Live Webinar for Therapists. Complete one session for 7 Contact Hours (0.7 CEUs)
June 26 and 28, 2023
4:40 pm EST • 3:40 pm CST • 2:40 pm MST • 1:40 pm PST (US)
Registration includes access to both sessions and all handouts. Please download Brochure for full schedule.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Expand your evaluation and treatment knowledge for toe walking previously learned in Liesa’s “Therapeutic Evaluation & Management of Toe Walking (Pediatric Equinus Gait)”. Using her systematic approach, clinical application skills will be further enhanced through case analysis using the Act! (Assessment Criteria for Toe walking) as a guided, evidence-based, detailed, decision making process. Applying Liesa’s comprehensive toe walking specific evaluation to cases, clinicians will learn to identify an etiology-based problem list, choose suitable, appropriate, and feasible interventions and develop a relevant plan of care specific to the problems of each individual child.
Since this new course builds on her first course, participants should attend Therapeutic Evaluation and Management of Toe Walking (Pediatric Equinus Gait) first (see below for 2023 dates/times).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Utilize “The ACT” to focus treatments for improved floor mobility, walking, running, and/or playing in the child who toe walks.
- Determine the primary and secondary contributing factors (musculoskeletal, neuromotor or sensory) to Pediatric Toe Walking.
- Examine the research findings relative to gait, toe walking, atypical movement and sensory processing.
- Determine the appropriate use and implementation of “The Act!” and the “Toe Walking Evaluation.”
- Apply appropriate interventions based on the etiological category of toe walking.
- Choose an individualized treatment plan using “The Act!” and “Toe Walking Evaluation.”
- Analyze Case Studies in each etiological category to determine a specific Plan of Care.
- Select an appropriate shoe modification for a child who toe walks to facilitate improved standing tolerance for ADLs, walking, running, skipping, jumping, and/or playing.
- Identify four benefits of utilizing a multi-factorial, comprehensive approach for the management of Pediatric Toe Walking.
AUDIENCE:
This course is appropriate for pediatric PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs and Early Interventionists working with patients 0-3 or students aged 3-21 in Home Care or Outpatient settings.
PLEASE NOTE: Because the material in this course builds upon Liesa’s first course, participants should take Toe Walking: Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric Equinus Gait – ON-DEMAND before registering for this course.
Liesa M. Ritchie-Persaud, PT, DPT, PCS, is a licensed physical therapist with 33 years experience in the field of pediatric therapy. Liesa is the owner of "Know To Change," an organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and skills of clinicians in pediatric practice. Both nationally and internationally, she has educated healthcare professionals in advanced treatment techniques, performed specialized practical training and provided consultative services. Liesa has worked in a variety of settings, including private pediatric clinics, schools, private homes, hospitals and long-term care facilities, as well as facilities overseas. Dr. Ritchie-Persaud is a Credentialed Clinical Instructor and also taught human anatomy, physiology. She received her Associate degree in 1993 and worked as a Physical Therapist Assistant while earning her B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Southern Nazarene University in Tulsa, OK. Dr. Ritchie-Persaud earned her Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Findlay in Findlay, OH in 2003. She received her post-graduate Doctorate from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in 2011 and is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy. Liesa’s passion for helping others extends into her private life. She has volunteered as a Call Rape Advocate and Salvation Army volunteer. Her passion for travel has led her to teach and treat in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, the Arab Emirates and Mexico, plus organizing and participating in mission work in Mexico, Ukraine and Palestine. Liesa’s wide range of clinical experience, organizational leadership, proficient teaching skills, motivation to improve the standard of care and enthusiasm and passion for her field make her an exciting and compelling instructor.
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Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 7 contact hours (0.7 CEUs). Intermediate level. License #______________.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 06442. This Distance Learning-Interactive Course is offered at 7 contact hours 0.7 CEUs. Intermediate Level, OT Service Delivery. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products or clinical procedures. This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 7 units. Provider for the FL Occupational Therapy Association CE Broker for 8 CE Hours - approval #20-987026. Approved by the FL Physical Therapy Association for 8 CE Hours - approval #CE23-987026. Course meets the basic criteria of the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 7 contact hours, 0.7 CEU's. Approved by the MN Board of Physical Therapy for 7 CE Hours, #7949. Approval #2301-41 by the NJ State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 7 CEC's. Approved by the OH Physical Therapy Association for 7 Hours - Approval #23S0715. Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 8 contact hours. The Illinois Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for 7.5 hours of EI credential credit in the area of Intervention. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 8 contact hours (0.8 CEUs). Education Resources is an approved agency by the PT Board of CA for 7 contact hours. Approved by the APTA Kentucky, A Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, for 7 Category 1 contact hour(s). Expiration Date: 3/6/25, approval #CS61-2023-APTAKY. This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2210017TX for 7 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX. Approved Provider for OK State Board of Medical Licensure & Supervision #BAP202310003. 7 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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