Clinical Training Series

ChildServe‘s mission is to partner with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life. As part of that mission, we recognize the importance of partnering with members of the healthcare community by providing continuing education and other resources to physicians, nurses, case managers, therapists, and other healthcare providers.

Upcoming Trainings

08/23/18 – STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder Level 1 Intensive Mentorship Program: Clinical Reasoning in Intervention

Clinical Training | Johnston

STAR Institute offers experienced clinicians the unique opportunity to learn from first generation faculty chosen and trained by Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, PhD of the STAR Institute and its premier SPD Treatment Center.

10/05/18 – Bridging PROMPT Technique to Intervention

Clinical Training | Johnston

PROMPT, an acronym for PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets, is a multidimensional approach to speech production disorders has come to embrace not only the well-known physical-sensory aspects of motor performance, but also its cognitive-linguistic and social-emotional aspects.

10/12/2018 – If You Can’t Breathe, You Can’t Function

Clinical Training | Iowa City

This course will challenge the practitioner to make a paradigm shift: connecting breathing mechanics and postural control with management of trunk pressures. Through her model of postural control (Soda Pop Can Model), the speaker will link breathing mechanics with motor and physiologic behaviors (a multi-system perspective).

11/02/18 – Intensive Handling and Problem Solving for Function: An NDT Approach

Clinical Training | Johnston

This course is designed for experienced pediatric physical, occupational, and speech therapists who are interested in improving their problem-solving skills in order to achieve more efficient functional outcomes for children with Neuromuscular Disorders.

Continuing Education

Nurses

Nursing CEUs will be awarded by ChildServe (provider IBON# 160). The amount of contact hours awarded varies with each course.

Therapists

Copies of course descriptions, objectives, and speaker credentials are available at the registration desk for those needing to submit them for continuing education credits. You will receive a certificate of completion.

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Accommodations

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Hilton Garden Inn

Rate: $74/night*
2.5 miles from ChildServe

8600 Northpark Drive
Johnston, IA 50131

For reservations, call 800-445-8667 or 515-270-8890.

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Sleep Inn Hotel

Rate: $69/night*
7.5 miles from ChildServe

11211 Hickman Road
Urbandale, IA 50322

For reservations, call 515-270-2424.

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ChildServe does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, creed or religion.

About

ChildServe improves the health and well-being of nearly 4,500 children each year through specialized clinical, home, and community-based programs and services. We serve children with developmental delays, disabilities, acquired injuries, and other special healthcare needs.