COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Explore common developmental profiles of infants and toddlers with Down syndrome with an emphasis on the expected trajectory of early motor skill acquisition. Evidence related to standardized assessment tools will be highlighted, along with strategies and resources to guide meaningful prognostic conversations with families. The session will include case examples and address behavioral characteristics commonly observed in young children.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Select an assessment tool that is appropriate for use with young children with Down syndrome
- Apply motor growth curves and probabilities to intervention planning for young children with Down syndrome
- Select an intervention that has been shown to promote positive outcomes in young children with Down syndrome
- Differentiate the four (4) main functions that drive human behavior
AUDIENCE:
Therapists working with the birth to three population.
SCHEDULE:
- Common Presentation of Children with Down Syndrome
- Examination of young children with Down syndrome
- Prognosis in Down syndrome
- Evidence-based interventions for young children with Down syndrome
- Mini case study application
- Managing challenging behaviors in intervention
- Mini case application
- Pulling it all together
- Post-test
Alyssa LaForme Fiss is a licensed physical therapist and Board-Certified Pediatrics Clinical Specialist. Dr. Fiss has practiced across various pediatric clinical settings including early intervention, school-based, outpatient, and home health settings. She is an International Collaborator of the CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, participating in research collaborations to advance pediatric disability research. She served as a co-investigator on the international, multi-site, On Track research study, examining developmental trajectories for primary and secondary impairments, health conditions, performance of self-care, and participation for children with cerebral palsy.
Dr Fiss is Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Student Success in the College of Health Sciences at Texas Woman’s University. Her current research interests include examining interventions to support adaptive behavior in children with disabilities as well as examining strategies to promote motor development for children with Down syndrome. She has published widely and has presented her research at the regional, national, and international level. Dr Fiss is also the co-editor of the pediatric physical therapy textbook, "Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children."
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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 2.5 contact hours (0.25 CEUs) Intermediate Level.
If your state is not listed below and you have three or more therapists interested in attending, please contact us at info@educationresourcesinc.com or call 800-487-6530 to speak with a team member. We will review whether approval can be obtained for your state.
To receive a certificate of completion all registered attendees are required to attend and participate fully in all applicable course activities (i.e., labs, discussions, group work, polls, post-tests with passing grade of 80% or greater etc.) and complete the evaluation form.
AOTA – American Occupational Therapy Association
AOTA - Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 15024 . This Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 2.5 contact hours 0.25 CEUs. (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery & Foundational Knowledge). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
NBCOT - This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 2.5 units.
FL OT - Approved provider of the FL Board of Occupational Therapy-CE Broker – 3 hrs. This course meets the approval of the TX Board of OT Examiners.
ASHA – American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASHA - ASHA CE Provider (Intermediate level) 0.25 ASHA CEUs. ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures. SLPs that require ASHA must submit your ASHA participant form to ERI. ASHA participant form to ERI.
TX SLP - ASHA credits are accepted by the Texas Department of License and Renewal.
PT – Physical Therapy by State
IL PT - Approved sponsor by the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 3 contact hours.
ILEI - Approved by the Illinois Early Intervention Training Program for 0.5 AS, 0.5 ATY. 1 INT, 0.5 TYP hours of EI credential credit.
MD PT - Approved by the Maryland Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
NJ PT - Application has been made to the New Jersey Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
NY PT - Approved provider by the New York State Board of Physical Therapy for 3 contact hours.
Education Resources, Inc. is an approved provider for Physical Therapy CEUs in the following states: CA, NM, OK, TX and the assignment do not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures for these.
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.
NDTA - 2.5 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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