Aquatic Sensory & Motor Integration - Peds (2-Day Class)

Description

A 16 hour training module with over 8 hours in the water packed into 2 days. Designed to teach therapists how to transition their therapy pool into a sensory and motor planning room. Extrapolated from the 16 treatment station concept, therapists will harness the use of common everyday items to create a sensory effect and to achieve a functional motor response. Each exercise and activity will be examined from the perspective of all the senses: vestibular, tactile, proprioceptive, visual and auditory. The latest aquatic research will be explored and analyzed. This course is primarily designed to provide hands-on experience in order to promote skilled aquatic treatment of children with motor planning issues, poor body awareness, poor focus/attention, impaired postural stability, difficulty with bilateral coordination and those with cognitive disabilities.

Target Audience - PTs, PTAs, OTs, COTAs, SLPs, and other aquatic professionals, such as adapted aquatics professionals and recreational therapists.

ATU Seminars provide 16 contact hours or 1.6 CCUs or their CEU equivalent as follows

• Physical Therapy: Click to see PT CEU information.
• Occupational Therapy: Click to see OT CEU information.
• Recreational Therapy: Click to see RT CEU information.
• Speech & Language Pathology: Email for information (info@swimatu.com)

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify 1 model program known for its use of sensory stimulation in water.

2. After learning foundational principles, generate 1-2 reasons why sensory and motor integration is a natural fit for many aquatic settings.

3. Identify the relative benefits of 3-4 items, available in pediatric clinics, which can be used to transform a pool into a sensory and motor room.

4. Without assistance from instructor, create a specialized shopping list of items which can be inexpensively purchased at a Dollar Store (lecture) and used in the pool setting.

5. After being provided with examples, craft a novel sample home program for parents/caregivers who wish to incorporate 3-4 sensory/motor tasks in the shower, bathtub or community pool.

6. Describe where to obtain hands-on training in 1-2 techniques (such as NDT, Watsu or Halliwick).

7. Without assistance from instructor, correctly perform 1-2 aquatic tasks or activities which can be appropriately performed at each of 16 stations in the pool.

8. Analyze the respective merits of 1 aquatic activity in order to increase each of the following:

• vestibular input
• tactile input
• proprioceptive input
• auditory input
• visual input and implement appropriately in a lab setting.

9. Using role playing, implement a unique 15-minute aquatic treatment plan for 1 of the most common pediatric diagnoses discussed in class.

10. Design at least 1 skilled progression of an aquatic treatment protocol as described in a case study discussed in class.

Schedule

Day 1

7:30-8:00 Registration

8:00-12:00 Lecture

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-5:00 Pool lab

5:00-5:30 Wrap-up

Day 2

8:00-12:00 Lecture

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-5:00 Pool lab

5:00-5:30 Wrap-up

Lecture Location

Holiday Inn and Suites Hudson, WI

181 Carmichael Road

Hudson WI 54016

Lab Location

St. Croix Therapy

742 Sterbenz Drive

Hudson, WI 54016