Challenging Behavior After Brain Injury: It Happens and You Can Help

• August 12, 2008
• 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. social, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. training
• OT, PT, ST, NR, and others
• Sponsored by Iowa Department of Public Health
• Cost: Free

Course Description: This course is presented as part of ChildServe's 2008-09 Training Series, which offers free continuing education and evening social time for therapists.

Presenters: Benjamin Woodworth, MSW, of the Iowa Department of Public Health, and Thomas Brown, BS, CBIST, of the Brain Injury Association of Iowa

To register, call ChildServe at 515-727-8750 or fax your registration to 515-727-8757.

Spasticity Management: Clinical Decision Making

• October 24, 2008
• 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• OT, PT, ST, NR, and others
• Sponsored by Medtronics
• Cost: Free

Course Description: Spasticity management requires a team approach. A vital component of this team is the therapist, who provides the foundation for enhancing patient function by using rehabilitation techniques to maximize patient outcomes. Developed by an experienced team of rehabilitation specialists, Spasticity Management: Clinical Decision Making teaches the latest in spasticity management including diagnosis, treatments, and rehabilitation strategies. Designed specifically for therapists, the program incorporates the clinical decision making process to determine the optimal treatment and rehabilitation approach, emphasizing ITB Therapy.

This course is presented as part of ChildServe's 2008-09 Training Series, which offers free continuing education and evening social time for therapists.

Presenters: Teresa Cramer, MS, PT; Panel of ChildServe therapists

To register, call Medtronics at 888-241-8449 or fax your registration to 605-432-9406.

Feeding Frustrations: Innovative Strategies that Work

• January 30-31, 2009
• OT, PT, ST
• Cost: $425

Course Description: Are you working with children who have complex feeding and swallowing problems that don't respond to treatment as expected? This workshop will enable you to determine best practices for clinical management of these children. You will leave armed with evidence based treatment strategies based on comprehensive assessment and differential diagnosis. Clinical problem solving will be emphasized.

Presenter: Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing Disorders with over 21 years of experience. She is currently a senior Speech-Language Pathologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts where she is involved in evaluation, treatment and program planning for adults and children with dysphagia. In addition, she is a clinical supervisor and adjunct faculty member at Elms College Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in Chicopee, Massachusetts. For over 15 years, she has worked in a variety of clinical settings, provided numerous regional and national presentations and served as guest lecturer at several colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts.

Ms. Mansolillo received her Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Rhode Island College in 1983 and earned her Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology in 1985 from the University of Connecticut. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a member of Special Interest Division 13, which focuses on swallowing and swallowing disorders.

To register, call Educational Resources, Inc. at 508-359-6533 or 800-487-6530. You may also reigster online at educationalresourcesinc.com.

Pediatric Handling

• February 13-15, 2009
• OT, PT
• Cost: $595

Course Description: As therapists treating individual’s diagnosed with multiple system impairments such as cerebral palsy, congenital hypotonicity, and other neuromotor impairments, we can improve our clinical decision making skills by forming and testing hypotheses regarding critical impairments. In this course we will review the current motor sciences theories and how these theories influence our critical decision making process when treating of individuals with central nervous system dysfunction from a Neuro-Developmental Treatment Approach. Assessment of functional abilities and the relationship of postural movement behaviors and the body systems on motor control will be emphasized. Discussion on the creation and execution of therapeutic intervention and clinical decision making to assure success will be incorporated. A combination of didactic, video examples, laboratory learning experiences and patient demonstrations will emphasize the integration of NDT and the Motor Learning frameworks as the foundation for intervention.

Objectives:

• Develop comprehensive observational skills, to assist in identifying the relationship between functional limitations, ineffective posture and movement behaviors, and system impairments, for the purpose of prioritizing the essential elements of intervention.
• Identify and describe compensatory movement strategies used by children with central nervous system dysfunction, in an effort to attain stability, mobility, and independence.
• Understand the principles of treatment, the selection of treatment strategies and
  the problem solving process associated with treating children with neurological impairments.
• Identify potential treatment sequences that will efficiently address alignment, muscle activation, and functional outcomes.
• Explain treatment strategies and rationales, from a NDT perspective, to be used within specific diagnostic categories.
  

Presenter: Gail Ritchie, OT is on staff at Milestones Therapeutic Associates in Mc Allen, Texas.  She is a certified instructor of basic & advanced courses in pediatric Neuro-Developmental Treatment and has extensive clinical and teaching experience in the treatment of children with neurological challenges. Her course offerings include; Baby Treatment, Hand Treatment, Shoulder Treatment, NDT Pediatric Handling, Myofascial Release, & Treatment of the Quadraplegic Child.

To register, call Boehme Workshops, Inc. at 414-355-8744 or 888-463-4668. You may also fax your registration to 414-355-6837 or visit boehmeworkshops.com.

Adaptive Equipment: How to Get What Your Patients Need

• February 27, 2009
• 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• OT, PT, ST, NR, and others
• Co-sponsored by ChildServe and US Rehab
• Cost: Free

Course Description: This course is presented as part of ChildServe's 2008-09 Training Series, which offers free continuing education and evening social time for therapists.

Presenter: Elizabeth Cole, MSPT

To register, call ChildServe at 515-727-8750 or fax your registration to 515-727-8757.

