Baby Steps: Ambulation for the 0-3 Population; CEU course for PT’s, PTA’s, OT’s and OTA’s

How do you maximize your time and target gait in your interventions with infants and toddlers? This course will focus on pre and early ambulation in a population that is predisposed to rapid and dramatic changes: the birth to three population. We will examine typical and atypical preparation for, and development of, ambulation in the infant and toddler. The impact of biomechanics, the neuromuscular system, the sensory system, orthotics, tone management, and assistive equipment will be integrated as participants learn to build intervention strategies to address ambulation early and effectively in infants and toddlers with diagnoses such as CP, developmental delay, prematurity, and Down Syndrome. Course material will be presented using lecture, videos, lab and group problem solving.

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We are thrilled to present this course by Faculty Member: Jan McElroy in multiple locations:

 

May 3-5, 2013 – Cincinnati, OH
May 9-11, 2013 – Fort Wayne, IN
May 17-19, 2013 – Las Vegas, NV
May 31-June 2, 2013 – Cedar Rapids, IA
June 21-23, 2013 – Hartford, CT
August 2-4, 2013 – St. Petersburg, FL
September 20-22, 2013 – TBA
October 18-20, 2013 – Sacramento, CA

Please visit our course page to download a brochure to share with your colleagues or to register
 

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Suggestions for Coma Stim?

Dana Posts:
DEAR ERI COMMUNITY:

I work on a sub-acute brain injury rehab unit. Residents are admitted for generally 3 months (many stay longer). I’m looking for some different treatment ideas for my coma residents. Any suggestions for coma stim? Even variations on traditional treatment methods are welcome. 5 days/week x 3 months can get very repetitive!!! Thank you in advance for the ideas!

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Education Resources joins Facebook and Linked In

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We are thrilled to announce that we are now on Facebook and Linked in!!

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We are hoping to be more accessible to you and be present in the platform that is most convenient for you.

We want to provide you with up to the minute relevant information that will benefit your career and practice.

As we build our  new communities of Therapists please let us know what you would like to see us post. We also welcome your feedback, testimonials and suggestions.

Please visit our Linked in and Facebook pages and “Like” and “Follow” us

 

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Free CE course for Adult Rehab and Geriatric Therapists

Our blog has been up and running for almost a year now……… where did that go???

Our blog has been very successful building a strong pediatric therapy community, and Acute Care community. We would like now to do the same for our Adult Rehab and Geriatric therapists, building a community that will serve you well, a place for you to share your ideas, challenges, solutions and to learn therapy tips from others. We would also like to be able offer a post course discussion for our acute care therapists, building on this new community.

We are offering you the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a free CE course.
All you need to do is submit a blog entry which can be:
1. a clinical issue that you are seeking opinions about. 
2. a case problem relating to the field that you are struggling with. 
3. a therapy tip that you would like to share.
4. a professional practice issue 

The post can be of any length (up to 500 words) and photos and videos are great, as long as you have obtained written permission.

We will enter the first 30 blogs in a drawing for a free ERI course. 
Deadline for entry is May 10th 2013 – winner to be announced before the end of May

Please Post your entry here or visit our blog page and click on “Post Your Blog Here”, or email me; mwashington@educationresourcesinc.com

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and sharing them with our ERI community.

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Welcome to PEDI-CAT – the new computer adaptive pediatric assessment tool

 

PEDI-CAT featured in the Advance for Physical Therapy and Rehab Medicine:

Making Advances in Pediatric Outcomes 
Using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT).

By Helene M. Dumas PT, MS, and Maria A. Fragala-Pinkham, PT, DPT, MS
Posted on: March 5, 2013

“The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI), originally published in 1992, has been revised as a computer adaptive test (CAT)-the PEDI-CAT.  The PEDI-CAT measures abilities in the three functional domains of Daily Activities, Mobility and Social/Cognitive.  The PEDI-CAT can be used across all clinical diagnoses and community settings.  As with the original paper-pencil PEDI, the PEDI-CAT can be administered by professional judgment of clinicians or educators who are familiar with the child or by parent report. This computerized adaptive version of the PEDI is intended to provide an accurate and precise assessment while increasing efficiency and reducing respondent burden……………..” www.pedicat.com

Helene Dumas and Maria Fragala-Pinkham are physical therapists and work in the Research Center at Franciscan Hospital for Children. They are the senior authors of the PEDI-CAT. Education Resources is thrilled to have them as faculty members and they will be presenting PEDI-CAT at our popular annual Therapies in the School November 21-22, 2013 – Framingham, MA. Look out for our brochure coming shortly.

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