2215 – Pre-Gait and Gait Skills in Children with Developmental
Challenges
Intermediate /
Lecture
Fort Myers, FL /
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 – 3:10-4:10 pm – 1.0 credit hour equal to 1.0 CEC/.1 CEU
(Classroom: 3:10-4:10 pm)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Examine
how gait skills are developed and how to facilitate them in children with
neuromotor or developmental deficits. This course will present ideas to
increase sensory and body awareness, balance responses and recovery skills,
weight bearing, weight shifting, upright standing and walking in children with
a variety of developmental differences.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
·
Demonstrate knowledge of pre-gait components
·
Explore benefits of upright positioning
·
Discover five aquatic activities to develop beginning gait
skills
·
Identify one handling technique to maintain gait skills in
older children.
FACULTY: Dori
Maxon PT, PCS, MEd, ATRIC, is a physical therapist, specializing in
pediatrics and aquatics. In 1991, she founded SNAP, a non-profit
community-based aquatic program in
Berkeley, CA, serving children with special needs. Dori has been honored with
the 1999 Tsunami Spirit award, the 2001 ATRI Professional of the Year, and the
2004 John K. Williams Award.