ON-DEMAND SERIES DESCRIPTION:
Looking to deepen your clinical expertise in torticollis from head to toe? Therapists play a vital role in both treatment and early identification across settings. This on-demand series offers a comprehensive, evidence-based approach—starting with foundational knowledge and progressing through assessment and intervention—to strengthen your clinical confidence in identifying and treating torticollis.
Presented by respected faculty Anjali Gupta, PT, this on-demand offers a comprehensive self-study allowing you to go at your own pace. Pause, rewind and reflect as often as needed. Covering evaluation through treatment, it provides practical, research-backed strategies that integrate into play and daily routines—supporting functional outcomes and effective caregiver carryover.
Each part of the series can be taken individually, but together they offer a more complete learning experience for clinicians aiming to confidently manage suspected and diagnosed torticollis.
Here’s what’s included in this new on-demand series:
PART A DESCRIPTION:
Torticollis: The Basics what Every Therapist Needs to Know
Establish and fortify essential and complex foundational knowledge of:
- Etiology and types of torticollis
- long-term implications of untreated/undertreating this condition
- evaluation tools for infants with suspected torticollis
- the role of secondary specialist consultations.
- Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines for Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Etiology, evaluation and treatment are presented with engaging, thoughtful and clinically-relevant examples and instructional methods to build your competence with this clinical population of infants and families.
*The material in this course is based on the information and approach previously developed and presented by Cindy Miles.
PART B DESCRIPTION:
Torticollis: Comprehensive Strategies for Assessment and Interventions
Building on a solid foundation, this part of the series provides even greater depth of knowledge and application for assessment and treatment of children with torticollis. Learn current, functional, clinically oriented evaluation and evidence-based treatment strategies that integrate into play and daily routines. A variety of instructional methods are incorporated into this on-demand course, including videos, pictures, case reports and more. The extensive use of these visual instructional methods allows participants to problem solve and identify movement and tissue impairments related to torticollis, further providing functional ways to evaluate and treat.
*If you are a past participant of a Cindy Miles torticollis course and have any questions about this content, please reach out to our office at info@educationresourcesinc.com
SERIES LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Identify the factors contributing to torticollis in infants.
- Utilize the 2024 Clinical Practice Guidelines in treating/assessing patients through systematic screenings and evaluations.
- Analyze red flags for differential diagnosis.
- Determine when to refer to other professionals.
- Identify best practice to maximize torticollis outcomes
- Choose evidenced based treatment regimens for torticollis.
- Utilize a comprehensive systems approach to evaluate a child with torticollis.
- Implement strategies to cultivate parent/caregiver’s understanding of torticollis’ global impact and compliance with the HEP/follow-up recommendations.
- Establish individualized treatment plans including dosing based on severity.
- Integrate vision and vestibular assessment and treatment in the management of torticollis
- Apply assessment and treatment strategies to treat the flexible bony misalignment.
- Relate upper cervical spine alignment to tight oral tissues.
- Apply interventions to improve postural symmetry in a child with torticollis to facilitate improved feeding, participation in play, and/or functional mobility
AUDIENCE:
This course is recommended for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists working in acute care, EI, home health, neurology, NICU, orthopedics and pediatric settings.
Anjali Gupta, PT, MSPT, CLT, has been a pediatric physical therapist for more than 20 years specializing in treatment of children with cerebral palsy, torticollis, and NICU. She currently works at Texas Children’s Hospital as the manager of Clinical Education and Research. She provides education programming, mentoring, and develops training programs for therapy staff. She served as the co-chair of programming committee for the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy for the national Combined Sections Meeting for several years and is currently the vice – chair of the Neonatology Special Interest Group.
Financial Disclosure: Anjali Gupta receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non Financial Disclosure: Anjali Gupta has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Once you purchase an online course you will have access to the course materials. If you have purchased this course, please ensure you have logged in to your account in order to take the exam.
Once you purchase an online course, you will have the opportunity to take an exam to test your retention of the material. If you have purchased this course, please ensure you have logged in to your account in order to take the exam. The exam must be completed with a pass rate of 80% or more in order to receive your certificate of attendance.
This course meets the criteria for 16.5 contact hours (1.65 CEUs) Intermediate Level.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. This Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 16.5 contact hours 1.65 CEUs. (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 16.5 units.
Approved provider of the FL Board of Occupational Therapy-CE Broker – 19.5 hrs. This course meets the approval of the TX Board of OT Examiners.
ASHA CE Provider (Intermediate level) 1.65 ASHA CEUs. ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
ASHA credits are accepted by the TX Department of License and Renewal.
Approved by the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Application has been made to the MN Board of Physical Therapy.
Approved by the NJ Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 19.5 contact hours. Approved by the Illinois EI Training Program for 16.5 hours of EI credential credit in the area of Intervention. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 19.5 contact hours (1.95 CEUs).
Education Resources, Inc. is an approved provider for Physical Therapy CEUs in the following states: CA, NM, OK and TX.
The following state boards of physical therapy accept other states’ approval: AK, AR, AZ, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY. The following state boards of physical therapy either do not require course pre-approval or do not require CEUs for re-licensure: AL, CO, CT, IA, ME, MT, NE, ND, NH, SD, WA.
12 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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