If You Can’t Breathe, You Can’t Function

• April 17-19, 2009
• Day 1 open to OT, PT, ST, NR, RT; Day 2-3 open to OT, PT, ST
• Cost:
  • Early Bird Registration (by February 27, 2009)
    • $200 for day 1 only (April 17, 2009)
    • $600 for full course (April 17-19, 2009)
  • Standard Registration
    • $225 for day 1 only (April 17, 2009)
    • $650 for full course (April 17-19, 2009)
  • Group Rate- 3 or more registrations submitted together (Early Bird Registration does not apply)
    • $170 for day 1 only (April 17, 2009)
    • $575 for full course (April 17-19, 2009)
• Participant Supplies:
  • Each participant on Friday needs a bath towel.
  • Each participant on Saturday and Sunday needs a bath and beach towel.

Course Description: This course will challenge the practitioner to look beyond a traditional approach to treatment planning, in order to acknowledge the unique importance of the pulmonary system in successful pediatric rehabilitation. The speaker compels the participants to recognize that every muscle of the trunk has a dual role in postural control and respiration. By purposely pairing ventilatory strategies and therapeutic techniques with the neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and sensory systems, the speaker will demonstrate how to establish the pulmonary system as an asset rather than a liability for their children, regardless of whether their initial deficit was neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, or medical. The course is designed to promote competence in clinical skills relating to the evaluation and treatment of the trunk and respiratory system. The emphasis of the course will be on developing and applying practical clinical solutions for all pediatric patients from a multidisciplined perspective.

Presenter: Dr. Mary Massery, PT, DPT, received her BS in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University , her DPT degree from the University of the Pacific and is currently a Doctorate of Science student at Rocky Mountain University. Mary has given over 500 professional presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics relating to ventilation impairments in children and adult populations, and has published her work in numerous journals and textbooks. In addition, Mary has a private practice, teaches in the physical therapy curriculum at several universities, conducts clinical research, consults at numerous Chicago area hospitals, schools, and clinics, and conducts year-long multi-disciplined pulmonary mentorship programs.

In 2002, Mary received the American Physical Therapy Association’s highest clinical award: The Florence Kendall Practice Award, awarded for “outstanding and enduring contributions to the practice of physical therapy.” In 2004, she was the invited international speaker at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Cystic Fibrosis conference in London, England, and in 2005, she was the keynote speaker for the Australian/Asian International Spinal Cord Society conference in Brisbane, Australia.

To register, call ChildServe at 515-727-8750 or fax your registration to 515-727-8757.

Proper Positioning for Eating and Breathing

• May 12, 2009
• 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. social, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. training
• OT, PT, ST, NR, and others
• Sponsored by ChildServe RDT therapists
• Cost: Free

Course Description: This course is presented as part of ChildServe's 2008-09 Training Series, which offers free continuing education and evening social time for therapists.

To register, call ChildServe at 515-727-8750 or fax your registration to 515-727-8757.

Picky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders: The SOS Approach to Feeding

• November 6-8, 2009
• OT, PT, ST
• Cost: $599

Course Description: The SOS Approach to Feeding is a Transdisciplinary Program for assessing and treating children with feeding and weight/growth difficulties. It has been developed over the course of 15 years through the clinical work of Dr. Kay Toomey, in conjunction with colleagues from several different disciplines including: Pediatricians, Occupational Therapists, Registered Dietitians, and Speech Pathologists/Therapists.

This program integrates sensory, motor, oral, behavioral/learning, medical, and nutritional factors and approaches in order to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems. It is based on, and grounded philosophically in, the “normal” developmental steps, stages and skills of feeding found in typically developing children. The treatment component of the program utilizes these typical developmental steps towards feeding to create a systematic desensitization hierarchy of skills/behaviors necessary for children to progress with eating various textures, and with growing at an appropriate rate for them. The assessment component of the program makes sure that all physical reasons for atypical feeding development are examined and appropriately treated medically. In addition, the SOS Approach works to identify any nutritional deficits and to develop recommendations as appropriate to each individual child’s growth parameters and needs. Skills across all developmental areas are also assessed with regards to feeding, as well as an examination of learning capabilities with regards to using the SOS program.

Presenters: Dr. Kay Toomey is a Pediatric Psychologist who has worked with children who don’t eat for over 15 years. She developed the SOS Approach to Feeding as a family-centered program for assessing and treating children with feeding problems. Dr. Toomey speaks nationally and acts as a consultant to Gerber Products. Dr. Toomey helped form The Denver Children’s Hospital Feeding Clinic and Rose Medical’s Pediatric Feeding Center. Dr. Toomey co-chaired the Pediatric Therapy Services Department at Rose Medical Center prior to entering private practice. Dr. Toomey is currently the President and owner of Toomey & Associates, Inc.

Dr. Erin Ross received her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,  and her Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology from California State University. Dr. Ross is currently in a Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado. She has worked clinically in several NICU settings in the Denver metropolitan area as well as in private practice in a multidisciplinary feeding clinic, assessing and providing interventions for infants and young children with feeding and growth problems.

Susan Massey is a registered Occupational Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Ms. Massey has 30 years of clinical experience with a wide range of age groups and diagnoses as an Occupational Therapist. In 1987, Ms. Massey completed a Master’s Degree and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Ms. Massey has completed courses in the NeuroPsychology doctoral program at Colorado State University, and she has worked with Dr. Toomey for several years.

To register, call Educational Resources, Inc. at 508-359-6533 or 800-487-6530. You may also register online at educationalresourcesinc.com.

Accomodations

Participants please indicate you are with ChildServe to get the discounted rate of $69.00/night for these trainings.

• Hilton Garden Inn
  • 8600 Northpark Drive, Johnston, Iowa 50131
  • www.desmoinesurbandale.gardeninn.com
  • For reservations, call 800-445-8667 or 515-270-8890.
• TownePlace Suites (Marriott)
  • 8800 Northpark Drive, Johnston, Iowa 50131
  • Marriott.com/DSMUR
  • For reservations, call 800-257-3000 or 515-727-4066