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Deadline: Nov. 6, 2009
Registrations accepted
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Registrations accepted
after the deadline must
include a $10.00 late
registration fee.
Refund Policy: To
cancel your registration
and receive your refund
less a $25.00
administrative fee, you
must notify RGV
Seminars in writing at
least 14 days prior to the
course start day.
Cancellation received
less than 14 days
before the course date
will be subject to a
$35.00 administrative
fee. No refund made for
no show.
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A certification of completion will be given at the end of each course,
with course duration: 6.0 hrs daily
A certification of completion will be given at the end of each course,
with course duration: 6.0 hrs daily
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avoid any
discrepancies.
Any or all
information will be
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| Developing Internal and External Structures for Thera-Play (Nov.20, 2009) Speaker:Mary Kawar, MS, OT/L 6 Contact Hours This course is offered for .6 AOTA CEUs |
Course Description
This experiential workshop is divided into two parts.
Part I: focuses on primary movement patterns (PMPs), also known as reflexes, and how to integrate
them into mature movement strategies. Primary movement patterns provide the primitive structural
foundation for attention, balance, coordination, and cognitive development. The majority of infants today,
time precludes the opportunity to fully develop internal structural alignment and control.
Consequentially, these children are walking before having fully integrated the PMPs and without
achieving optimal development of the deep postural muscles and the extremities for age appropriate
skills. Research has documented that residual primitive reflex expression compromises cognitive as
well as physical abilities. Topics will include reflex testing procedures, specific types of dysfunction that
emerge when these reflexes are not integrated, and ideas for transitioning from reflex integration
exercises to playful engagement.
Part II: provides innovative techniques for therapeutic adaptation of the home, the playground, the
school, and the clinic. The objective is to help therapists expand thera-play strategies which expand
sensory processing opportunities so as to enhance physical, social, and cognitive development. Ideas
for resource materials, fabrication, space evaluation, and simple structural modifications will be
provided.
Objectives: Participants will be able to
1. Demonstrate testing procedures for 15 primitive & postural reflexes
2. Describe two or more types of dysfunction that interfere with skill acquisition related to 5 or more non-
integrated primary movement (reflex) patterns
3. Create a purposeful, fun activity that transcends a reflex exercise & that can be graded for various
levels of complexity
4. Tie 2 different, safe knots and describe how to utilize them in any
environment
Lab Materials are included: Book: Reflexes, Learning and Behavior by Sally Goddard
Materials: Items need to complete the days course
Developing Internal and External Structures for Thera-Play: (Nov. 20, 2009)
8:-00—8:30: Registration
8:30: • Overview of developmental pattern continuum: from primitiveto complex.
8:45: • In-utero and neonatal PMPs/reflexes: triggers and physicalresponses
9:20: • Postural reflexes/reactions: righting and equilibrium responses
10:00: Break
10:30: • Reflex testing lab
12:00: Lunch
1:00: • Symptoms suggestive of retained PMPs & long term effects
1:45: • Transforming exercises into playful engagement with objectsand people
2:30: Break
3:00: • Construction facts to know when evaluating potential play structures and spaces: suspension
equipment and surface management for versatility and safety.
3:30: • Basic supplies for fabricating equipment: what and how to make versus purchase
4:00-4:30: • Knot tying lab: safe applications for static and dynamic ropes and bungee cord
This experiential workshop is divided into two parts.
Part I: focuses on primary movement patterns (PMPs), also known as reflexes, and how to integrate
them into mature movement strategies. Primary movement patterns provide the primitive structural
foundation for attention, balance, coordination, and cognitive development. The majority of infants today,
time precludes the opportunity to fully develop internal structural alignment and control.
Consequentially, these children are walking before having fully integrated the PMPs and without
achieving optimal development of the deep postural muscles and the extremities for age appropriate
skills. Research has documented that residual primitive reflex expression compromises cognitive as
well as physical abilities. Topics will include reflex testing procedures, specific types of dysfunction that
emerge when these reflexes are not integrated, and ideas for transitioning from reflex integration
exercises to playful engagement.
Part II: provides innovative techniques for therapeutic adaptation of the home, the playground, the
school, and the clinic. The objective is to help therapists expand thera-play strategies which expand
sensory processing opportunities so as to enhance physical, social, and cognitive development. Ideas
for resource materials, fabrication, space evaluation, and simple structural modifications will be
provided.
Objectives: Participants will be able to
1. Demonstrate testing procedures for 15 primitive & postural reflexes
2. Describe two or more types of dysfunction that interfere with skill acquisition related to 5 or more non-
integrated primary movement (reflex) patterns
3. Create a purposeful, fun activity that transcends a reflex exercise & that can be graded for various
levels of complexity
4. Tie 2 different, safe knots and describe how to utilize them in any
environment
Lab Materials are included: Book: Reflexes, Learning and Behavior by Sally Goddard
Materials: Items need to complete the days course
Developing Internal and External Structures for Thera-Play: (Nov. 20, 2009)
8:-00—8:30: Registration
8:30: • Overview of developmental pattern continuum: from primitiveto complex.
8:45: • In-utero and neonatal PMPs/reflexes: triggers and physicalresponses
9:20: • Postural reflexes/reactions: righting and equilibrium responses
10:00: Break
10:30: • Reflex testing lab
12:00: Lunch
1:00: • Symptoms suggestive of retained PMPs & long term effects
1:45: • Transforming exercises into playful engagement with objectsand people
2:30: Break
3:00: • Construction facts to know when evaluating potential play structures and spaces: suspension
equipment and surface management for versatility and safety.
3:30: • Basic supplies for fabricating equipment: what and how to make versus purchase
4:00-4:30: • Knot tying lab: safe applications for static and dynamic ropes and bungee cord
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American Occupational Therapy Association
(AOTA) Approved Provider of Continuing
Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs
does not imply endorsement of specific course
content, products or clinical procedures by
AOTA. See individual course listing for
specific information.
American Occupational Therapy Association
(AOTA) Approved Provider of Continuing
Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs
does not imply endorsement of specific course
content, products or clinical procedures by
AOTA. See individual course listing for
specific information.
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