Registration for this course is open to PT or OT students who are in their final year of PT or OT program ONLY.

Course Description:
This course is an introductory level course on the relationship between postural control and functional movement based on the principles of the Contemporary Bobath Concept and an understanding of human movement. It is offered for 2 days from June 23-24, 2018.

Course is only open to PT or OT students in their final year of the program by invitation

Read the full course description here

Course Instructor:
Julie Vaughan-Graham PT, Ph.D., Advanced IBITA Instructor

Waiver:

All participants must sign a waiver and a manual handling disclosure to participate in practical component.

Dress:

Please wear appropriate clothing for undressing during practical sessions,
e.g. shorts, sports bra.

This course is an introductory level course on the relationship between postural control and functional movement based on the principles of the Contemporary Bobath Concept and an understanding of human movement. It is offered for 2 days from November 10-11, 2018.

The course is open to PT’s and OT‘s

Read the full course description here (Note: Please note this is only a 2-day introductory course)

Instructor:

Julie Vaughan-Graham, Registered PT, Ph.D.; Advanced IBITA Instructor

Course Pre-requisite:

Not applicable.

Course Schedule:

November 10-11, 2018
A detailed schedule will be posted shortly.

Waiver:

All participants must sign a waiver and a manual handling disclosure to participate in practical component.

Dress:

Please wear appropriate clothing for undressing during practical sessions,
e.g. shorts, sports bra.

Certificate:

A certificate cannot be issued if non-attendance
to the course is > than 2 hours less than the course schedule.

Lunch:

Lunch is not included in course fees. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided during breaks.

Course Description

Body-weight support treadmill training (BWSTT), provides a safe, intensive, task-specific rehabilitation intervention for the recovery of locomotion.  However, the BWSTT evidence-base has been disappointing with respect to efficacy. The integration of postural control and stepping is essential for the recovery of human locomotion, but this aspect of patient selection has received limited attention in the BWSTT evidence base.  The Bobath concept is a rehabilitation approach providing a conceptual framework for the assessment and treatment of complex movement problems. The integration of postural control, selective movement and manipulation of sensory information have been identified as key aspects of Bobath clinical practice.  This course will explore the inter-relationship of the recovery of postural control and stepping, and how the manipulation of sensory information, facilitation, a skilled aspect of Bobath clinical practice, can optimize patient selection for, and the application of BWST as a tool for locomotion recovery.

The course will consist of lectures, patient demonstrations followed by clinical reasoning sessions and practical sessions.

Course Objective

The course participant will gain an understanding of:

• The neurophysiology underpinning postural control and locomotion
• The role of sensory information in postural control and locomotion
• The role of facilitation in the recovery of postural control and stepping
• The assessment of postural control and stepping with respect to
  patient selection for BWST

Course Dates

November 24-25, 2018

A detailed schedule will be posted shortly.

Instructor

Julie Vaughan-Graham PT, PhD

Advanced IBITA Instructor, Physio-Logic Rehabilitation Services, Toronto

Scientific Associate, Toronto Rehab – UHN, Mobility Team

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto

Course Location

Physio-Logic, Rehabilitation Services, Toronto

Waiver:

All participants must sign a waiver and a manual handling disclosure to participate in practical component.

Dress:

Please wear appropriate clothing for undressing during practical sessions,
e.g. shorts, sports bra.

Certificate:

A certificate cannot be issued if non-attendance to the course is > than 2 hours less than the course schedule

Lunch:

Lunch is not included in course fees. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided during breaks.