Function - An NDT/Bobath Pediatric Handling Intensive Course", Madonna Nash instructing at Children's Therapy Unit, Puyallup, WA

This course will focus on assessment and treatment demonstrations, with participant lab work relevant to the demos. It is a clinical handling course to analyze necessary intervention for improving functional abilities in the 0-21 population. A variety of ages and disabilities will be covered. There will be some lecture and opportunities for discussion. Participants are invited to bring short [5 min] videos of clients for treatment discussion.

Instructor - Madonna Nash, OTR/L. Received her degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Illinois in 1978. She has been an NDT/OT Instructor since 1982 and is a member of NDTA, AOTA and IOTA. She has taught several 8-week courses throughout the United States and several courses in NDT and SI in Europe and South America. Madonna and Kacy Hertz own City Kids, Inc., a private practice in Chicago where she works and plays with children with neurological impairments and a variety of other diagnosis.

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.
* 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 and dolls.

Target audience:

This three-day workshop is designed for Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists working with treatment planning In children with neuromuscular pathologies.

To register, go to the following link www.ndta.org/conferences/seminars.php and click on details for the September 11-13, 2009 conference

September 11-13, 2009

9/11/2009 9:00am – 9/13/2009 4:30pm

"Problem Solving for Function - An NDT/Bobath Pediatric Handling Intensive Course", Madonna Nash instructing at Children's Therapy Unit, Puyallup, WA

COST

NDTA Member price: $350, non-member $450

Dates and Locations


9/11/2009 9:00am - 4:30pm
Children's Therapy Unit
402 15th Ave. S.E.
Puyallup, WA 98372


Contact Info


www.ndta.org
800-869-9295
www.ndta.org/conferences/seminars.php